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Free Tutoring Support with Pear Deck Tutor
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Fort Smith Public School District students can access unlimited tutoring support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with Pear Deck Tutor. Pear Deck Tutor has a workforce of more than 15,000 tutors available at any time. It provides on-demand expertise in multiple subject areas in various languages whenever students need it.
Pear Deck Tutor's award-winning Lesson Space features a text editor, virtual whiteboards, audio/video chat, and screen sharing where students connect live with a tutor. Students can access the Writing Lab to submit their essays, papers, and other writing assignments for detailed feedback from an academic writing expert within hours.
FSPS students can use their district-issued Clever account to access this resource for academic support and full access to Pear Deck Tutoring's online ACT prep course. There are over 10 hours of self-paced, fully-animated video lessons, 500+ practice questions, and 24/7 availability on any device. Students will be ready to tackle what's on the ACT and also be prepared for test-taking methodology.
Parents can use Pear Deck Tutor to support their children, and FSPS staff members may use it to help support their students.