The College Prep Institute (CPI) is a college readiness resource center located within the Center for Leadership Development dedicated to assist Indianapolis Youth Development for students in grades 4 through 12, parents and community organizations serving youth by providing free resources and services. We are here at every point in an individuals’ educational journey – including evenings and weekends – with caring, highly qualified guidance counselors, tutors and other professionals.
The College Prep Institute is also open to the public; however requests for tutoring must follow the process below prior to beginning services.
Parent or legal guardian must complete a CLD Service Intake Form.
Once the CLD Service Intake Form has been submitted, it will be reviewed to determine if services are available for your student. A CLD staff member will contact you via email regarding tutoring availability.
If tutoring services are available for your student, you and your student will have an initial CPI appointment with a CLD Guidance Counselor. During this session, CPI’s tutoring expectations and attendance policy will be discussed, as well as CLD programs and additional services available for your student. Your student will receive a CLD Individualized College and Career Plan. After the initial appointment, your student will be scheduled for five consecutive weeks of tutoring with the College Prep Institute. You will receive confirmation of the tutoring appointments via email from CPI staff. Reminders about tutoring services will be emailed to the parent/supportive adult the day of the scheduled appointment.
If tutoring services are not available for your student, you will be placed on a waitlist and will be notified when services become available.
After the 5-week tutoring series ends, the parent/supporting adult and student are required to attend a post-tutoring counseling appointment with a guidance counselor. During this appointment, the student and parent/supporting adult will complete a post-tutoring survey to evaluate the tutor and the services received. If the parent/supporting adult and student do not attend this required appointment, the student will be removed from tutoring services for the remainder of the school semester.
Following the post-tutoring appointment, the student will be placed on the tutoring waitlist for approximately 2–5 weeks to allow other students the opportunity to receive services. Once the student becomes eligible to return to tutoring, an email will be sent to the parent/supporting adult with available tutoring openings. You and your student will then have to repeat the process.