Homework Help from the Library: In Person and Online

Children s and young adult librarians are crucial links to effective learning for students. This straightforward handbook is filled with nuts–and–bolts advice on the best ways to help young people with their homework, no matter what the assignment. Carol F. Intner, a certified English teacher and experienced tutor, concentrates on the practical, covering

• How students different learning styles and current technology inform the homework process
• Staff training and community outreach
• Options for working more closely with both students and teachers

From planning a customized homework–help agenda to demonstrating how to help students successfully use their technological savvy in ways not necessarily possible at home, this book presents a no–nonsense, comprehensive approach to giving students the assistance they need.

About the Author:

Carol F. Intner is a freelance writer who has worked or volunteered in the education field
for over eighteen years. She is an English teacher certified in two states, New Jersey
and Maryland, where she taught ninth and tenth graders and participated in the faculty
team for John F. Kennedy High School s Leadership Training Institute, a rigorous
program for highly motivated students in Silver Spring, Maryland. She cofounded and
coordinated an elementary school homework club for at–risk students in North Chevy
Chase, Maryland, and has tutored both elementary and middle school students at their
public schools in New York City, where she now resides.