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Class of 2018 History major; secondary education minor
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The most important part of Associate Professor Caroline Chiccarelli’s Diversity and Multiculturalism in the Classroom course may be requiring students to spend time serving as tutors in some of Worcester Public Schools’ AVID classrooms. WPS’ need for college students to serve as volunteer tutors in these classrooms dovetails with the Education Department’s longstanding relationship with the school system. Matt Doiron was a tutor in Vanessa Acheampong’s classroom at North High School. “I can’t sing her praises enough. She knows how to connect with her students so well, and they have so much respect for her. It’s been so wonderful to have this experience,” he says.