What's it Like to be an RES Tutor?

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What’s it Like to be an RES Tutor?…

2nd Grade Teacher,

Jennifer Mosier Tutoring Instructions A Cooper Scholar,

Reading to Mr. Koon

Mr. James Koon is a veteran tutor, having worked in a large suburban school district, for many years. He’s currently in his third year as an RES Tutor. He says his experiences with our Scholars, at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy, “Just keep getting better”.

This year he’s been working with Ms. Jennifer Mosier and her Second Graders. Ms. Mosier’s classroom management style is unique and very effective. As you enter her classroom you’re impressed by the environment; there’s soft, low-volume background music, the students are quiet, focused and totally engaged.

Upon his arrival, each Tuesday morning, Mr. Koon receives a set of written basic instructions from the teacher (see photo), describing the work that his students are to be doing that day. Jim typically works, individually, with six students in Mrs. Mosier’s class, spending about 20 minutes with each of them during his two-hour tutoring session. These students have been identified by Ms. Mosier as needing some extra help with reading and math to bring them up to Grade level so they can rejoin the other students.

We are still building our Tutoring Team, for the 2018-19 school year… We have been giving “Lunch & Learn” presentations in several Rochester area firms and professional groups, to inform and inspire prospective new tutors. We have “hit the ground, running”, and we need your support...Can we schedule a presentation with your firm, work group, church or family, sometime this Winter?

Even just two hours a week of your time can make a big difference in the life of a Dr. Walter Cooper Academy Scholar…

Questions??? Reach out to RES Past President Lee Loomis and the RES Tutoring Team at… Rochester Engineering Society, (585) 254-2350 via website: www.roceng.org or via email: leeloomis46@gmail.com, (585) 738-3079 (mobile & text)

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