Texas Tutoring Supports
The vision of the Texas High Impact Tutoring program is to support at-risk students by providing information about evidence-based practices, high quality supplemental instructional materials, tutor resources, and provide ongoing support to ESCs and LEAs.
What is High Impact Tutoring?
Early data indicates that school closures and disruptions in SY19-20 and SY20-21 are likely to result in unfinished learning for many students statewide, making multi-year recovery and acceleration supports even more crucial. As LEAs consider how to best facilitate learning acceleration, many are considering high impact tutoring (HIT), as there is strong evidence that high impact tutoring is one of the most effective ways to increase learning gains for students.
High-impact tutoring programs have a few key characteristics:
- Well-trained, consistent tutor (can be a teacher, paraprofessional, or teacher candidate) who builds a strong relationship with students
- High-quality instructional material aligned to standards and core classwork
- One-to-one or small group for individualized support (1-3 student max. ratio recommended)
- Embedded in, or immediately before or after, the school day to maximize student access
- At least three sessions per week for sustained support; Minimum of 30 minutes
- Data-driven with tutors building sessions around student strengths and needs
Tutoring Implementation Supports
Texas Education Agency wants to be responsive to the varying needs of local education agencies (LEAs) across Texas by providing multiple approaches to implement high impact tutoring.
Three Approaches to Creating HIT Program
Resources: Vetted instructional materials, tutoring platform, aligned tutor training by ESCs, subsidized costs
Resources: Clearinghouse of TEA-Approved full and partial tutor program providers in the VTT
Resources: Statewide Webinar Series, High Impact Tutoring Toolkit, High Impact Tutoring Workshop Series
Correspondence
August 12, 2021: Vetted Texas Tutor Corps (VTTC) Announcement
July 25, 2021: House Bill 4545 Implementation Overview
May 27, 2021: High-Impact Tutoring Implementation Webinar Series
Key Dates
| August 17 | August 24 | September 7 | September 14 |
| Cohort #2 Tutoring Workshop 1 | Cohort #2 Tutoring Workshop 2 | Cohort #2 Tutoring Workshop 3 | Cohort #2 Tutoring Workshop 4 |
Additional Resources
Accelerated Instruction Requirements and Tutoring (YouTube)
Accelerated Instruction Requirements and Tutoring Slides (PDF)