The author offers guidelines for teaching volunteers and aides as classroom tutors. It is suggested that the tutor be instructed in administering pretests to students. Materials needed for tutoring are outlined, a simple teaching sequence is offered, and tutor supervision is mentioned. (SBH)

Describes successful volunteer programs that use parents to help expand curriculum, improve academic achievement, and free teachers to make better use of their teaching time. Includes a list of key elements to consider when setting up such programs. (MD)

Volunteers can be an invaluable resource for teachers who are willing to take the time and energy necessary to train them. Guidelines for using volunteers as research aides, sources of special talent or experiences, links to the community, managers of classroom centers, and tutors are offered. (PP)

The curriculum is intended to train classroom aides or other volunteers to be notetakers and tutors, and provide information for interpreters for mainstreamed hearing impaired (HI) students in elementary and secondary schools. Chapter I discusses obstacles of hearing impairments in student acquisition of speech, reading and writing skills, and…

Beginning in 1973, meetings of 12 regional education advisory councils (composed of students, teachers, parents, administrators, board members, superintendents, and other citizens) studied volunteer programs in Illinois to determine their drawbacks and to formulate recommendations for expanding the concept of volunteers in education. This…

Maintains that an educational philosophy grounded in motivation and a positive attitude leads to successful implementation of mainstreaming instructional strategies. Outlines 12 strategies for dealing with mainstreamed students and their diverse needs that include instructional objectives, lesson plans, themes, using tutors and teachers' aides,…