District outlines 'high-dose tutoring' intervention: groups of four or fewer, in-school schedule and monitoring

District supervisors described the Terrebonne Parish School District’s high-dose tutoring program — an in-school intervention for students identified as below grade level — and said supervisors will continue monitoring implementation across schools.

Dr. Monica Brose, supervisor of assessment and accountability, said the district’s K–3 literacy and numeracy assessments identify students who are below proficient and therefore qualify for high-dose tutoring. The intervention occurs during the school day in built intervention time for ELA and math. Schools have collected schedules and many have already started the intervention blocks.

Brose said a program requirement is groups of four students or fewer; teachers with a highly effective evaluation score may have slightly larger groups (five or six). Tutors may be classroom teachers, seasonal teachers paid by Title I (often retired teachers rehired for the term), or other staff depending on the school’s configuration. The district has conducted walk-throughs of intervention sessions and plans additional monitoring throughout the year; Tanya Cook will guide monitoring going forward.

A board member asked whether students are pulled from class for tutoring; Brose said tutoring may occur in-class or as a pull-out depending on school staffing and group needs.

Supervisors framed the program as an in-school, targeted intervention meant to accelerate students toward grade-level proficiency; the committee did not change eligibility criteria at this meeting.