Tutoring
We Offer Self-Directed Inquiry Combined
with peer-to-peer collaboration for our students of Jamaican parentage. Our programs offer project-based tutoring and mentoring during the summer school closure using a Google Meet link.​
Greetings!
I am pleased that you have chosen to participate in our life skills tutoring program. My plan is to initiate and maintain warm connections in promoting the steps needed for your success in participating in our Out-of-School summer program. Good luck! I can’t wait to meet and interact with you.
Please log-in complete and sign the Tutee Intake Form before you can participate in the program.
Also, please read the Rules of Engagement, Immersion, and Etiquette to solidify our tutoring relationship. Should you have any immediate questions or concerns, please contact me at using the contact information displayed below:
Tutor Contact Info: WHSEDArtInk@gmail.com
I am looking forward to a mutually beneficial and satisfying tutoring relationship.
Best Regards
Tutoring Rules - Resources for Success:
Rules of Engagement, Immersion, and Etiquette Look, Listen, Learn, and Earn brownie points
Behaviors NOT Allowed
How to Think
The goals are to teach students “how to think” instead of “what to think” in the learning process as we prepare them to be outstanding global citizens in our endeavor to ignite your child’s passion for learning. Our programs operate in the environment where all students are welcomed and valued, except as noted below and meet the Jamaican parentage ethnicity criteria, regardless of their KSA2, race, religion, and gender.
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​Tutoring materials will be mostly drawn from my over 60 children’s books and books on Jamaican history and culture, parishes, and patois language in the classroom. Also, creative foods for kids, and leadership patterned from animals.
Important Note
We regret to advise that we are not trained to offer the inclusive strategy, in respect to ESE students with social, emotional, and communication challenges.
Tutoring Resources for Success
The P’s and Q’s of WHS EDArt Ink Tutoring Program
Rules of Engagement and Etiquette
P’s
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Be prompt – arrive early or be on-time
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Be prepared – look, listen, and learn to earn brownie points
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Be productive - use the input, process, and output (IPO) systems model to get work done I = applied energy/labor, P = work hard, O = successfully compete in-class projects/assignments
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Be a participant – work both individually and with teams (if assigned)
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Be present – show presence (good posture, self-esteem, self-image), have the “it’ factor
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Be polite – exhibit good manners, be honest, act refined, and display discretion
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Be a positive thinker – the glass is always half-full, not half-empty
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Be pumped – stimulate your mind, stay motivated, and excited
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Be perceptive – observant, kind, and understanding
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Be proud – do quality work, have self-respect, and respect for others.
Q’s
Show a quest for knowledge
Don’t be labeled a quitter
Rebound quickly from setbacks
Be quiet unless the class is in open discussion mode
Queue to ask questions using the hands up icon in
Query important topics and subtopics especially for your Google Meet debate team
Enjoy the quizzes (riddles, puzzles, scavenger hunt, bingo)
Form a quorum for team work
Produce quality work whether you are working independently or in teams
Give qualified answers to questions
Do not get in a quandary; its distracting and difficult to get out of
Be quick-witted and astute like “Young Sheldon”; ask questions
Don’t be quirky and tiring like “Young Sheldon”
Avoid quibbling over insignificant things
Remember, we only have less than a quarter to complete the work we started
Materials
Students must be equipped with regular school items: pen, pencil, markers, crayons, paper including graph paper, sharpeners or mechanical pencils, highlighters, rulers, glue stick, calculator (preferably a scientific one, book for notes), craft scissors, learning game cards for matching/ remembrance game, a small Rubik’s Cube, small Lego set with less than 100 pieces, access to a printer with an ample supply of ink and paper, index cards for presentation purposes are optional, and an internet connection to log into our website, have access to a desktop, laptop, tablet/notebook computer or a smartphone. Other items such as light-weight scales, magic mirrors, and pipets may be required for safe experiments.
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​Emergencies
Students must in the care of an adult (parent of guardian) at all times during our interaction with them online. In the case of an emergency (medical or otherwise), it will be the duty of the parent/guardian to contact emergency services to assist the student and render aid.
