Keith Christman
Chairman
Eldon Burk
Vice Chairman
Jennifer Connolly
Secretary
Katie Skibbe
Treasurer
Ruth Haller
Executive Director
James Blue
John Carle
Sandra Deines
Marilyn Goll
Richard Mangold
Judy Rosedale
Pat Schreiber
Fred Suevel
Mark Thompson
Dr Joel Morris
Superintendent of Schools
Advisory Board Members
Joyce Christensen
Ervin Geisler
Donald Larson
J.E. Treadway
The COACH Program is a district-wide, in school, peer tutoring program available to all students, at all levels, in all subjects. Starting in January 2000, it is designed to empower students to become Academic Coaches of their student colleagues.
COACH is unique in its structure and in its multiple benefits for both students being tutored and those providing assistance - the coaches. Teachers and the business community are winners as well.
STRATEGY
While the district has several tutorial programs in place, the COACH program expands tutorial benefits to all students - low achieving, high achieving, and everyone in-between. There are two components to the program:
• Students serve as tutors within the classroom. Each teacher potentially may receive one tutor for each class he/she teaches. Coaches receive 1/4 credit for a semester of service. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are eligible to be tutors.
• The after school tutoring component not only improves learning for those being tutored and those coaching, it provides income for the student tutors who earn $5.15 per hour for a maximum of three hours per week. Earning while increasing learning is definitely a win-win game plan, and the flexibility and limited hours permit students to participate in activities or take other after-school employment. There is no cost to receive tutoring services.
• Well-educated, self-confident students are
BETTER PREPARED OF THE WORLD OF WORK.
• Even Advanced Placement students can
IMPROVE THEIR LEARNING.
• Approximately 10% of students entering our high schools
have SKILLS BELOW FRESHMAN GRADE LEVEL
• Research shows that LEARNING TOGETHER WORKS!
Research shows that peer tutoring programs consistently
raise the academic achievement of both the students receiving
instruction and those providing it. Programs like COACH,
which are structured, well-planned, and provide solid
instructional methods and training, show the best results.
Specific benefits abound for all participants. Listed below is but
a sampling.
Tutoring in General
• Increases mastery of academic skills
• Improves self-esteem and self-confidence
• Improves students’ attitudes, thus, decreasing school
dropout rates, truancies and tardiness.
Benefits for Those Being Tutored
• Individual instruction, tailored to individual learning styles
and ability level
• Increases feedback, encouragement, motivation and pride
• Improves grades, test scores, and employability
Benefits for the Tutors
• Increases academic mastery
• Instills a sense of pride and accomplishment for being
helpful, and a new appreciation and respect for what it
takes to impart knowledge to students
Retention Research further show that students best learn
and retain what they learn by teaching others.
Format Retention
Lecture 5%
Read 10%
Demonstration 30%
Discussion Group 50%
Learning by Doing 75%
Teaching Others 90%
Today’s students often need and want employment. What could be better than to provide students with a chance to earn money while increasing their own learning and that of others
• All District 207 students are eligible
• Tutoring is available within each school from Monday through Thursday from 3:00PM until 6:00PM for each grading period.
• Morning Saturday sessions may be more extensive.
• Sodexho Marriott Corp provides snacks and soft drinks.
• Faculty mentors train and supervise student tutors, and match tutors with students.
• Individual and aggregate learning data will be used to measure the success of the program
• The district’s commitment to the program is long term.
• Parents willing to pay for tutoring may make a donation to the Maine Twp High School Dist 207 Education Foundation
FUNDING SUCCESS
Student tutor “salaries” are paid by the district from funds raised by the Maine Twp High School District 207 Education Foundation. Other costs including three school coordinators, curriculum development fees, and stipends for thirty faculty mentors are paid from grant money obtained by the district. Costs to cover the hourly rate of 150 student tutors is $83,430 per year. Parents of students being tutored can pay the hourly fee if they wish to do so, thus supporting the program.
Invest in Student Achievement and help develop the local talent of the future employment pool. By supporting COACH, businesses and citizens will ultimately receive an improved return on their tax dollars by creating a future workforce which is academically “fit” with the necessary work ethic, motivation, organization, and time management skills.
If you or your company wants to share the costs and the benefits of the COACH Program, submit your donation to:
COACH Program
Maine Twp High School Dist 207 Educational Foundation
RJ Frost Administration Center
1131 S Dee Rd
Park Ridge IL 60068-4379
Make your tax deductible checks to:
Maine Twp High School Dist 207 Educational Foundation
(Designating “COACH”)
Suggested commitments:
Player . . . . . . . . .$1,000 - $2,499
Captain . . . . . . . .$2,500 - $4,999
COACH . . . . . . .$5,000 and up
Any amount is appreciated
Please designate the numbers of years of this commitment:
1, 2, or 3