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Tutor training and credentialing

Build skills for high-impact support for student learning

ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Step Up Tutoring and Annenberg Learner partnered to launch a series of nanocourses and the first official micro-credential for the high-impact tutoring field. These resources are designed to equip tutors with the knowledge and skills necessary to help students learn and succeed.

Hosted on the ASU Community Educator Learning Hub, more than 4,500 tutors across the country enrolled in these training resources during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years, thanks to the generous support of Annenberg Learner. As a result, tens of thousands of young people have benefited from the support of well-prepared tutors.

The partnership exceeded its open enrollment goals, serving more than 4,500 tutors nationwide. Keep reading to learn how to subscribe to the resources and explore additional tutoring opportunities.

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Our Impact

Explore what we learned about the reach, impact and potential of the tutor training and credentialing resources during the 2023-24 pilot year. Download the impact report.

High-impact tutoring nanocourses

Developed with the National Student Support Accelerator’s Elements of High-Impact Tutoring in mind, the Community Educator Learning Hub offers self-guided tutor training modules, known as nanocourses. Current nanocourses related to high-impact tutoring include:

12 nanocourses on the fundamentals of high-impact tutoring
12 nanocourses on evidence-based practice for elementary math tutoring
18 nanocourses on early literacy and the science of reading strategies

Tutors who have utilized the training typically continue their learning with additional nanocourses on topics that boost their confidence and competency in supporting students’ academic and social growth.

Subscribe to the Community Educator Learning Hub to receive access to the high-impact tutoring resources, as well as the comprehensive catalog of 200 nanocourses to extend your learning.

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Subscriptions

For more information on Community Educator Learning Hub subscriptions, visit Schools and Organizations. Individual subscriptions are also available.

If you need assistance identifying funding opportunities to support access to the Community Educator Learning Hub, please contact our team at [email protected]

Earn a High-Impact Tutoring Micro-credential

This micro-credential is designed to recognize and validate experienced tutors' proficiency in evidence-based practices shown to build strong relationships and significant learning gains for students. Watch this webinar to preview the micro-credential content and learn more.

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Micro-credential FAQ

A high-quality micro-credential is a verification of proficiency in a job-embedded discrete skill or competency that an educator has demonstrated through the submission of evidence assessed via defined evaluation criteria.

The high-impact tutoring micro-credential hosted on the Community Educator Learning Hub is the first official credential for the high-dosage tutoring/high-impact tutoring field. It aims to recognize and validate experienced tutors' proficiency in evidence-based practices shown to build strong relationships and significant learning gains for students. Earning the micro-credential can not only help tutors grow in their tutoring practice but also in their careers by verifying their skills relevant to education sector roles as well as other professions.

Tutors who earn the high-impact tutoring micro-credential will receive a badge issued by ASU, as well as a personalized certificate downloadable from the ASU Community Educator Learning Hub.

We recommend that tutors pursue the micro-credential after they have some tutoring experience. This will enable tutors to authentically develop their portfolios by reflecting on how they put high-impact tutoring skills into practice with students. Click here to view submission guidelines and evaluation criteria.

In addition, the open-access high-impact tutoring nanocourses can support tutors’ preparation for a successful submission. Be sure you’re signed up for an account on the ASU Community Educator Learning Hub to access the nanocourses and the micro-credential.

First, make sure you have signed up for an account on the ASU Community Educator Learning Hub. Next, fill out this brief form to be enrolled in the high-impact tutoring micro-credential. To enroll a group of tutors, please contact [email protected].

To enroll a group of tutors, please contact [email protected]

The fee for micro-credential assessment is $99 which individual tutors may pay directly on the ASU Community Educator Learning Hub. If your organization is interested in purchasing micro-credential assessments on behalf of its tutors, please contact [email protected].

Thanks to scholarships provided by Annenberg Learner awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis, tutors volunteering with or employed by public institutions can work toward a micro-credential at no cost.

Fill out this brief form to confirm your eligibility and enroll in the high-impact tutoring micro-credential. For scholarship support for a group of tutors, please contact [email protected].

All tutors volunteering with or employed by public institutions and non-profit organizations in the US are eligible to receive scholarships provided by Annenberg Learner to pursue an ASU high-impact tutoring micro-credential which are awarded on a first come, first serve basis. Fill out this brief form to confirm your eligibility and enroll in the high-impact tutoring micro-credential. For scholarship support for a group of tutors, please contact [email protected].

Tutors report that it takes between two and four hours to prepare and submit all assignments for the high-impact tutoring micro-credential. Click here to view detailed submission guidelines and evaluation criteria.

Tutors who enroll in the high-impact tutoring micro-credential are entitled to one resubmission in the event that their first submission does not result in successfully earning the micro-credential. Tutors must repurchase the micro-credential after two unsuccessful attempts. Click here to view detailed submission guidelines and evaluation criteria.

High-impact tutoring programs, as defined by the National Student Support Accelerator, have characteristics proven to accelerate student learning: substantial time each week of required tutoring, sustained and strong relationships between students and their tutors, close monitoring of student knowledge and skills, alignment with school curriculum, and oversight of tutors to assure quality interactions.