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WBTV Features Heart Math Tutoring on QC Morning

Heart’s Director of Volunteer Operations, Padgett Vaughn, was interviewed on WBTV’s QC Morning Show about the need for volunteer tutors to support students with building foundational math skills this fall.

Vaughn provided an overview of Heart’s volunteer tutor experience: “[Volunteers] choose the school and the one hour a week that’ll work for them. We pair them with a student and they work with the same student all year, playing games, building confidence, and helping that student feel more successful!” Watch the full interview here!

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2023/24 Volunteer Recruitment Kickoff- Sign up to tutor today!

Heart is excited to officially begin recruiting and training 1,500 volunteers to partner with 1,300 students in the 2023/24 school year! Heart tutors will support students at 26 Charlotte area elementary schools with building foundational math skills and gaining the confidence needed for long-term academic success.

With just 1 hour per week from October to April, you can make an impact! Heart provides everything you need – tutor training, a fun, hands-on curriculum, and an on-site Program Coordinator for support. If you are local to … continue reading

Meet HMT Program Coordinators Cara Maddox & Heather Smith!

HMT Program Coordinators (PCs) are an important part of Heart’s program model. PCs are present at every tutoring session at their school and their role is to ensure the delivery of high-quality tutoring by providing support to both students and tutors. We sat down with two of Heart’s Program Coordinators, Cara Maddox and Heather Smith, to learn about the PC role and why they love it.

What led you to becoming a Heart Program Coordinator?

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Interested in tutoring with HMT in Winston-Salem? Here’s what you can expect from sign up to startup!

Thinking about becoming a tutor? Please do! Heart Math Tutoring is excited to serve 50 students in the 2023/24 school year with the help of 60 volunteers giving just one hour per week!

To become a tutor, simply select your preferred tutoring time and location on the Winston-Salem sign-up form, and we’ll pair you with a student! Tutoring begins in early October. Looking for the sign up to startup process for another location? See our posts for Charlotte and Charleston!

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2022/23 Program Results

We are excited to announce 2022/23 Charlotte program results and celebrate a successful year of tutoring! In 2022/23, 1,241 volunteer tutors contributed nearly 19,000 hours of 1:1 tutoring sessions. Donors and funding partners provided resources for 982 students at 26 schools to receive high quality, individualized tutoring at no cost to their families. Most importantly, Heart students persevered to build math skills and confidence!

At a glance:

• 96% of students grew in two or more concepts, meeting program growth goals
• 92% of teachers believe their