Tutor Modules

Tutor Training Now Available Online!

You are welcome to take any of the free, self-paced online courses below at any time.

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Module 1: Tutoring Routines

This module will introduce the teaching strategy of using routines during tutoring. Participants will learn the components of a tutoring routine, how it can benefit both learners and tutors, and how to use a routine during a tutoring session. Tutors can follow-up with the tutor coordinator at the agency for further support regarding this topic. 

Module 2: Teaching Adults

In this module, instructors will learn to identify the characteristics of adult learners and how to plan instructional activities based on student needs and goals. It will include some teaching techniques that help adult learners and ways to assess student progress toward their goals. 

Module 3: Teaching Adult Basic Education (ABE)

This module will provide tutors with an introduction to teaching activities for adult basic education (ABE) students. Tutors will be introduced to the College and Career Readiness Standards and explore how they can incorporate these into language arts and math teaching activities. 

Module 4: Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)

In this module, instructors will learn to identify an English language learner’s communication needs and learn how to use two instructional techniques to build language skills. 

Module 5: Preparing Students for the High School Equivalency (HSE) Exams

This module will provide tutors with an overview of the high school equivalency exams used in Pennsylvania. Tutors will learn teaching strategies and important test-taking strategies to support student success.

Module 6: Lesson Planning

In this module, tutors will learn how to plan lesson activities they can use with their learners and how they can assess how well the learner has mastered new skills. 

Module 7: Using Textbooks and Authentic Materials

In this module, instructors will learn to use textbooks, adapt textbook lessons to their adult students' needs and levels, and supplement textbooks with authentic materials that support their students' interests and goals. 

Module 8: Teaching Strategies

This module will summarize a range of teaching strategies presented in the previous modules and discuss reasons why they work. It will also present strategies for addressing student learning differences and suggestions to instructors about how to teach something they aren’t sure they know well themselves. 

Module 9: Learning Differences

This module will introduce the concept of learning differences, the tutor’s role in identifying patterns that may indicate a learning difference, and tools and strategies that can be used to address learning differences. The module will provide scenarios and resources for practice in identifying and addressing learning differences. 

Additional Module About the CCRS (College and Career Readiness Standards) and lesson planning: Introduction to Standards Aligned Lesson Planning

The Introduction to Standards-Aligned Lesson Planning module is designed for instructors who have little or no experience working with standards-aligned lesson planning. The module will provide participants the opportunity to understand a rationale for standards-aligned planning, identify the key components of a standards-aligned lesson plan and the look-fors within each component, and gain the introductory skills needed to develop standards-aligned lesson plans in the adult education classroom. 

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