Onboarding timeline (the fictional program’s)
This is course content — the schedule a new Bridge Math Tutoring tutor follows in their first four weeks. It is not the development schedule of this website.
The four weeks
| Week | Self-paced | Live rehearsal | With students | Coaching |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Module 1 + Module 2 (~45 min) · organization’s safeguarding training (placeholder) · meet your coordinator | Session A: role-play the session routine (60 min) | Observe one veteran session (30 min, with the rubric print sheet — as an observer, you learn the moves’ names) | Welcome check-in (15 min): your group assignment, your school’s logistics |
| 2 | Module 3 + Module 4 (~45 min) · spot-the-move practice (20 min) · transcripts T1 + T5 | Session B: role-play error handling (60 min) | Co-tutor two sessions (you lead warm-up + exit ticket; veteran leads the rest) | Co-tutor debrief (15 min) |
| 3 | Module 5 (~25 min) · first solo session plans reviewed by coordinator | — | First solo sessions (3 × 30 min: Mon/Wed/Thu) | Observation #1 (30 min) + debrief within 48 h: one strength, one focus move |
| 4 | Focus move practice from observation #1 (self-reflection weekly) | Monthly community of practice begins (theme: the month’s rubric patterns, anonymized) | Full solo schedule (3/week) · tracker discipline | Observation #2 + debrief · first coaching cycle re-check |
Week 5 and beyond: solo schedule continues; coaching cycle every 2–3 weeks; observation #3 in week 9 (the growth measurement window: rubric 1 → 3, target +0.5 — measurement plan); monthly community of practice; safeguarding refresher per your organization’s policy.
Design notes (why the weeks are shaped this way)
- Rehearsal before students. Both live sessions precede solo work — the role-play cards carry scripted misconceptions so the first time a real student says “just tell me,” it’s the tutor’s fifth time hearing it, not their first.
- Observe before tutoring. Week 1’s observation with the rubric in hand teaches the vocabulary; tutors score a veteran’s session low-stakes before anyone scores theirs.
- The data loop starts week 3. Module 5 lands exactly when tutors start solo sessions, so the tracker habit forms with the sessions rather than being retrofitted.
- One focus move at a time, from the start. Observation #1’s debrief concentrates on a single move (the coaching cycle rule), and the community of practice reviews themes — not individuals — monthly.
- Consistency is designed, not hoped. Every student meets the same tutor from their first session (≥85% same-tutor target is set by [scheduling], not by luck), because the dosage research the program is built on names continuity as a condition of impact — evidence notes §2.
Fictional program. Bridge Math Tutoring does not exist; the timeline demonstrates blended onboarding design — self-paced content, spaced rehearsal, early real practice with close support, and measurement from day one.