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members of the community, bringing their skills and knowledge to the county’s schools. She would like to expand the list of available volunteers to the point where every student in need of help — there are presently between 17 and 20 — have someone to work with them one-onone.
That format, Mrs. Heddleston said, has been proven the most effective in helping students.
For another former student, now a volunteer tutor, the lessons have become, “a creative outlet for me, to plan activities and games with students so that they learn while they enjoy it."
Working one-on-one or in small groups, particularly with creative learning activities, Mrs. Heddleston said, is the key to helping students for whom the traditional school environment often proves frustrating. “It makes a difference when the students are given personal attention. When the tutors can talk with the students, get to know them as people and give them encouragement, they respond.”
And the county’s classroom teachers have noticed the work the volunteers are doing, Mrs. Heddleston said, and they’d like to see more. “It is working. But the teachers are still requesting tutors as they identify additional needs.”
And having more volunteers, she added, will mean that the program can use the particular strengths and knowledge of the various tutors in
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