Objective:

Create partnership between the high school students and Detroit public school students in 4th and 5th grade to advance the STEM education. Also give the opportunity to high school student volunteers to gain leadership experience and give back to the community.

How do you start a club at your high school?

Meet with a DES representative to gain information about the objectives of the program.

DES will guide through the Tutoring Club registration and establishment process.

Meet with your school principal and get approval to start the club.

Get enough student volunteers to be able to support tutoring at least once a week. It is recommended to maintain a 1: 2 students: tutor ratio.

Before starting a club, be sure to tutor for at least 3 hours under the DES volunteer program to gain experience.

How will DES help?

Provide the presentation support needed to talk to the principal of your school

Provide training for all new tutors in the club

Provide an elementary school for each high school to tutor

Provide lesson plans

Pair each high school club with an adult mentor

Responsibilities of a club leader:

Recruit new volunteers and have them go through the tutor training

Provide tutors with the lesson plans ahead of time

Manage the tutoring schedule for all the tutors

Record the hours volunteered for each club member and send it to DES for the recognition or incentives at the end of the year

Ensure a succession plan for the continuity of the club after your graduation

Conduct at least one fundraiser or conduct school supply drive for Detroit students

Report out weekly session report to DES admin

Tutoring Club Tutor Requirements:

High-school or College Students

Fluent in Google Hangout or skype

Good communication skills

Availability of laptop or computer with camera

Each Tutoring club needs to have 1 President and 1 Vice-Presidents, 1 Treasurer

Performance measure and report out:

DES will measure the success of Mentoring program by following criteria:

Mentors will provide monthly review of the mentee

actual improvements reported by the school in grades/performance/test scores etc

feedback from teachers/principal

feedback from parents

feedback from “beneficiary student”

feedback from mentor

DES Key Contact Information

Function	Name	Cell #	email
Tutor Club Manager	Swati Kashyap	734-945-8315	swatick_48188@yahoo.com
DES Admin	Pallawi Shrivastava	248-376-0039	pallawi.shrivastava@gmail.com