The Boston Public Library Foundation & Friends
The Boston Public Schools
Local Colleges and Universities
Real Time Learning, Inc.
| The Boston Public Library The Boston Public Library and, in particular, coordinators of its Homework Assistance Program have acted as team captains. The BPL remains responsible for setting program goals and parameters as well as directing all external resources. |
In addition, BPL coordinators have taken primary responsibility for recruiting all participating students and tutors, for matchmaking the right tutor with the right student, and for scheduling all tutoring sessions.
Staff librarians at specific branches of the BPL are also playing a critical role by setting aside adequate computer space and for helping to supervise participating students.
The Boston Public Library Foundation and Friends:
The BPL Online Tutoring Program is a not-for-profit program that delivers free tutoring to the students of Boston. As such, the fundraising arm of the Boston Public Library, The Boston Public Library Foundation, is responsible for securing donations from corporate sponsors in order to cover the costs of administering this program.
The following corporate sponsors have helped to ensure the successful launch of this program by contributing either dollars, educational content or computer hardware:
By the way, we still need some help keeping this program going forward! If you're interested in participating as a corporate sponsor or learning more about the donation program, please contact the BPL Foundation at OnlineTutoring@bpl.org
The Boston Public Schools has been a critical supporter and collaborator of this project. In particular, individuals at the Office of Instructional Technology have worked closely with other Boston-area curriculum-experts to identify and develop content that will help students prepare for the MCAS exams. To learn more about the Office of Instructional Technology, click here.
The Boston Public Library has built relationships with premier post-secondary institutions in and around Boston. These institutions, from department heads to professors to individual students, have made incalculable contributions not only to the assembly of the tutoring staff but to the development of educationally-sound online tutoring processes and procedures. Participating institutions include:
Boston
College
College
College
College
Simmons
College
College
Real Time Learning is a strategic consulting and development company that specializes in the design and production of innovative Web-based “distance learning” and "community-building" applications. The company consists of a select team of educational software veterans, including top-tier designers, technologists, business development executives and educators.
The Boston Public Library has contracted with Real Time Learning to design the tutoring program, to assist in the recruitment of tutors, to train tutors and to design and develop this web site. In addition, Real Time Learning is responsible for working with the Office of Technology at the Boston Public Schools to develop appropriate content and activities for the tutoring sessions.
To learn more about Real Time Learning and its online tutoring services, go to www.RealTimeLearning.com or contact us Info@RealTimeLearning.com.
