After School Tutoring

For students consequences, our after school program location is a small building with small rooms next to our church. The more students we accept, the crowded the classroom will be. It can be dangerous for them to play when it is so packed. In some situation, when the tutors decided to stay for indoor activities rather than outdoor, the students are caged in the student center all the time, and cannot receive fresh air and sunshine. As more inexperience tutors increased, the quality of tutoring decreased. It is hard to blame new tutors, because most of the senior tutors left suddenly, and the new tutors have no chance to learn from seniors. As a result, the quantity of teaching has decreased due to different factors. These many unwanted consequences …show more content…
The safety condition of our program has also raised their concern, and hoped that we are able to work out some plans. The director is working under pressure, she have to deal the board members that request more information and future planning of the after school program. In fact, she will be leaving this program in Fall 2016. Which means the board have to find a new director again. The reduced activity materials lead to the change of many original plan of activities and classes, tutors have to think and re-plan for new activities and classes in order to fit the new budget. More guidelines and cancelation of outdoor activities are good for protecting the children from danger. However, the more regulations for tutors to follow make them more stressed about their duty. There are more restrictions and rules for the students too, for example, must hold hands with the assigned partner, not allowed to talk until they arrive their destination, and never talk to strangers in any circumstances. Thats make tutors and students have to suffer more before going out and enjoy for outdoor activities. The tutors told me that they rather stay indoor and let the students free play instead of going outdoors. It is because they feel the tiredness of responsibility for the student 's safety, and more concerns for getting in different …show more content…
The financial management is one of the biggest problem in this after school program, and it affects the numbers of tutors, budget and the numbers of students being accepted. The church board should know and investigate the program 's current situation. The best method in my opinion is either raise the budget of the program or raise the tuition fees(the current tuition fees of this program is very cheap comparing to other after school program). It is impossible to keep a certain quality of service but keep cutting budgets and losing human resources, and the board members of the church doesn 't know about the current situation or consequences happening in this program. Restructure the after school program. The changes of the directors and stuff have also changed the programs ' direction, and in my opinion, a wrong direction. Although making small adjustments, changing activities and adding more regulation might reduce some of the potential risks, these changes can lead or increase other potential