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Free Tutoring for Bayless Elementary and Intermediate Students!

SES Information

Help your child succeed in school – sign up for free tutoring!  This is a great opportunity to help your child in school without any cost to you.  As a result of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, your child can receive Supplemental Educational Services/ academic tutoring (SES) to help him or her do better in school. The federal law states that only low-income students, those on free or reduced lunch, attending a Title I building in School Improvement are eligible for SES.  If we cannot provide SES for all requests submitted, priority is given to the lowest achieving of these students.

You can choose a tutoring program that best meets your child’s needs from the list of approved Supplemental Educational Services (SES) providers in your area (See list attached. A more detailed explanation of each provider can be found on the Bayless Website –http://baylessk12.org).  The program will provide your child with tutoring that is coordinated with what is being taught in school and may help improve your child’s academic skills.  Research from the federal government has shown that students who participated in this free tutoring program made significant gains in student achievement, and those students who participated in multiple years did even better.

The list of SES providers/tutoring programs on the Bayless website gives you a description of each program, qualifications of the tutors, and information about each program’s effectiveness.  It also indicates the programs that serve students with disabilities or limited English proficiency. 

When deciding which SES provider/tutoring program is best for your child, you may want to ask these questions:

• When and where will the tutoring take place (at school, home, a community center)?
• How often and for how many hours in total will your child be tutored?
• What programs, by grade levels and subject areas, are available for your child?
• What type of instruction will the tutor use (small group, one-on-one, or on the web/Internet)?
• What are the tutors’ qualifications?
• Can the tutor help if your child has a disability or is learning English?
• Is transportation available to and from the location where the tutoring will take place?

Please call Stephanie True if you have any questions about SES providers/tutoring programs.  You also may join us and talk to the SES providers on Wednesday, September 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Bayless Intermediate Library to help you decide which program is best for your child.  If you would like to select a provider now, you can fill out the SES Provider Selection Form and return it to the school office marked to the attention of Stephanie True.  Please indicate your first, second, and third choice of providers.  Provider Selection Forms are due in the school office by September 23, 2009.  After you submit your form, you will be contacted by October 1, 2009, telling you when the SES/free tutoring will start. 

The list of Frequently Asked Questions with answers that should help you better understand SES.  We hope to see you at the SES Informational Meeting on September 16.

Click here for the Bosnian version of this information.

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

Under the Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), this option of after-school tutoring by an approved provider is available to parents of eligible children that attend a Title I school in School Improvement Level 2, and every year thereafter the building is in School Improvement status.

SES Providers for 2009-2010

Click here for a Detailed list of SES Providers.