In addition to the Teachers who volunteer for the PATH program, there is a vital unit of those who volunteer and are known as Student Teachers. This group is made up of high school and college students 16 ? 21 years of age who are interested in assisting students. Student Teachers participate alongside Teachers and deserve the same respect and recognition. PATH is delighted to furnish record-keeping and confirmation of hours for Community Service for National Honor Society, Beta Club in high school and fraternities and sororities in college as well as other service organizations. Student Teachers are 16-21 years of age and maintain at least a ?B? average (80%) in academic subjects. This can be verified by a school supervisor on official letterhead, stating age, grade level, and approximate level of achievement. While PATH requests a minimum of 4 hours of time spent assisting with homework from our teachers, we are more lenient with Student Teachers and are delighted to cooperate with them during exams, school vacations, and other school-related situations. PATH Student Teaching Policies A. Purpose of the PATH and the Student Teaching Program B. Participation Rewards C. Limitations D. Reporting Procedures D. Absences F. Behavior G. Glossary of Terms A. Purpose of PATH and the Student Teaching Program One approach known to be successful in education is that of ?Student Teachers,? or students teaching other students. To provide for such valuable assistance, the PATH Student TeacHing program has been established as a part of PATH?s beginning.. The goals of a Student Teaching program in Teaching Rooms of PATH are: * To get students involved in the PATH tutoring program, thus expanding to students the sense of community that already exists among PATH teachers; * To provide tutoring services to those students who will relate to or learn best from another student or a person of their own general age group; * To provide experience and responsibility for the Student Teachers; * To provide teaching assistance for the PATH teachers; NOTE: Student Teachers who are assisting in a live Tutoring Room may only participate when there is at least one adult teacher. Qualified Student Teachers may assist by responding to Message Board questions, Email questions as well as in the live rooms. Such answers will be monitored by a Board Leader and/or Room Leader. Student Teachers may only assist using their designated Student Teaching screen name. Members of the PATH Student Teaching team can help in one or more of the tutoring areas, based on their performance and their length of time with PATH. 1. The tutoring areas or rooms are for assisting students with academic questions. Elementary rooms serve grades 1 ? 5, Middle School rooms serve grades 6-8, High School rooms serve grades 8 ? 12, and college rooms serve any college student (ONLY college Student Teachers assist in these rooms). These rooms are staffed with PATH volunteers who have been approved and trained. Rooms are designated for academic subject designation?English, Science, Math, History, and Information or Elective for general subjects. There is also one Foreign Language room. Student Teachers will schedule their time to assist in these rooms. The PATH rooms are not used for conducting business or advertising, for social chats, nor for topics not related to tutoring. These policies are designed to keep the PATH program organized and as useful as possible to users. 2. Message Board and Email areas are divided into 4 general areas which parallel the room divisions exactly. No schedule is required. Student Teachers check the Boards and their Email for questions each time they access PATH. B. Student Teacher Participation Rewards include the ability to access the PATH private area and access a dedicated management team devoted to solving technical problems and helping with PATH questions. Student Teachers who participate regularly in assisting students for six months or longer may request and receive a letter of certification for school Community Service or for the service organization. The Student Teacher is responsible for making sure the organization will accept these credits. C. Limitations for Student Teachers The following guidelines have been set for when/where/and how much Student Teachers can volunteer. 1. All tutoring time, minimum 3 hours is requested, additional scheduled time, and drop-ins, must occur within the limits of time devoted to free activity and must not take time from studies or school activities. 2. The participant shall agree in advance that their home and school responsibilities take priority over PATH and Student Teaching participation and use. For these reasons, the Student PATH management may set general and individual maximum time limits to participation. D. Reporting Procedures Student Teachers need to complete and e-mail a tutoring report every time they assist, weekly during training, and continue the weekly report for as long as they are volunteering in PATH. This is for record keeping purposes. This also helps when a formal verification of time spent assisting for Community Service credit is requested. Student Teachers who have properly assisted for six months or longer are welcome to list their Student Teacher membership on personal resumes and college or job applications. Formal letters of recommendation may be provided by PATH Management for those participating for at least 6 months. E. Absences If a Student Teacher ever needs to miss a shift, a notification should be sent to the Executive Director as soon as. Student Teachers will be excused from the shift as long as they let the designated people know, even if notification is received within 24 hours AFTER missing the shift. Supervisors are required to report any unexcused absences during their shifts, and Student Teachers are considered unexcused if no absence notification is sent. Student Teachers with an unexcused absence will receive a follow-up. PATH is very serious about maintaining a collegial atmosphere which means that what happens to one of our members is important to us. F. Behavior Student Teachers MUST set an example by following PATH?s requests for professionalism while in AND outside of the PATH site. Student obtain any homework help needed from the PATH at times other than their assistance time. When seeking homework help for themselves, they may not expect preferential treatment because they are Student Teachers. Everyone must go through the appropriate channels to obtain help. Student Teachers are expected to be polite to students, teachers, and fellow Student Teachers at all times. Proper writing skills, grammar, and spelling will be utilized. Student Teachers are asked to respect the Chain Of Command. This means when assisting in the rooms, the host or room leader is the Student Teacher?s direct supervisor if problems that need immediate attention occur with students, etc. Otherwise, Student Teachers will go to their respective supervisor with any problems they may have. Student Teachers must agree to keep information about students, teachers and other tutors confidential, as well as private areas and the information found within. They must be dependable and friendly and follow proper procedures as outlined in the full version of the Student Teaching Guidelines which was received upon application. PATH management reserves the right to suspend or dismiss any Student Teacher who does not follow these guidelines. H. Glossary Of Terms PATH - All areas for assisting students. Elementary School - grades K-5 Middle School - grades 6-8 High School - grades 9-12 College ? any level of college involvement Student Teacher - Person between ages 16 and 21 approved to participate in the PATH Student Teaching Program RL - Room Leader, the person with supervision responsibilities for a Help Room Host - Teacher selected, approved, and trained to greet students entering the room BL ? Board Leader, the person with supervision responsibility for a board(s) and email boxes. Student - Anyone who requests PATH help Teacher - PATH member who meets the qualifications to join the PATH tutoring team Management Team - Those who coordinate the various aspects of the PATH PATH Executive Director - Implies Assistant Directgor when the Director is not available Time - All times on PATH are Eastern Time The application follows: Please complete this and send to yzpat@pathwhelp.org. STUDENT TEACHER APPLICATION Name: Screen Name: Age: For High School Students: Grade level in school: Age: For College Students: Year in school: Age: Subjects with which you would like to help (i.e. English, Math etc.): Age group with which you prefer to work: Are you interested in helping in the ___ Live Rooms ___ Message Boards ___ Email Estimate the number of hours you can help each week: Name of club or organization for which you will use these volunteer hours (if any): Upon receipt of this completed form, the Registration Form will be sent to you within 2 days. Upon receipt of that form your information will be reviewed. You will be notified of acceptance and training dates. Within a brief time, you will be helping students! We look forward to that. Patricia S. Burgess Executive Director PATHwHELP, Inc. PATH: Pupils Ask, Teachers Help "To teach is to learn twice." >> Quoting Ash : > Dear YZPat > > I have become interested in joining PATH I Joined PATH-Afterhours > last night and VorteX had a 3 or 4 hour Chat i asked him about > joining and he told me to email you. I also joined The Math room > once it had opened and a chat to a few of the teachers. I was told > my Age may be a problem i am only 16 I was also told that because i > reside in Austrlia i might be able to help anybody that comes in > after/before hours. If it is possible could u please send me an > admission form. > Thanks For The Help > > Ashley Bowlt<<