Number: 116
Section: Programs
Title: Tutorial Instruction
Date Adopted: January 8, 1979
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2003

Purpose 
The Board recognizes that the discharge of its responsibility to provide a thorough and efficient system of education for each student in the district may require special help beyond the regular classroom program.  Tutorial instruction shall be interpreted to mean individualized instruction additional to, and in support of, regular classroom instruction. 

Wherever possible within the working day, each teaching staff member shall assist students identified learning needs. 

Authority 
When the student's learning interests and needs are sufficient to warrant help beyond the ordinary classroom instruction, special instruction and services may be utilized.  This determination will be made through joint consultation of the classroom teacher, parent/guardian, and the appropriate representative of the administration.  Said programs shall include:

  1. Ongoing communication among administration, teaching staff members and parent(s)/guardian(s) of students participating in programs of individualized instruction.
  2. Evaluation procedures that measure student achievement related to such educational program objectives and standards.
  3. In certain cases where extra help is desirable and the parents request such assistance; parents may secure a list of certified available tutors maintained by the Superintendent or designee.