There’s a resource for students K-12 struggling with homework called Nebraska SMART.
This program is available for students who attend schools in the Nebraska Rural Community School Association (NRCSA); Harvard, Sandy Creek, and Sutton are part of the southeast district of NRCSA.
Tutors are teacher candidate students from Chadron, Peru, and Wayne State Colleges. These candidates have entered the teacher education program and received training through their college coursework, as well as completed on-boarding training as Nebraska SMART tutors.
Tutors will help in English, math, science, and social studies; tutoring is free.
To get a student signed up for tutoring, parents must register their child(ren) by creating an account and then following the self-registration steps.
To register, visit nebraskasmart. tutorwithpearl. com/self-onboarding.
Once registered, parents can book a tutoring session, view a list of tutors and their subject area.
Tutoring sessions range from 15 to 30 minutes and 45 to 60 minutes. At this time, sessions are only offered in English.
For sessions, students must have access to a web browser, such as the following operating systems: Windows, MacOS, Linux, and ChromeOS on laptops, desktop computers, and Chromebooks.
The latest web browsers supported by the program are Chrome, Firefox, and Edge; supported internet speeds need to be at least seven mbps. Cell phones are currently not supported.
Nebraska SMART was created by the Nebraska State College System, of which Chadron, Peru, and Wayne are under the umbrella of, in conjunction with the Nebraska Department of Education.
A full list of qualifying districts can be found at www.nscs.edu/NebraskaSMART.
