1. Get organized today
2. Be comfortable with the technology
3. Avoid careless errors
4. Establish strong parent relationships
5. Have compelling first sessions
6. Leverage our curriculum and instructional strategies
• Longer stretches of availability make you more
likely to be staffed to programs
• Have consistent availability from week to week
• Schedule out availability at least six months
• Be responsive to advisor communication
• What if all hours are not scheduled?
• How can you change the schedule?
• Can you realistically manage the requested
schedule?
• What is a realistic practice test schedule?
• What is the cancelation policy?
• You can receive students very quickly
• We have seen disorganized tutors struggle
• Ask your peers for systems that work for them
Pen and Paper
Digital
(Microsoft OneNote)
Orbit
(RP System)
• Maintain your availability at least six months into
the future
• Keep your availability note up to date
• Keep your subjects up to date
• Take attendance with 24 hours
• Send parent updates within 72 hours
• Create and edit your email signature
• Subscribe to your calendars
• Zoom tools
• Kami/Adobe DC tools
• Curriculum Dashboard
*Dashboard, Email, Slack, Google Drive
*ACT or SAT workbook, PDF of text, a
tab to look up vocabulary
*Homework, areas for improvement,
next steps
• What times are the sessions
• What subjects you are initially covering
• What materials the student will receive
1. Introduce yourself
2. Express your excitement
3. Share the Revolution Prep academic philosophy
4. Ask the family for additional information about
the student
5. Confirm the pacing, exam schedule, and goals
Student Name:
Jamie
Velocity:
Two hours, 1x per week
Meeting Time(s):
Sundays at 10 a.m. Pacific
Subject(s):
ACT
Starting Score/Goals:
25 (Revolution Prep mock exam)/33
• Short videos designed to keep parents in the loop
• Created in-session by the student and the tutor
• Sent to parents and advisors once per week
Student Name: Alex
Schedule: Next meeting is Wednesday
at 5 p.m. Pacific
Homework: Complete the 3R SAT
practice exam (the student was assigned
this before the last session, but did not
complete the test)
Achievements: Answered 9 of 10
algebra questions correctly in session;
attended office hours with math teacher
Goals: Earn a 620 on the Math section of
the 3R SAT practice exam
• Monthly parent conversations
• A chance to tell the story of the program
• A chance to make strong recommendations
1. Where were we? Summarize the starting point.
2. Where are we now? Highlight growth.
3. How did we get here? Discuss action items that
produced change.
4. Where do we want to go? Why do we want to
get there? Define the long term goal(s) and their
relevance to college competiveness.
5. What steps do we need to take to get there?
Recommend any needed program changes.
1. Create data-driven learning objectives that are
process-focused

Before the session
2. Form a personal connection that goes beyond
the curriculum

5-10 minutes
3. Gain an overview of the student’s academic
profile using the academic planner

5 minutes
4. Have at least one academic win

45 minutes to 1 hour and 45 minutes
•
Clearly define what the student will be able to
do and why it is important
•
Tools to use: Program notes, Revolution Prep
score reports, tests from school, official ACT
and SAT exam scores
•
If you need more information to generate
compelling learning objectives, talk to the
family
Passions
!
Talents
Even after only six hours of tutoring,
it’s possible that you’ll have spent as
much one-on-one time with a student
as they get with a given teacher all
school year!
•
Our goal is to increase confidence and
present new ways of seeing old problems
•
Do not just review missed exam questions—
people don’t like that!
•
We need to provide new strategies before
going to the questions
•
Start with strategies that are most likely to
generate big wins (Two-Track Mind, CARE,
ISME, Plugging/Backsolving)
•
Be enthusiastic
•
Maintain a safe, encouraging learning
environment
•
Connect material with the student’s interests
and passions
•
Set goals for both process and outcome
•
Highlight how the content on standard tests
is different from what students are used to
• Start by building confidence with all of the
questions in the ACT/SAT workbooks and
practice exams
• Expand into the concept modules and
supplemental passages when you begin to
need additional content
• Build familiarity with the additional resources
available via the Curriculum Dashboard
• Use practice tests (1-5) for:
only for full-length practice tests
• Use the workbooks for:
in-session and homework
• Use the content modules for:
additional practice- drill concepts
• Use online resources for:
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10
15
The English Channel is 21 miles across at its narrowest
point between Calais, France, and Dover, England. Until
the proliferation of air transport, shipping was the only
means to connect the island of Britain with its trading
partners on the European continent. So it is perhaps not
surprising that cross-channel tunneling schemes with binational support date back to at least 1715. Nearly 100
years later, Napoleon Bonaparte was said to be a
proponent of the project (though one can imagine the
British were less enthusiastic at that time). Digging even
began in the 1870s, progressing at least a mile on each
side, despite British fears that a permanent crossing of
the English Channel would leave their country vulnerable
to invasion by everything from Continental soldiers to
rabies. Ultimately, technical difficulties and a lack of
political will defeated the tunnel.
C-A-R-E
Reading Question
Anticipate the answer to the question.
In the paragraph, the author implies that which of the
following was the primary goal of a land-link between
England and Europe?
Reveal the answers.
A.
Eliminate answers that do not match your anticipation.
B.
If stuck between choices, eliminate answers either with
absolute language or an extra detail not supported by
the passage.
C.
Cover the answer choices.
D.
Cessation of shipping between France and
England.
Improved transport of military troops between
France and England.
Decreased transport of livestock between France
and England.
Improved merchant trade between France and
England.
I-S-M-E
Identify the problem type.
This is the most important step to solving a math question.
Set Up the question based upon your identification.
Write down what you know is true.
Make Sure you are solving the question being asked.
Don’t let a careless mistake erase your hard work.
Execute the math.
Math #1
A geyser at a national park erupts every three hours. If
the geyser erupts every day of the week, what the total
number of geyser eruptions that will occur over a twoweek period? (1 week is equivalent to 7 days.)
I-S-M-E
Math #2
Identify the problem type.
This is the most important step to solving a math question.
Set Up the question based upon your identification.
Write down what you know is true.
Make Sure you are solving the question being asked.
The sum of two numbers that differ by three is y. In
terms of y, what is the value of the lesser of the two
numbers?
F.
G.
Don’t let a careless mistake erase your hard work.
H.
Execute the math.
J.
K.
y+3
2
y
2
y–3
2
y
–3
2
2y + 3
2
English/Writing Question #1
Education programs at community gardens can help
children learn about science, they also encourage healthy
eating, because children who grow their own
vegetables are more likely to eat them.
A)
B)
C)
D)
NO CHANGE
science; they also encourage
science, also encouraging
science; also encouraging
English/Writing Question #2
In addition to receiving an initial payment for her novel,
royalties will be earned by the author on every copy of her
book that is sold.
F.
G.
H.
J.
NO CHANGE
royalties will be given to the author
the author will earn royalties
earned royalties will go to author
1. Get organized today
2. Be comfortable with the technology
3. Avoid careless errors
4. Establish strong parent relationships
5. Have compelling first sessions
6. Leverage our curriculum and instructional strategies