TUTORING FOR
COMMUNITY OUTREACH

82-281
6-9 units
Weekly 50-minute session on campus, TBA
School site time: 4-6 hours per week, TBA
Are you looking for a course that combines a community experience
with the study of modern languages?
Are you interested in working with elementary, middle, or
high school students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools?
Would you like to participate in their learning of Chinese, French,
German, Japanese, Spanish or English as a Second Language?
The purpose of 82-281 Tutoring for Community Outreach
is for students to participate in a community outreach program
and work in the Pittsburgh Public Schools with either elementary,
middle, or high school students of Chinese, ESL, French, German,
Japanese or Spanish. The elementary and middle school experiences
may involve regular visits, mentoring, and tutoring at East Hills
Elementary School, Frick International Studies Academy, Greenfield
Elementary School, Linden School, or Liberty School. The high
school experience invites advanced students, majors, or minors
in Chinese,French, German, Japanese, or Spanish to work with language
students at Schenley High School or Taylor Allderdice High School.
Activities in the high schools may involve tutoring, may be remedial,
or may be for enrichment. At Schenley High, Carnegie Mellon students
may aid in students' preparation for International Baccalaureate
Exams in the Spring. During the early weeks of the semester, students
will meet individually with the faculty liaison to arrange their
community outreach activities and also as a group to prepare for
their experience. Depending on the number of units to be earned,
during the course of the semester, students will spend a certain
number of hours per week engaged in some of the following activities:
attending and participating in the individual and group meetings,
tutoring four to six hours per week, reading and preparing for
the school visits, keeping a journal of tutoring experiences,
writing a paper or completing a synthesis project at the end of
the term that reflects experiences. Generally, students earn 6
units by spending 4 hours per week at a school site plus completing
related activities. Students earn 9 units by spending 6 hours
per week at a school site plus completing related activities.
Pre-requisites: If you are interested, contact the faculty liaison,
Dr. Susan G. Polansky, BH160, (e-mail: sp3e@andrew.cmu.edu)
and fill out the student information sheet and required clearance
forms available in the Department of Modern Languages.
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