Pandemic Professors

At Pandemic Professors, we believe all K-12 students deserve an opportunity to receive free supplemental learning through private tutoring, in order to help them remain on track and meet their educational goals. Our organization was founded to match underserved students across the United States with free online tutors to more safely help during this unprecedented crisis. Historically, students in underserved communities are at greater risk of falling behind in academics and social-emotional skills. Much like Hurricane Katrina, the COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating the plethora of academic and personal challenges these students already face. Our = organization presents students in underserved communities with opportunities to strengthen subject comprehension and boost confidence while building important and necessary skills related to learning and social-emotional health. Our intervention strategy emphasizes the importance of both learning and social connections. The needs, strengths, and voices of the impacted students drive our family-centered philosophy and evidence-based practices. Our tutors interact with each student individually through Zoom at least once a week. All tutors are trained to identify areas in which the students require the most help, while fostering their love for learning. Our tutors come from some of the most prestigious universities in our country, with many being first-generation, low-income college students and graduates. Together with our partners, Pandemic Professors combats adverse effects on learning resulting from the pandemic and exacerbated by poverty. Students in underserved communities don’t lack a hunger for knowledge, they lack the means to access quality tutoring. Pandemic Professors provides effective tools for students to complete their K-12 education, and we will continue to work with our students after the pandemic until the educational gap is resolved.