Teacher Expectations

• Meet or speak with the tutor(s) prior to the first tutoring session to develop a “semester-plan”*
• Set up a regular meeting schedule to discuss feedback and suggestions (meeting may be substituted with an alternate form of correspondence if necessary, i.e. email, telephone, paperwork)
• Introduce the tutor(s) to the student if meeting location and time permits
• Offer suggestions for student-specific lesson planning, materials, behavior management, etc.
• Outline short and long-term goals for the semester
• Answer tutor questions
• Provide or suggest an appropriate and safe work environment for tutoring sessions (tutoring settings must be supervised by school personnel). 
• Utilize tutors in ways that promote the goals of the America Reads or America Counts program

For liability reasons:

• Discipline problems are not the responsibility of the tutor, although tutors should be taught how to handle any problems that may occur.
• America Reads and Counts tutors are not to be left in charge of or alone with the children at any time.
• America Reads tutors should not assist children to or in the bathroom.