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The AU Future Teacher Tutors Program

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天美传媒鈥檚 School of Education and partnered in 2021 to create AU Future Teacher Tutors to bring high-impact tutoring to DC elementary school students in northeast Washington, DC. It has since expanded to include聽southeast聽and northwest DC through a grant for up to $739,000 over two years through the High Impact Tutoring Scaling Scaling Grant from the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE). Another $100,000 was awarded in August of 2025 to continue to fund the program. This additional funding will allow Future Teacher Tutors to expand from two local schools to five schools to now include聽the Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School, the Langley Elementary School, the Sousa Middle School, Hendley Elementary School, and the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus.

School of Education (SOE) students provide tutoring twice a week to elementary, middle, and high-school聽students throughout the District of Columbia thanks to this new grant.

SOE Dean Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy聽said the partnership supports learning for DC students receiving tutoring as well as AU students. 鈥淣ot only does our partnership improve learning outcomes for our DC聽public school students, it also offers 天美传媒 School of Education students the opportunity to receive real-world training,鈥 she said. 鈥淭here are only a few teacher education programs doing tutoring in communities, particularly urban communities. As tutors, they will work with educators to build off lesson plans being taught in classrooms.鈥

Tutors are paid for their time and receive a stipend for transportation via Uber or Lyft to make getting to an in-person tutoring site possible. Funding is possible due to grants SOE receives from the and the , who also provides the curriculum used by the tutors.

SOE continues to expand the AU Future Teacher Tutors program聽to:

  • Serve more DC public schools,
  • Include up to 50 SOE undergraduate and graduate students, and
  • Continue training tutors to ensure DC school students meet grade-level expectations and improve literacy outcomes.

CityTutor DC continues聽to partner with organizations to expand opportunities for more DC聽students to receive high-impact tutoring 鈥 a research-backed practice that involves frequent, consistent small group or one-on-one sessions between a trained tutor and student to supplement classroom learning. For more information on CityTutor DC, visit .

News

  • The聽Future Teacher Tutors program was awarded a $99k contract in January 2025 through DC Public Schools to continue turoting at Langley Elementary School in Northeast DC.

  • OSSE announced a $739k grant聽to expand Future Teacher Tutors into more DC schools.

  • The , stating, 鈥淭he 59 tutees who currently work with her and her peers progress about 25% faster in reading than the national average, according to pre- and post-tests administered by the university.鈥

  • AU and CityTutor DC announced the launch of the AU Future Teacher Tutors.

Outcomes

  • All Dual Enrollees went on to apply to 4-year institutions
  • All Dual Enrollees were accepted to at least one 4-year institution
  • All Dual Enrollees have enrolled in a 4-year institution
  • 4 Dual Enrollees went on to become AU Teaching Fellows
  • 2 Dual Enrollees who became AU Teaching Fellows聽graduated with jobs in the DC school system

Future Teacher Tutors Project FAQs

AU's School of Education and partnered to bring high-impact tutoring to DC elementary school students at Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School in northeast DC since 2021. School of Education (SOE) students provided tutoring twice a week to kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students throughout the District of Columbia. They now reach up to high school聽through the newly expanded list of schools: the Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School, the Langley Elementary School, the Sousa Middle School, and the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus. SOE continues to expand the program, called AU Future Teacher Tutors.

In three quadrants of the District of Columbia, DC students can be tutored at聽the Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School, the Langley Elementary School, the Sousa Middle School, Hendley Elementary School, and the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus.

Tutors are paid for their time and receive a stipend for transportation via Uber or Lyft to make getting to an in-person tutoring site possible. Funding is possible due to grants SOE receives from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) and the Benedict Silverman Foundation, who also provides the curriculum used by the tutors.

聽is聽a coalition of 50+ schools, community-based organizations, civic partners, and other stakeholders committed to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic鈥檚 impact on student achievement and well-being by dramatically expanding access to high-impact tutoring in our nation鈥檚 capital. CityTutor DC is continuing to partner with organizations to expand opportunities for more District of Columbia聽students to receive high-impact tutoring 鈥 a research-backed practice that involves frequent, consistent small group or one-on-one sessions between a trained tutor and student to supplement classroom learning. For more information on CityTutor DC, visit .

Contact Information

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