Introduction to OTIS

1. Online Tutoring + Instructional
Support

2. Hello!
Let’s get started!
Introduction
In this course, you will learn about the program, the Tutors, how
tutoring works, troubleshooting, and best practices for integrating
tutoring into your classroom.
Welcome to Introduction to Online Tutoring + Instructional
Support!

3. Part 1
The Tutors in Profile

4. Part 1: The Tutors in Profile
✓ What are the goals of Online Tutoring + Instructional Support?
✓ How are Reasoning Mind Tutors selected?
✓ Who are the Reasoning Mind Tutors?
Let’s answer the following questions:

5. Part 1: The Tutors in Profile
✓ Provide additional intervention and enrichment support
to students
✓ Act as a resource for teachers to target individual
students’ learning needs
✓ Build student confidence in mathematical problem-
solving
✓ Inspire an enjoyment of mathematics in students
Tutors will work to:
What are the goals of tutoring?

6. Part 1: The Tutors in Profile
✓ Must pass a mathematics proficiency
exam and phone interview
✓ Must pass a background check
✓ Are trained in Foundations program
design, curriculum, and pedagogy
Tutors must undergo a rigorous screening process to
Tutor for Reasoning Mind. Prior to working with
students, Tutors:
How are Reasoning Mind Tutors selected?

7. Part 1: The Tutors in Profile
✓ Are remote employees of Reasoning
Mind who interact with students online
✓ Have prior teaching experience in
addition to working in various other
fields
✓ Are passionate about providing students
with a first-rate math education
Reasoning Mind Tutors:
Who are the Reasoning Mind Tutors?

8. Part 1: The Tutors in Profile
✓ Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics
(University of Houston)
✓ Worked with math in action as
statistician and actuary
✓ Learned about Foundations when her
sons used the program in school
Michelle A. – Texas
Meet a Tutor!

9. Part 1 Complete