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Briar Cliff University Education Department and Crescent Park Elementary School established a partnership in the 2004-2005 academic year.  In this partnership, BCU students serve as tutors and assist the elementary students in strengthening their reading and math skills.

BCU student volunteers completed over 735 hours of tutoring in the 2004-2005 academic year.

If you are interested in serving as a tutor, please contact Sr. Kathy Knipper, OSF at kathy.knipper@briarcliff.edu or call her at 712-279-5596.

From a Crescent Park teacher:  “Working with the Briar Cliff students has been very positive. They have been reliable, responsible about the tasks given, hard working, willing to do what asked, and flexible when schedules change. It has given first or second year students an opportunity to see if this is really for them and reinforced the choice for the upper class students.”         

From a BCU student: “I am gaining an insight of great admiration for what teachers must do on a day to day basis in a classroom.  Teachers need to possess much more than a teaching degree and/or a desire to teach.   They must love their work and know that what they are doing makes a difference to a great many children.  This has been a good experience for me.”

From a BCU student: “This was an excellent chance for me to gain more experience in a classroom.  The thing that surprised me the most was how close you get to the students.”