Nebraska SMART

About Us

Nebraska SMART (Success Made Accessible through Rural Tutoring) is a free virtual tutoring program for K-12 students who attend NRCSA (Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association) member school districts, school districts in Educational Service Units 1, 4, and 13, and other select smaller rural public-school districts. Teacher education candidates from Chadron State, Peru State, and Wayne State Colleges remotely tutor students through an online tutoring platform.

Nebraska SMART was established by the Nebraska State College System in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Education which awarded an Innovation Grant to the State Colleges to develop a rural tutoring program. Chadron State College, Peru State College, and Wayne State College collaboratively offer this free online tutoring program to K-12 students in rural Nebraska.

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Informational Webinar

Nebraska SMART will host three (3) informational webinars at various times in August. Parents, Teachers, Counselors, Principals, and Superintendents are invited to attend. Join Julie Dickerson, Director of Nebraska SMART, to learn more about the free online tutoring program available for K-12 students in rural Nebraska. Click below to register for the webinar most convenient for you:

August 6, 2024
2:00 PM CT/1:00 PM MT
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August 9, 2024
11:00 AM CT/10:00 AM MT
Register
August 14, 2024
4:00 PM CT/3:00 PM MT
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Hours

Tutoring will resume in the Fall 2024 Semester. Tutoring hours will be posted at a later date.

How it Works

Nebraska K-12 students who attend NRCSA member school districts, school districts in Educational Service Units 1, 4, and 13, and other select smaller rural public school districts have free access to online tutoring with a qualified Tutor in English, math, science, and social studies. Parents must first register their student(s). The Parent Guide provides instructions on creating an account, scheduling a session, joining on-demand, and more.

How to Schedule an Appointment

Parents must initially register their student(s) before they can receive tutoring services. Once registered, students can request pre-scheduled appointments with a Tutor or log in and request on-demand tutoring to be connected with the next Tutor available in the queue. Students should provide homework for which they wish to receive help or topics that they would like to cover.

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Find Your School

Eligible School Districts

Adams Central Public Schools
Ainsworth Community Schools
Allen Public Schools
Alliance Public Schools
Alma Public Schools
Amherst Public School
Anselmo-Merna Public School
Ansley Public School
Arapahoe-Holbrook Public Schools
Arcadia Public Schools
Arlington Public Schools
Arnold Public Schools
Arthur County Schools
Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools
Auburn Public Schools
Aurora Public Schools
Axtell Community School
Bancroft-Rosalie Public School
Banner County Public Schools
Battle Creek Public Schools
Bayard Public Schools
Beatrice Public Schools
Bertrand Public School
Bloomfield Community Schools
Blue Hill Community Schools
Boone Central Schools
Boyd County Schools
Brady Public Schools
Bridgeport Public Schools
Broken Bow Public Schools
Bruning-Davenport Unified School District
Burwell Public Schools
Callaway Public Schools
Cambridge Public Schools
Cedar Bluffs Public Schools
Cedar Catholic High School
Centennial Public School
Central City Public Schools
Central Valley Public Schools
Centura Public Schools
Chadron City Schools
Chambers Public School
Chase County Schools
Clarkson Public School
Cody-Kilgore Unified Schools
Community Christian School
Conestoga Public Schools
Cozad Community Schools
Crawford Public Schools
Creek Valley Public Schools
Creighton Community Public Schools
Crofton Community School
Cross County Community Schools
David City Public Schools
DC West Community Schools
Deshler Public Schools
Diller-Odell Public Schools
Doniphan-Trumbull Public School
Dorchester Public School
Dundy County Stratton Schools
East and West Catholic Elementary School
East Butler Public Schools
Elba Public Schools
Elgin Public Schools
Elkhorn Valley Schools
Elm Creek Public School District
Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools
Elwood Public Schools
Emerson-Hubbard Community Schools
Eustis-Farnam Public Schools
Exeter-Milligan Public Schools
Fairbury Public Schools
Falls City Public Schools
Falls City Sacred Heart
Fillmore Central Public Schools
Fort Calhoun Community Schools
Franklin Public Schools
Freeman Public Schools
Friend Public Schools
Fullerton Public Schools
Garden County Schools
Gering Public Schools
Gibbon Public Schools
Giltner Public Schools
Gordon-Rushville Public Schools
Gothenburg Public Schools
Hampton Public Schools
Hartington-Newcastle Public Schools
Harvard Public Schools
Hay Springs Public Schools
Hayes Center Public Schools
Heartland Community Schools
Hemingford Public Schools
Hershey Public Schools
High Plains Community Schools
Hitchcock County School System
Holdrege Public Schools
Holy Trinity Elementary School
Homer Community Schools
Howells-Dodge Consolidated
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer Public Schools
Humphrey Public Schools
Hyannis Area Schools
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School
Isanti Community Schools
Johnson County Central Public Schools
Johnson-Brock Public Schools
Kenesaw Public Schools
Keya Paha County Schools
Kimball Public Schools
Lakeview Community Schools
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School
Lawrence-Nelson School District
Leigh Community Schools
Lewiston Consolidated School
Lexington Public Schools
Leyton Public Schools
Litchfield Public Schools
Logan View Public Schools
Loomis Public School
Louisville Public Schools
Loup City Public Schools
Loup County Public Schools
Lourdes Central Catholic Nebraska City
Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools
Madison Public Schools
Malcolm Public School
Maxwell Public Schools
Maywood Public Schools
McCook Public Schools
McCool Junction Public Schools
McPherson County Schools
Mead Public Schools
Medicine Valley Public Schools
Meridian Public Schools
Milford Public Schools
Minatare Public Schools
Minden Public Schools
Mitchell Public Schools
Morrill Public Schools
Mullen Public Schools
NCECBVI
Nebraska City Public Schools
Neligh-Oakdale Public Schools
Newman Grove Public Schools
Niobrara Public Schools
North Bend Central Public Schools
Northwest Public Schools
Oakland-Craig Public Schools
Ogallala Public Schools
O'Neill Public Schools
Ord Public Schools
Osceola Public Schools
Osmond Community Schools
Overton Public School
Palmer Public Schools
Palmyra-Bennet Public Schools
Pawnee City Public Schools
Paxton Consolidated Schools
Pender Public Schools
Perkins County Schools
Pierce Public Schools
Pine Ridge Job Corps
Plainview Public Schools
Plattsmouth Community Schools
Pleasanton Public Schools
Ponca Public Schools
Potter-Dix Public Schools
Randolph Public Schools
Ravenna Public Schools
Raymond Central Public Schools
Red Cloud Community Schools
Riverside Public Schools
Rock County Public Schools
Sandhills Public Schools
Sandy Creek Public Schools
Sargent Public Schools
Schuyler Community Schools
Scottsbluff Public Schools
Scribner-Snyder Community Schools
Seward Public Schools
Shelby-Rising City Public Schools
Shelton Public Schools
Shickley Public School
Sidney Public Schools
Silver Lake Public Schools
Sioux County Schools
South Central Nebraska Unified School District
South Platte Public Schools
South Sioux City Community Schools
Southern School District
Southern Valley School District
Southwest Public Schools
Springfield Platteview Community Schools
St. Agnes Academy
St. Agnes Catholic School
St. Andrew Catholic School
St. Augustine School
St. Edward Public School
St. Ludger School
St. Mary's School
St. Michael's School
St. Paul Public Schools
St. Rose of Lima School
Stanton Community Schools
Stapleton Public Schools
Sterling Public Schools
Stuart Public School
Summerland Public School
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (SEM) Schools
Superior Public Schools
Sutherland Public Schools
Sutton Public Schools
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Public Schools
Tekamah-Herman Schools
Thayer Central Community Schools
Thedford Public Schools
Tri County Public Schools
Twin River Public Schools
Umo Ho Nation Public School
Valentine Community Schools
Valley View School
Verdigre Public School
Wahoo Public Schools
Wakefield Community School
Wallace Public School
Walthill Public School
Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools
Wausa Public Schools
Wayne Community Schools
Weeping Water Public School
West Holt Public Schools
West Point Public Schools
Wheeler Central Public Schools
Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools
Wilcox-Hildreth Public School
Winnebago Public Schools
Winside Public Schools
Wisner-Pilger Public Schools
Wood River Rural Schools
Wynot Public Schools
York Public Schools
Yutan Public Schools

Our Tutors

Tutors are teacher education candidates attending Chadron, Peru, and Wayne State Colleges who have been admitted to the teacher education program, have completed background checks, received training through their teacher education program coursework, and completed on-boarding training as Nebraska SMART Tutors.

Our Partners

The Nebraska Department of Education awarded an Innovation Grant to the Nebraska State Colleges to develop a rural tutoring program that provides free online tutoring to K-12 students across rural Nebraska. Chadron State College, Peru State College, and Wayne State College collaboratively developed a cohesive unit of Tutors, with each College staffing the program with a faculty program Coordinator and up to ten Tutors.

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CONTACT US

For questions and/or more information, complete the following form, email nebraskasmart@nscs.edu, or call Julie Dickerson, Director of Nebraska SMART, at (402) 471-2505.