Miami-Dade Public Library System Tutoring Program Surpasses Expectations

(Miami, FL – April 20, 2015) The Miami‑Dade Public Library System is proud to announce that it has successfully hosted more than 1,100 live one‑to‑one sessions in January and in February. Subjects ranged from math including algebra, calculus, geometry and statistics to the sciences including biology, chemistry and physics to English including grammar, literature, vocabulary and essay writing.

The bulk of the tutoring hours was generated from math during the months of January and February. The month of January alone generated 1,195 live one‑to‑one sessions and February produced 1,106. The program initially launched in October 2014 with 478 sessions followed by 841 sessions in November and 761 in December.

Other subjects included social studies, Spanish, SAT Prep and many others. Eventually, the library anticipates that it will be serving more than 1,100 sessions per month during the school year. On average, it usually takes 4‑6 months to ramp up to those numbers, but the Library’s tutoring program has actually surpassed that expectation in its first month alone and has been off to a fantastic start.

The Library’s Interim Director, Gia Arbogast indicates that, “We saw on the initial report that there was a wide range of grade levels using the service, as well as a wide variety of subjects including some Spanish math and science sessions, job search sessions, College entrance test prep sessions and computer skills. Even the number of optional accounts created was much higher than anticipated for our first month!”

Arbogast adds, “Our post‑session survey results were amazing and the comments left by students were quite impressive.”