Early last Spring, the concept of "global tutoring" was introduced at the
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.
Since then, some 300 educators, teachers, trainers, tutors, parents,
students, business people and interested individuals from 26 countries
have created -- on the Internet -- The International Tutoring (IT)
Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization charged with developing,
introducing and refining the "global tutoring" concept.
 
Today, a year later, members of IT's committees and subscribers using the
Tutor-L conference at St-Johns University (New York) and the IT home page
at Simon Fraser University (British Columbia) have refined the
Internet-based global tutoring concept to the point where it is now being
offered worldwide -- on an experimental basis -- as a new means for
supplementing the traditional schooling or face-to-face tutoring
experience of any primary, secondary, post-secondary and continuing
education student with access to the Internet.
 
Students -- or their parents, guardians or teachers -- are cordially
invited to complete and submit a brief Global Tutee application form to:
 
    Ms. Ann Parsons
    Chairperson, IT Evaluation Committee
    Online Assistant to the EASI Chair
    E-mail:  [log in to unmask] (or) [log in to unmask]
 
Depending on the Global Tutor, the subject being taught and the level of
the student, Global Tutor fees typically range from free to $40 (US)/hour.
All global tutoring is monitored by the IT Evaluation Committee which is
charged with assessing the qualifications and performance of Global Tutors
and matching their tutoring/teaching experience with the Global Tutee's
individual learning needs. Twenty percent of all fees paid are retained to
incorporate IT as a non-profit charitable organization, to provide monies
for Global Tutee bursaries for students whose families pass a needs test,
and to cover related administrative costs. The balance is snail-mailed to
the Global Tutor on a monthly basis.
 
To obtain a Global Tutor or Global Tutee (student) application form or
further information about global tutoring and the non-profit, charitable
International Tutoring Foundation, please visit the IT Web Site:
 
    http://edie.cprost.sfu.ca/~it
 
Respectfully,
 
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Michael Berns, Ed.D. Candidate  Exec. Dir., Intl. Tutoring Foundation
University of Toronto/OISE      For info re subscribing to Tutor-L & TutrVote
252 Bloor St. W., 8th Floor     or obtaining Global Tutor/Tutee applications,
Toronto, Ont. M5S 1V6 Canada    please visit the IT Home Page:
E-mail: <[log in to unmask]>     http://edie.cprost.sfu.ca/~it
 
http://www.oise.on.ca/~mberns/ParentAid.html
http://www.oise.on.ca/~mberns/RoboSearch.html
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    Please disseminate to potentially interested parties.
 
    My apologies for any cross-posting.