To facilitate students learning basic skills and higher level thinking

  To provide a climate conducive for learning, where students feel comfortable, secure and safe

  To use tutorial strategies not so much to hear tutors teach, but to teach students how to learn, as they accept responsibility for their own learning

  To offer one-to-one instruction, (2) pair and share, or (3) small groupings

  To pre/post assess each student for determining strengths and, weaknesses for driving instruction for students’ success

  To differentiate lessons that reach and teach all students served in acknowledgement of their different learning styles and multiple intelligences

  To assist students with their homework daily as needed

  To ensure students of appropriate grade level materials and techniques for best result

  To make learning interesting, relevant, and enjoyable

  To set aside at least thirty minutes each day for exercise, games, or recreation