Teaching · For Tutors

Hold every session to the same clear standard.

Rate ten moves that make tutoring work, from a plan tied to the goal to the note home. The rubric scores the session, names two goals and dates the next look.

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The session rubric

One review per tutor and session. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · For Tutors$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A scored review with a level, strengths, two goals and the next observation date, ready to share with the tutor; CSV of every review for a team view.
Who it is for
Tutoring business owners, managers and lead tutors, and tutors reviewing their own recorded sessions.
Format
Browser rubric used during or right after a session. Saved reviews; printed with the summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Tutoring business kit ($69) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Tutors space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
four levels, ten moves, two goals
Drawn for this page. A rubric turns an impression of a session into the two things to work on next.

How to use it

  1. Start a review with a tutor code and the session date.
  2. Note the format, the reviewer and minutes observed.
  3. Rate each criterion on what you saw, not on what you know of the tutor.
  4. Write the evidence: times, quotes, student work.
  5. Print it and agree on the two goals with the tutor.

Review a session

What the rubric looks for

Why these criteria

Tutoring works best when it is tied to a clear goal, the student does most of the thinking, and understanding is checked often with specific feedback. The rubric watches for those moves rather than for style.

Using the levels

Three is the expected standard. Rate from evidence; when you are unsure between two levels, write what you saw and pick the lower one.

What this is not

An employment evaluation on its own. Use it with student progress and family feedback.

Sources

  1. Rosenshine, B. (2012). Principles of instruction: research-based strategies that all teachers should know. American Educator, 36(1): checks for understanding and guided practice.
  2. Hattie, J., & Timperley, H. (2007). The power of feedback. Review of Educational Research, 77(1).
  3. Annenberg Institute at Brown University, National Student Support Accelerator: tutoring quality and program toolkit.
  4. Nickow, A., Oreopoulos, P., & Quan, V. (2020). The impressive effects of tutoring on PreK-12 learning. NBER Working Paper 27476.

The example tutor is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.