Programs
Students work one-on-one with tutors to build confidence, strengthen core skills, and stay connected to learning.
Tutoring for Success is designed for K-12 students in foster care, adoptive families, kinship care, guardianship, group homes, or other at-risk circumstances. Students need internet access and a laptop or desktop computer when possible.
Students are assigned their own tutor and usually meet once a week for one hour. Families are asked to commit to a four- to six-month tutoring period so students have time to build consistency, trust, and steady academic support over time.
Tutors work on fundamental reading and math skills and may also help with homework, note taking, and study skills. Volunteer tutors may include high school students, college students, current professionals, and retired professionals.
Tutoring for Success launched as a virtual program in April 2020 in partnership with Learn To Be. Cobb EMC Foundation also sponsors Tutoring for Success, helping students access free one-on-one academic support.
Legacy program records note that 2,867 tutoring hours were recorded from March 2021 through March 2022, and that not every tutor recorded hours. Recorded hours may understate the full amount of tutoring provided.
FAQs
K-12 students in foster care, adoptive families, kinship care, guardianship, group homes, or other at-risk circumstances may be eligible.
Families are asked to commit to four to six months, once per week, for one hour.
Tutoring is designed to be free for children and families. Donations are welcome to help offset program costs.
Yes. Each student is assigned their own tutor when tutoring capacity allows.
Families should contact the tutor or program team as soon as possible so a better time can be discussed.