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Megadoses of One-on-One Tutoring for Urban High School Students Presentation at the U.S. National Charter School Conference, April 5, 2007 About MATCHAlan Safran, Executive Director: About MATCH Alan Safran, Executive Director Mission: Prepare inner-city Boston students to succeed in college and beyond- including students who have not been led to expect a university education. Reverse underachievement through innovation and 'no shortcuts' ethic. Embrace discipline, courage and perseverance as core values. Background: Background Opened in September 2000 Serves 220 students in grades 9 through 12 Lottery admission Tuition-free, state-chartered public school 2/3 of operating support is from state 1/3 of operating support is raised privately 68% African American and Caribbean American, 24% Latino, 4% Asian, 3% White 71% live in in poverty (statistically); many in single-parent or non-parent households. Majority have failed 8th grade math and/or English state exams Results/Recognition:: Results/Recognition: All members of the first three graduating classes - 2004, 2005, and 2006 - have been accepted into four-year colleges. Together they received approximately $2.75 million in four-year need-based grants and $800,000 in four-year loan commitments. Their selections include Boston College, Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Smith, and Spelman College For the second consecutive year, every MATCH student passed the 10th grade MCAS tests in English and Mathematics, and MATCH also ranks in the top 10 out of 337 high schools for the percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced on the math MCAS. MATCH is the #1 charter school in Massachusetts in the percentage of students scoring advanced in the math MCAS. 2 Types of Tutoring at MATCH: 2 Types of Tutoring at MATCH Tutoring during the school day Weekend Tutoring A. Tutoring during the school day: A. Tutoring during the school day Lisa Hwang MATCH Corps Director Slide7: What Is MATCH Corps? 45+ Top Recent College Grads (with majors from math to history to biology – no education majors) work full-time (50+ hours per week) for one year. Most of the time is tutoring students – 9th and 10th graders in mathematics and English; 11th and 12th graders in Advanced Placement and college courses. Corps members also serve as assistants to teachers and staff. In return, Corps receive extensive training, a monthly stipend of $600 to $850 per month, and free housing in the dormitory on the top floor of our school. Slide8: Even before the program’s inception in September 2004, MATCH Corps became a case study in strategic management at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Basic questions: Can they attract 45 elite college grads for $600 per month? A: Yes, if the program is well-run, far exceeding other service year programs. Are school leaders insane to have tutors living on the top floor of a public school? A: No. No problems to date, so far as we know… Can the school redo its entire schedule to optimize Corps impact? A: Yes. Tutoring is not after-school, but woven throughout the school day, like classes. MATCH Corps Goals: MATCH Corps Goals Raise State Graduation Test (MCAS) Proficiency Raise # of students taking AP Exams Raise AP Exam Scores and 'BU GPA' (all MATCH seniors take classes at Boston University) Reduce Flunk Rate and Transfer Rate Achieve High Satisfaction Among Stakeholders: Parents, Students, Corps, Teachers Broader “Education Pipeline” Goal of Getting More Talented Young People Involved in Urban Education: Broader 'Education Pipeline' Goal of Getting More Talented Young People Involved in Urban Education Pathway 1: Attract Elite Recent College Grads To Consider Teaching and Education Policy Careers, But With A Different Induction…Full-time Tutoring, Not Teaching. Pathway 2: Attract Future Med and Law School Students to Work Productively In A High-Poverty High School – and, Down The Road, Become Citizen Advocates for Education Reform (e.g., Charter School Trustees; Politicians; Civil Rights Advocates). Most Selective Similar Program In the Nation: 565 applicants for 40 slots in Year 2, a 14-to-1 ratio: Most Selective Similar Program In the Nation: 565 applicants for 40 slots in Year 2, a 14-to-1 ratio Selectivity: MATCH Corps Tied for #1 in nation with Harvard and Stanford for GRE/SAT Scores among 884 Graduate Schools of Education Nationwide: Selectivity: MATCH Corps Tied for #1 in nation with Harvard and Stanford for GRE/SAT Scores among 884 Graduate Schools of Education Nationwide MCAS 2006: English Proficiency Vs. State: MCAS 2006: English Proficiency Vs. State MCAS 2006:Math Proficiency Vs. State: MCAS 2006: Math Proficiency Vs. State # of AP Exams Taken: # of AP Exams Taken Pre-Match Corps: Approximately 6 Exams Taken 2004-2005 (Inaugural Year of Match Corps): 49 Exams Taken 2005-2006: 56 Exams Taken Projection for 2006-2007: 70+ Exams Taken Passing Rate on AP Tests Improves from 14% to 29%: Passing Rate on AP Tests Improves from 14% to 29% Post MATCH Corps Plans (#): Post MATCH Corps Plans (#) Stakeholder Satisfaction on a 1 to 10 Scale (Parents and Kids rate individual tutors; Corps rate program overall): Stakeholder Satisfaction on a 1 to 10 Scale (Parents and Kids rate individual tutors; Corps rate program overall) Special Note:: Special Note: Ongoing feedback and evaluation A: Zoomerang B: Coaching Groups Community Goals (1/2 of the Corps Are Underwritten By AmeriCorps): Community Goals (1/2 of the Corps Are Underwritten By AmeriCorps) MATCH Corps tutors work 10 hours a week in regular Boston district public schools by providing curricular and tutorial support for students, at no cost. Strengthen local communities with over 4,000 hours of service: various projects, from schoolyard clean-ups to poetry slams to benefit non-profits, and mobilize a few hundred volunteers in the process. B. Weekend Tutoring: B. Weekend Tutoring Justin Sallis Director of Weekend Tutoring Weekend Tutoring Structure: Weekend Tutoring Structure Each sophomore at MATCH receives 4 hours of one-on-one tutoring in math and English. While students are required to participate in tutoring they are allowed to choose from Friday, Saturday or Sunday tutoring. 25 scheduled weeks of weekend tutoring = 100 hours of extra one-on-one help in math and English!!! Staffing: Staffing Who are the weekend tutors?: Work-study students: negotiate slightly higher per hour rate for weekend tutors in comparison to on-campus job opportunities while still paying only a fraction of salary. Schools must set aside work-study funding for community service based programs – take advantage! for fiscal year 2000 and succeeding fiscal years, an institution shall use at least 7 percent of the total amount of funds granted to such institution under this section for such fiscal year to compensate students employed in community service, and shall ensure that not less than 1 tutoring or family literacy project…1 Volunteers: Volunteers can coexist with paid tutors! You can use paid tutors to provide a steady core, especially if they are work-study. Also, volunteers who simply want to help are often willing to sign up anyway 1 Higher Education Act – Part C. Sec. 443. Effective 1:1 Tutoring: : Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring Pair the same student with 'THEIR' tutor every time Maintain parent buy-in Go where the tutors go Design and communicate clear rules Structure, structure, structure! Create two-way evaluations Design and communicate clear goals Aim for long sessions, not short ones Compensate your tutors Volunteers are good tutors, too Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 1. SAME STUDENT EACH TIME WITH 'THEIR' TUTOR Tutoring the same kid with the same tutor for the whole year is a HUGE gain. It's logistically tempting to 'Spread around' the tutoring...so that each kid gets a little bit...but on a Return On Investment basis, the quality of an hour with a kid that you know is far higher than the quality of an hour with a kid that you simply get assigned to.... Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 2. PARENT BUY-IN With a regular tutor-student pairing, you can move to parent buy-in. Phone calls and parent contracts are a must BEFORE the tutoring starts. Parents LIKE individual help for their kids. They understand that there need to be rules. Every 3-minute phone call by a supervisor or the tutor to the parent (to say the session went well or not) is a huge investment in the quality of the next multi-hour session. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 3. GO WHERE THE TUTORS ARE Work-study college students weren't consistently available during the week. So to stick with the commitment of same student: same tutor, we went to weekends. That requires a commitment from the school. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 4. CLEAR RULES The rules and consequences need to be simple and clear. 5 questions every program must answer: What happens with a kid who no-shows, who is late, who won't do the work when asked by the tutor, who wanders the hall, who misbehaves. [And what happens with a tutor who no-shows or is late]. Many tutoring programs try simply to manage kids by coaxing (come on, let's get to work here). Tutors quit quickly if you don't enforce the rules. Ideally, some staffer with high relationship capital with the kids (dean, favorite teacher, principal) reviews the basic rules with all of the kids, out loud, in front of all of the tutors. 'Here is what we've told your tutors. If they don't enforce these rules, we will fire them. They are here to help you so please don't put them in a tough position.' Don't expect the tutors to be great rule-enforcers. Many don't want to do the 'dirty work' - they're afraid that if they hold the kid accountable, the kid won't like them. So have a redundant system - tell the tutor to enforce the rules, train them to do it, but assume some won't and the supervisor needs to ANTICIPATE this and allocate the necessary time. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 5. STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE We created a 'default' model use of the tutoring time. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 6. TWO-WAY EVALUATIONS Use 2-way daily evaluations by the tutor AND by the kid as a management tool. Identify the 20% of troubled sessions. That keeps student attendance high and tutor attrition low. And grade tutoring like you grade a class…with same consequences. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 7. CLEAR GOALS There is homework/studying tutoring (helping a kid with their classes, which moves at a prescribed pace) and basic skills tutoring (which moves at the kid's pace -- like learning to add fractions). Differentiate. Each creates different challenges Test goals are the best - whether it's a science test next week or a standardized test in 5 months. That way, the tutor feels a clear sense of mission, and the ability to answer the kid's question 'Why am I here?' The more fuzzy the goals (to get 'better' at reading), the less effective the tutor. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 8. GO FOR LONG SESSIONS, NOT SHORT Longer sessions. 4-hours is the right time. First, whether your session is two hours or four hours, you will probably lose 30 minutes. Assume 5-10 minutes to get started of chatting; 15 minute break in the middle; a couple of other pauses. Therefore it's better to spread the lost 30 minutes over 4 hours than 2. Second, longer sessions HELP kids really get focused. Shorter sessions find that many kids try to 'stall out' the session, wander the halls, etc. With 4 hours, there's nothing to do but just get to work. Third, think of the labor force's travel time. If they travel 30 minutes door to door, that's an hour wasted round trip each session. Think of how much more satisfying it is to do 4 hours than 1 hour. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 9.COMPENSATE YOUR TUTORS That can be cash, it can be 'Aggressive appreciation' (handwritten thank you cards, gifts, food, Barnes and Noble gift cards), it can be internship credit, it can be school credit (for peer tutors), and/or it can be a well-managed, tight program where, from the tutor's point of view, the kid is there on time, the goals are clear, the session feels productive, and problems are solved quickly. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 10. VOLUNTEERS ARE GOOD TUTORS, TOO Volunteers can coexist with paid tutors! You can use paid tutors to provide a steady core, especially if they are work study and therefore there is a rationale of why they get paid, and volunteers who simply want to help are often willing to sign up anyway. For more information, contact us…: For more information, contact us… Alan Safran, Executive Director asafran@matchschool.org Lisa Hwang, MATCH Corps Director lisa.hwang@matchschool.org Justin Sallis, Director of Weekend Tutoring justin.sallis@matchschool.org www.matchschool.org MATCH School 1001 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 617.232.0300 You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
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Megadoses of One-on-One Tutoring for Urban High School Students Presentation at the U.S. National Charter School Conference, April 5, 2007 About MATCHAlan Safran, Executive Director: About MATCH Alan Safran, Executive Director Mission: Prepare inner-city Boston students to succeed in college and beyond- including students who have not been led to expect a university education. Reverse underachievement through innovation and 'no shortcuts' ethic. Embrace discipline, courage and perseverance as core values. Background: Background Opened in September 2000 Serves 220 students in grades 9 through 12 Lottery admission Tuition-free, state-chartered public school 2/3 of operating support is from state 1/3 of operating support is raised privately 68% African American and Caribbean American, 24% Latino, 4% Asian, 3% White 71% live in in poverty (statistically); many in single-parent or non-parent households. Majority have failed 8th grade math and/or English state exams Results/Recognition:: Results/Recognition: All members of the first three graduating classes - 2004, 2005, and 2006 - have been accepted into four-year colleges. Together they received approximately $2.75 million in four-year need-based grants and $800,000 in four-year loan commitments. Their selections include Boston College, Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Smith, and Spelman College For the second consecutive year, every MATCH student passed the 10th grade MCAS tests in English and Mathematics, and MATCH also ranks in the top 10 out of 337 high schools for the percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced on the math MCAS. MATCH is the #1 charter school in Massachusetts in the percentage of students scoring advanced in the math MCAS. 2 Types of Tutoring at MATCH: 2 Types of Tutoring at MATCH Tutoring during the school day Weekend Tutoring A. Tutoring during the school day: A. Tutoring during the school day Lisa Hwang MATCH Corps Director Slide7: What Is MATCH Corps? 45+ Top Recent College Grads (with majors from math to history to biology – no education majors) work full-time (50+ hours per week) for one year. Most of the time is tutoring students – 9th and 10th graders in mathematics and English; 11th and 12th graders in Advanced Placement and college courses. Corps members also serve as assistants to teachers and staff. In return, Corps receive extensive training, a monthly stipend of $600 to $850 per month, and free housing in the dormitory on the top floor of our school. Slide8: Even before the program’s inception in September 2004, MATCH Corps became a case study in strategic management at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Basic questions: Can they attract 45 elite college grads for $600 per month? A: Yes, if the program is well-run, far exceeding other service year programs. Are school leaders insane to have tutors living on the top floor of a public school? A: No. No problems to date, so far as we know… Can the school redo its entire schedule to optimize Corps impact? A: Yes. Tutoring is not after-school, but woven throughout the school day, like classes. MATCH Corps Goals: MATCH Corps Goals Raise State Graduation Test (MCAS) Proficiency Raise # of students taking AP Exams Raise AP Exam Scores and 'BU GPA' (all MATCH seniors take classes at Boston University) Reduce Flunk Rate and Transfer Rate Achieve High Satisfaction Among Stakeholders: Parents, Students, Corps, Teachers Broader “Education Pipeline” Goal of Getting More Talented Young People Involved in Urban Education: Broader 'Education Pipeline' Goal of Getting More Talented Young People Involved in Urban Education Pathway 1: Attract Elite Recent College Grads To Consider Teaching and Education Policy Careers, But With A Different Induction…Full-time Tutoring, Not Teaching. Pathway 2: Attract Future Med and Law School Students to Work Productively In A High-Poverty High School – and, Down The Road, Become Citizen Advocates for Education Reform (e.g., Charter School Trustees; Politicians; Civil Rights Advocates). Most Selective Similar Program In the Nation: 565 applicants for 40 slots in Year 2, a 14-to-1 ratio: Most Selective Similar Program In the Nation: 565 applicants for 40 slots in Year 2, a 14-to-1 ratio Selectivity: MATCH Corps Tied for #1 in nation with Harvard and Stanford for GRE/SAT Scores among 884 Graduate Schools of Education Nationwide: Selectivity: MATCH Corps Tied for #1 in nation with Harvard and Stanford for GRE/SAT Scores among 884 Graduate Schools of Education Nationwide MCAS 2006: English Proficiency Vs. State: MCAS 2006: English Proficiency Vs. State MCAS 2006:Math Proficiency Vs. State: MCAS 2006: Math Proficiency Vs. State # of AP Exams Taken: # of AP Exams Taken Pre-Match Corps: Approximately 6 Exams Taken 2004-2005 (Inaugural Year of Match Corps): 49 Exams Taken 2005-2006: 56 Exams Taken Projection for 2006-2007: 70+ Exams Taken Passing Rate on AP Tests Improves from 14% to 29%: Passing Rate on AP Tests Improves from 14% to 29% Post MATCH Corps Plans (#): Post MATCH Corps Plans (#) Stakeholder Satisfaction on a 1 to 10 Scale (Parents and Kids rate individual tutors; Corps rate program overall): Stakeholder Satisfaction on a 1 to 10 Scale (Parents and Kids rate individual tutors; Corps rate program overall) Special Note:: Special Note: Ongoing feedback and evaluation A: Zoomerang B: Coaching Groups Community Goals (1/2 of the Corps Are Underwritten By AmeriCorps): Community Goals (1/2 of the Corps Are Underwritten By AmeriCorps) MATCH Corps tutors work 10 hours a week in regular Boston district public schools by providing curricular and tutorial support for students, at no cost. Strengthen local communities with over 4,000 hours of service: various projects, from schoolyard clean-ups to poetry slams to benefit non-profits, and mobilize a few hundred volunteers in the process. B. Weekend Tutoring: B. Weekend Tutoring Justin Sallis Director of Weekend Tutoring Weekend Tutoring Structure: Weekend Tutoring Structure Each sophomore at MATCH receives 4 hours of one-on-one tutoring in math and English. While students are required to participate in tutoring they are allowed to choose from Friday, Saturday or Sunday tutoring. 25 scheduled weeks of weekend tutoring = 100 hours of extra one-on-one help in math and English!!! Staffing: Staffing Who are the weekend tutors?: Work-study students: negotiate slightly higher per hour rate for weekend tutors in comparison to on-campus job opportunities while still paying only a fraction of salary. Schools must set aside work-study funding for community service based programs – take advantage! for fiscal year 2000 and succeeding fiscal years, an institution shall use at least 7 percent of the total amount of funds granted to such institution under this section for such fiscal year to compensate students employed in community service, and shall ensure that not less than 1 tutoring or family literacy project…1 Volunteers: Volunteers can coexist with paid tutors! You can use paid tutors to provide a steady core, especially if they are work-study. Also, volunteers who simply want to help are often willing to sign up anyway 1 Higher Education Act – Part C. Sec. 443. Effective 1:1 Tutoring: : Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring Pair the same student with 'THEIR' tutor every time Maintain parent buy-in Go where the tutors go Design and communicate clear rules Structure, structure, structure! Create two-way evaluations Design and communicate clear goals Aim for long sessions, not short ones Compensate your tutors Volunteers are good tutors, too Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 1. SAME STUDENT EACH TIME WITH 'THEIR' TUTOR Tutoring the same kid with the same tutor for the whole year is a HUGE gain. It's logistically tempting to 'Spread around' the tutoring...so that each kid gets a little bit...but on a Return On Investment basis, the quality of an hour with a kid that you know is far higher than the quality of an hour with a kid that you simply get assigned to.... Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 2. PARENT BUY-IN With a regular tutor-student pairing, you can move to parent buy-in. Phone calls and parent contracts are a must BEFORE the tutoring starts. Parents LIKE individual help for their kids. They understand that there need to be rules. Every 3-minute phone call by a supervisor or the tutor to the parent (to say the session went well or not) is a huge investment in the quality of the next multi-hour session. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 3. GO WHERE THE TUTORS ARE Work-study college students weren't consistently available during the week. So to stick with the commitment of same student: same tutor, we went to weekends. That requires a commitment from the school. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 4. CLEAR RULES The rules and consequences need to be simple and clear. 5 questions every program must answer: What happens with a kid who no-shows, who is late, who won't do the work when asked by the tutor, who wanders the hall, who misbehaves. [And what happens with a tutor who no-shows or is late]. Many tutoring programs try simply to manage kids by coaxing (come on, let's get to work here). Tutors quit quickly if you don't enforce the rules. Ideally, some staffer with high relationship capital with the kids (dean, favorite teacher, principal) reviews the basic rules with all of the kids, out loud, in front of all of the tutors. 'Here is what we've told your tutors. If they don't enforce these rules, we will fire them. They are here to help you so please don't put them in a tough position.' Don't expect the tutors to be great rule-enforcers. Many don't want to do the 'dirty work' - they're afraid that if they hold the kid accountable, the kid won't like them. So have a redundant system - tell the tutor to enforce the rules, train them to do it, but assume some won't and the supervisor needs to ANTICIPATE this and allocate the necessary time. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 5. STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE We created a 'default' model use of the tutoring time. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 6. TWO-WAY EVALUATIONS Use 2-way daily evaluations by the tutor AND by the kid as a management tool. Identify the 20% of troubled sessions. That keeps student attendance high and tutor attrition low. And grade tutoring like you grade a class…with same consequences. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 7. CLEAR GOALS There is homework/studying tutoring (helping a kid with their classes, which moves at a prescribed pace) and basic skills tutoring (which moves at the kid's pace -- like learning to add fractions). Differentiate. Each creates different challenges Test goals are the best - whether it's a science test next week or a standardized test in 5 months. That way, the tutor feels a clear sense of mission, and the ability to answer the kid's question 'Why am I here?' The more fuzzy the goals (to get 'better' at reading), the less effective the tutor. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 8. GO FOR LONG SESSIONS, NOT SHORT Longer sessions. 4-hours is the right time. First, whether your session is two hours or four hours, you will probably lose 30 minutes. Assume 5-10 minutes to get started of chatting; 15 minute break in the middle; a couple of other pauses. Therefore it's better to spread the lost 30 minutes over 4 hours than 2. Second, longer sessions HELP kids really get focused. Shorter sessions find that many kids try to 'stall out' the session, wander the halls, etc. With 4 hours, there's nothing to do but just get to work. Third, think of the labor force's travel time. If they travel 30 minutes door to door, that's an hour wasted round trip each session. Think of how much more satisfying it is to do 4 hours than 1 hour. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 9.COMPENSATE YOUR TUTORS That can be cash, it can be 'Aggressive appreciation' (handwritten thank you cards, gifts, food, Barnes and Noble gift cards), it can be internship credit, it can be school credit (for peer tutors), and/or it can be a well-managed, tight program where, from the tutor's point of view, the kid is there on time, the goals are clear, the session feels productive, and problems are solved quickly. Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring: Top 10 Tips For Effective 1:1 Tutoring 10. VOLUNTEERS ARE GOOD TUTORS, TOO Volunteers can coexist with paid tutors! You can use paid tutors to provide a steady core, especially if they are work study and therefore there is a rationale of why they get paid, and volunteers who simply want to help are often willing to sign up anyway. For more information, contact us…: For more information, contact us… Alan Safran, Executive Director asafran@matchschool.org Lisa Hwang, MATCH Corps Director lisa.hwang@matchschool.org Justin Sallis, Director of Weekend Tutoring justin.sallis@matchschool.org www.matchschool.org MATCH School 1001 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 617.232.0300