Program ENDS April 27, 2021

About the Program

Student volunteers from across C.O.W. look forward to helping our community grow and to support local students, teachers, and parents. Request a 30-minute session with a College of Wooster student for homework help in a preferred content area. This is NOT a supplemental teaching program but an opportunity to ask questions and get some additional assistance.

This program will be staffed by C.O.W. student volunteers and be delivered through Microsoft Teams. Volunteers can be scheduled Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm, AND 6:00pm - 9:00pm for grades K-12 and in a wide range of subject areas.

How will the program work?

Wayne County students, teachers, or parents will use an online booking system (embedded below) to schedule a 30-minute session with an online homework helper. Sessions need to be scheduled 12 hours in advance. Volunteers are from a range of majors and minors across campus. Once booked, the student and the COW volunteer will receive an email that has a link to the scheduled session that they both will click on to use at the appointed time.

What can the C.O.W. volunteers help with?

Great question! Since this is not supplemental teaching, our volunteers are here to provide additional support. In making your booking, it is very important to be specific in the concept or skill that you are looking for support in. Ideally, this topic should be something they are currently working on for which you have materials. This kind support can look different depending on the age of the participant, but some examples may include:

• Going over homework problems (grades 6-12)

• Running through flashcards and assisting in content review (grades 6-12)

• Helping with, not teaching new, basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills (elementary grades)

• Our volunteers are not planning lessons, but they can help provide some further explanation about specific questions or concepts. For example:

  • YES - I am having trouble with long division. Can you help me review this concept?

  • NO - Can you provide additional math instruction?

  • YES - Can you review my personal narrative project with me?

  • NO - How do you write a personal narrative?

  • YES - Can you help me with this list of sight words we have been working on?

  • NO - Can you teach me sight words in general?

Please remember that this program uses a 30-minute window of time. The more focused the topic, the greater the impact.

How can my child participate?

Families and caregivers, please be sure to download Microsoft Teams onto the device (computer or mobile devices) your student plans to use for the session. No Microsoft account is necessary to participate. Please use the booking system below to sign up for a homework help session.

How does the booking service work?

• Use the booking form below or click here.

• First, select the Content Area (grades 6-12) where your student needs help.

• Next, select the Day you want the session to occur.

• The, select the Time of day you want the session to happen.

• Lastly, in the Staff dropdown, select a volunteer. All of the volunteers in the list specifically identified the content area you chose so any person listed is a volunteer in your selected area. If booking multiple sessions over time, consider using the same volunteer each time to build rapport.

• Please fill-out the required personal information. If you choose to provide a phone number, a reminder text will be sent prior to the homework help appointment.

• Please provide specific information about what your student needs help with.

• Click "Book" to schedule the appointment.

• You will receive an email with the link to the video meeting. Your student needs to click this link in the email to join the session at the appointed time.