High school students who tutor elementary students can provide beneficial cross-age tutoring while learning about tutoring and working with children. Evergreen High School and Mt. View Elementary School near Seattle partnered to create a service-learning program where high-school students enrolled in a home/family life class also tutored elementary students during the week. The high-school tutors worked in teams and were coached by an on-site reading specialist. This practice was submitted by LEARNS.
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