This might be the best choice
for volunteer tutors to begin with.
Cathy Puett Miller has developed an organizational model
for volunteer tutoring programs called «Reading is for Everyone».
Not exact matches
Did you
volunteer for a community - based nonprofit,
tutor kids, or create a home - based business?
Looking
for ways to
volunteer in meaningful ways —
tutoring, building parks, helping the widows or hurriances survivors?
They also plugged her into community
volunteering, keeping her busy as a
tutor for kids at a low - income housing project.
They create schools
for their «intelligent» children to attend, they pay
for test preparation programs and
tutors, they spend countless hours
volunteering in their children's schools, they raise extraordinary amounts of money
for these schools, and they call on their vast network of friends and relatives to get their children into preschools and magnet schools and universities.
A plan
for providing
volunteer tutors for children from disturbed homes who are potential school dropouts has been implemented by the Friendly Visitor workers.
Regardless of the educational options available or schooling choices made
for their own children, Christians can serve and strengthen public schools through
volunteering as
tutors or reading partners.
ISO:
Volunteers for Allentown's new before - school program (July 26, 2011): In Pennsylvania, the Allentown School District is implementing a before - school breakfast,
tutoring and fitness program called «Start Your Day Right.»
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Astoria) has announced a federal grant of $ 552,000
for volunteer mentoring and
tutoring in an effort to increase attendance and graduation rates in Long Island City schools.
Oneida County Youth Bureau Director Kevin Green has recognized youth
volunteers from The Center
for Family Life and Recovery, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, John Bosco House, Utica Safe Schools / Underground Café and Dodge Pratt Northam Art Community all performed community service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway
for Utica children, making Christmas cards to send to veterans and service members, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's, Out of the Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide, Making Strides to end Breast Cancer Walk, cleaning senior citizen's yards, preparing food and serving meals at local food pantries, youth mentoring and
tutoring and other community activities.
At Princeton, she was an active member of the Woodrow Wilson Action Committee organizing
volunteer and funding drives, and participated in the Petey Greene program as a
tutor for incarcerated juveniles.
I just won President's
volunteer service medal
for my work towards improving quality of life in Douglas County as an Adult Literacy
tutor.
I particularly dig the cause aspect; 5 % of all proceeds go to one of the company's non-profit partners (ranging from
volunteer firefighters supporting burn victims, to
tutoring for academically talented but economically disadvantaged students, to a no kill animal shelter and more.
The JCRL also has tons of great resources — besides books — that are really helpful
for reading teachers, and people who may be
volunteer literacy
tutors, to use with their students or as resources
for course assignments.
When it comes to NCLB choice and free
tutoring,
for example, the federal government could offer extra money
for districts that
volunteer to implement these reforms.
Structure
volunteer programs within the school, such as opportunities
for students to help out in life skills classes, read or
tutor young children, assist in the computer lab, aid students in the library, provide support to students who are recovering from an injury or dealing with a medical condition, or gather work
for students who miss school.
Volunteers Become «Math Mates»
for Elementary Students At one Illinois elementary school,
volunteer tutors help improve students» mathematics skills.
A support program was established
for students in need of support and
volunteers worked one - on - one with students in weekly sessions providing
tutoring and feedback and ensuring that they had the resources needed to complete homework.
Thinkfinity Literacy Network Free online literacy resources
for teachers, parents, adult learners,
tutors, and
volunteers.
Project
Tutor Helps Boise Students Stay on Target in Reading and Math An inventory of practices in one school district revealed that many of its schools were deficient in the area of training
for school
volunteers.
Last year, MDRC released results of a randomized evaluation of a
volunteer - based
tutoring program, Reading Partners, that increased reading achievement by 0.1 of a standard deviation
for an out - of - pocket cost to the schools of only $ 320 per student.
Lunchroom supervision Classroom presenters Supply orderers / stockers Teacher assistants Field trip chaperones Career Day speakers Teacher Appreciation Week organizers Community ambassadors Room mothers Event coordinators Library assistants New family coordinators Back - to - School Picnic organizers Book Fair workers Family Night
volunteers Picture Day helpers Bulletin - board creators Recess monitors Photocopiers and laminators After - school
tutors Student mentors Nurse assistants
for vision and hearing screenings Office greeters and phone answerers Committee members
At the program's last end - of - the - year celebration, Calnon recognized ten
volunteers who had been involved with Project
Tutor for three years.
For example, parents from a neighborhood advisory group for one Atlas school volunteer in a learning center to tutor or oversee activiti
For example, parents from a neighborhood advisory group
for one Atlas school volunteer in a learning center to tutor or oversee activiti
for one Atlas school
volunteer in a learning center to
tutor or oversee activities.
No school can succeed
for long without doing so, but, especially
for community schools, success depends on the quality of the relationships that school and district staff maintain with various partners, including teachers, counselors, social workers, parents, clergy, elected officials, business leaders,
volunteer tutors, and others.
They
volunteered to participate in the project
for the following reasons: to motivate students through their interest in and enjoyment of technology, a desire
for professional growth through learning to integrate the iPad into lessons, and an interest in determining whether iPad integration would improve teaching and learning during
tutoring sessions.
Ms. Vallada
volunteered as a
tutor for the Latino Student Fund in Washington D.C. and at the local public school
for three years prior to moving to Canada.
Senior Corps» Foster Grandparents program provides an opportunity
for volunteers age 55 and older to serve as mentors and
tutors for students.39 In 2016, an estimated 24,000 Foster Grandparents
volunteers served approximately 200,000 students.40 Similarly, in 2016, AmeriCorps VISTA
volunteers were approved to provide capacity - building assistance to more than 2,900 education - related project sites.41 Cutting funding
for the CNCS would mean eliminating a substantial amount of necessary support
for traditional public and public charter schools and would hurt low - income students across the country.
Prior to joining Brooke, she worked as a
volunteer coordinating mentoring and
tutoring programs
for her community.
Using
volunteers as reading
tutors: Guidelines
for successful practices.
The government asked
for 30,000 reading specialists and one million reading
tutors, including AmeriCorps members, college students, and other community service
volunteers, to join the initiative (Clinton, 1996).
For the next 30 minutes,
volunteer tutor Heather Banschbach and 7 - year - old Ellis Jackson deepened their bond on a January morning at Madison's Sandburg Elementary School.
Reading intervention services may include the use of: special reading teachers; trained aides;
volunteer tutors under the supervision of a certified teacher; computer - based reading tutorial programs; aides to instruct in - class groups while the teacher provides direct instruction to the students who need extra assistance; and extended instructional time in the school day or school year
for these students.
A lot of teachers
volunteer their time
for things like
tutoring struggling students or sponsor a group or activity.
The school also offers evening classes
for adults and has an army of more than 400
volunteer tutors.
The Access Project uses
volunteer tutors to help young people to attain higher grades
for top universities
Her interests include
volunteering with a local
tutoring center
for ESL students and aboard the USS Hornet as a STEM instructor, melding her interests in education and science.
For the past five years, Susan and I have
volunteered at a local Title I elementary school
tutoring young readers.
For volunteers to make a lasting impact, it is essential that
tutoring programs be founded on solid research.
If you are in D.C., you can
volunteer for the Grassroots Education Project «s reading
tutoring work at Harriett Tubman Elementary School (I helped out last year).
And United Way has partnered
for years with the Urban League on the Schools of Hope initiative, which uses
volunteer tutors to help at - risk students make the grade.
It was a touching moment when a sprightly, 89 - year old former teacher with failing eyesight was recognized
for 39 years of work as a
volunteer reading
tutor.
She is also a member of the steering committee
for the Los Angeles chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and
volunteers as a
tutor at the Singleton Adult Literacy Center at the Los Angeles Public Library.
After college he spent a few years in Chicago, where he gained experience as a
volunteer after - school
tutor for a diverse group of middle and high school students.
Knowing that the ability to read transforms lives and changes outcomes
for children,
volunteers with Reading Partners
tutor struggling K - 4 readers.
I've seen this
for myself, as a
volunteer tutor, but more reliable information comes from the DCPS high school teachers I've spoken with.
Trained
volunteer reading partners deliver individualized one - on - one
tutoring twice a week
for 45 minutes, following a structured curriculum.
☆ ☆ ☆ This curriculum is not only great
for educators in a formal setting, but also home schoolers,
tutors, parent
volunteers, and parents who are looking
for a comprehensive and easy to implement resource.
It records each parent's name and interests - handy information
for schools that want to assemble parent teams to do maintenance work,
tutoring, or other
volunteer work.