July 31, 2008

Tutor Connection Program Honored By President Jimmy Carter

Originally published 7/18/08 on the San Diego County Office of Education website

The Tutor Connection Program created by the County Office of Education’s Michelle Lustig with California State University San Marcos was recently awarded a $10,000 check from former President Jimmy Carter at the National Community Service Conference in Atlanta.

The program is the only one in the state to utilize students from the university’s College of Education to tutor foster children, who range in age from 5 to 18.

Initiated in 2002, the Tutor Connection qualified as one of three national finalists for excellence in academic campus-community collaboration. More than 1,250 student teachers from CSUSM have participated in the program. Over 1,500 students in foster care have received tutoring services. Academic outcomes include 70 percent of students improving their reading scores and 80 percent improving their performance in at least one subject area.

Lustig, who worked with CSUSM professor John Halcon to devise the program, said, “The Tutor Connection Program is unique and valuable in that it is increasing the knowledge of a generation of new teachers,” said Lustig. “This program changes the perception that many have of at-risk kids. It gives people a better understanding of where the youth come from, and bridges those two worlds together.”

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