Classroom Rules

Camera & Name Policies for Zoom Classes

To facilitate safe and productive Zoom tutoring sessions, please follow the guidelines below.
(1) Students, tutors, and leaders should keep their cameras on; please do not alter your appearance in any way (do not use any filters).
(2) Adult volunteers should have their cameras turned on at the beginning of class and until tutors and students are placed in breakout rooms. Adult volunteers may keep their cameras off while observing in the breakout rooms; however, when speaking, they are asked to turn their cameras on.
(3) Adult volunteers monitoring tutoring sessions should rename themselves on Zoom to indicate who they are, so that students, tutors, and leaders know who is observing (e.g., “English VP Jack’s mom” or “Jane Doe- Adult Volunteer”).
(4) Tutors who are shadowing a class should keep their cameras on and should rename themselves on Zoom to indicate that they are shadowing (e.g., “Name - Shadowing”)
(5) Zoom hosts should verify participants as they are accepted from the waiting room, to confirm that only appropriate participants are allowed onto the call.

Adult Supervision Policy

Because our students and the majority of our tutors are minors (i.e., under the age of 18), BOBTutor requires that an adult be present at all times during every tutoring session. Please coordinate so that at least one of the following adults attends each tutoring session: program director parent or VP parent. 

During programs with one-on-one tutor sessions, the adult should move between breakout rooms to check in throughout the lesson; in this situation, all tutors should know how to contact that adult if an issue arises.  

Note that every class is an “open class.” This means that different participants may join the sessions at any time - including parents monitoring the sessions, program leaders, officers, new tutors who are shadowing, etc.