Tutoring services can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. If you are a senior in high school this year then one of your graduating requirements is most likely going to be a community service project. If you have tutored in the past then consider meeting the requirements of this project by developing a tutoring club for students. This service will be offered free to students in your school or to students in local schools.
To set up a tutoring club you will need to talk to your student adviser. They will help you establish the framework for the club and the rules for offering your services to other students. They can also help you to find students to tutor.
Because this is a project for credit you will want to focus your tutoring services on a specific demographic of students. This will help you to evaluate the value of your community services. For example, you can target students in the special education program or you can target students that have been identified as “at-risk.”
After you have a focus for your tutoring club you will want to determine who you want to be tutors in your club. Usually you won’t have to do your senior community service project on your own, so you will have a group of students to work with. When selecting your project group pick students that have the ability to tutor other students.
Next, put together an outline for you project. This outline will highlight who you will be tutoring, when you will be tutoring and what subjects you will be tutoring. You can use this outline to help you write your final report. In your report remember to explain why you selected the parameters for your project and what need you are meeting with your services.
