![]() "Bringing in Pearl to support ITI's bold initiative to safely handle massive amounts of scheduling data while also serving as a digital campus experience with unique logins for multiple stakeholders including administrators, students, tutors, and parents, was strategic to ensure long-term success of the program," said Borders. Lauby Teacher Education Center was selected to direct the statewide initiative. Christy Borders, a former Director of the Cecilia J. As a result of the program's success, Dr. With the support of Pearl, ITI will expand from the seven districts served over spring and summer to nearly 60 during the '22-'23 fall semester.ĭuring the height of the pandemic, ISU, the largest preparer of teacher education candidates in the Midwest and fourth in the country, implemented a free tutoring program so future teachers could develop experience while access to traditional classroom settings was unavailable. The program expects to reach approximately 8,500 students in grades 3-12, over a two-year period, with both in-person and online tutoring. With leadership from Illinois State University (ISU), in partnership with Pearl's tutor management resources and data capabilities, and with funding from the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (APR ESSER), the statewide tutoring initiative has already provided students and future teachers across seven higher education institutions with crucial clinical teaching experience while helping to meet the learning needs of students. The pioneering statewide program delivers sustainable, quality high-impact tutoring from the state's future teachers to students in districts adversely impacted by Covid learning disruptions and losses. ![]() 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Pearl, the research-backed tutor intelligence platform, today announced that it will continue as the partner for a large new expansion of the Illinois Tutoring Initiative (ITI). ![]() The innovative program delivers valuable high-impact tutoring from future teachers in seven Illinois colleges and universities to districts throughout the state ![]()
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