Choosing the Right Intervention & Tutoring Partner
How Leaders Can Use the Guide
Every district is under pressure to close learning gaps, support attendance and wellness, and stretch already-thin staff further. But most partners look the same on paper — similar promises, similar pitches, similar claims of growth.
The real differences show up later: in whether students see the same tutor twice, whether tutoring connects to what’s happening in the classroom, and whether your team is left managing the fallout of a program that never fully took hold.
This guide gives district leaders a clear, five-part framework for evaluating providers before the demos start — so your team can compare options with confidence instead of guesswork.
What’s Inside:
- Understanding Student Needs: A framework for examining how academic gaps show up across your full MTSS continuum, plus key questions for teachers, school leaders, and district leaders
- Defining Your Program Goals: A step-by-step “District Outcomes Framework” to help your team align on what success actually looks like before you start vetting vendors
- Planning Funding & Sustainability: How to evaluate the real cost of implementation, not just the price tag, and avoid the hidden costs of instability
- Vetting Provider Quality: A detailed checklist covering MTSS alignment, classroom alignment, tutor consistency, training, and implementation support, plus a built-in Provider Reflection Tool to compare vendors side by side
Who this is for: This guide is designed for superintendents, curriculum and instruction leaders, MTSS coordinators, and district teams evaluating tutoring, acceleration, or intervention partners for the upcoming school year.