Basic Educational Services Team

Calendar Provider Fairs

Parent FAQ's

English Language Learners

Approximately 90% of the students tutored by BEST are Hispanic. Nearly three-quarters of those students have limited English proficiency. To address this, BEST makes every effort to recruit as many bilingual tutors meeting our high standards as possible. Currently, 63% of BEST tutors are bilingual. Although all tutoring is conducted in English, providing tutors from similar backgrounds helps facilitate tutor/ student trust. In additional, bilingual tutors are often better able to communicate with Spanish-speaking parents. This is an essential part of the tutoring process in that parents are able to reinforce the goals and objectives of the Student Learning Plan.

All written materials, including the registration, Student Learning Plan, notices and progress reports, will be available in both English and Spanish. Materials for parents are translated into other languages as needed.

Supplemental Education Services (SES) are tutoring or other supplemental academic enrichment activities that take place beyond the regular school day. Parents select services from California Department of Education approved Supplemental Education Service Providers. Students are eligible for services if they are attending a Program Improvement school (years 2-5) and are from low income families.

For qualifying click here "Adequate Yearly Progress Report"

This is how you can determine if your school is in year two through five of adequate yearly progress.

1. Go to the California Department of Education web site:
Adequate Yearly Progress Report

2. Type in the first few letters of your school district - PRESS ENTER

3. Select District from the list on the pulldown menu and select Adequate Yearly Progress Report for the current year(20XX) – PRESS ENTER

4. Scroll down until you see your student’s school. Now look in the far right hand column. If that column reads year 2 thru year 5 your school is eligible for the tutoring program.

5. If your school is eligible for the program you should contact the school for further information. You can also look at our provider frair information to see if we have already scheduled a provider fair at your school.