September 16, 2014

Tutoring policy is debated

Echoes Sentinel

With an updated policy in hand on electronic communication among staff and students, the K-8 Board of Education is looking into its tutoring policy.

At a board meeting Monday, Aug. 25, members concluded that all school staff, including coaches and extra curricular leaders, must communicate through a parent and not contact a student directly when it pertains to electronic communication. After this, board member Gregory Steier questioned the district’s tutoring policy, wanting to look into it further to see if it needs to be updated. “If we are worried about an email then we should be equally as concerned as to what happens one on one,” said Steier.

Superintendent Tami Crader reiterated that no teacher should be in contact with a student in the district, even when it comes to tutoring. Contact should be made with the parent.

The question evolved, however, from how to set up a tutoring meeting to what policy should be in place for the actual tutoring itself. As it stands, board member Tia Allocco said that a teacher or staff member cannot enter a business relationship or accept any money from any family of a student who is currently or potentially in the future, graded by that teacher or staff member. Allocco took it one step further and said, “If I have a fourth and a second grader, I can’t have a third-grade teacher from my school tutor my fourth grader, because my second grader might have that teacher.”

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Filed under: Academic Learning Centers,K-8

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