Looking for free literacy tutoring for a young reader? Join SLPL’s America Reads program and give your child the reading help they need.
Courtesy of SLPL
St. Louis Public Library offers free literacy tutoring for young readers in need. Do you know a young learner who would benefit from reading help. Sign up for our free Literacy Tutoring with America Reads programs. Volunteers work with small groups to increase reading comprehension and word recognition skills in students grades 2-4.
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America Reads & America Counts at UCSB initiated in 1997
America Reads
The America Reads Challenge is an initiative started in 1996 by the Clinton Administration. In August 1996, President Clinton proposed a national literacy campaign that would enlist “one million volunteer tutors ready and able to give children the personal attention they need to catch up and get ahead.” The federal government would play a crucial but limited role as a catalyst in building the President’s “citizen army” of reading tutors.
The federal role builds on a creative use of existing programs. Key among these is the Department of Education’s work-study program, which in 1996 provided $617 million to support part-time employment for 713,000 students at 3,400 colleges and universities. In November 1996, President Clinton announced that the federal government would waive this requirement and pay 100 percent of wages for any student employed as tutor for preschool and elementary school children.
President Clinton’s America Reads Work-Study Challenge (October 21, 1997)
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED411504
Proposal to UCSB from CA Campus Compact
America Counts
In 1997 President Clinton issued a Presidential Directive to the Department and the National Science Foundation to work together to devise an action strategy for using Federal resources in support of improving student performance. The result of this joint effort was the creation of America Counts
President Clinton’s Call to Action (December 9, 1999)
Get Involved
Employment with the department of Associated Students UCSB
Are you passionate about working with youth? Are you thinking of becoming a teacher? Do you love kids? Do you want a rewarding job inspiring and mentoring the next generation?
Job Qualifications:
- Receive Financial Aid Work Study for 2023 -24
- Background Check
- Valid TB Test
- Enjoy working with youth
- Available for Training (Paid)
*DACA Students encouraged to apply
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Tutors are required to attend an initial Orientation, and all monthly training meetings (Initial orientations, plus 1 every month).
- Tutors work directly with kindergarten through sixth grade students to improve their reading and math proficiency skills.
- Tutors perform one-on-one work with individual students, small group work, or class activities.
- Tutors collaborate with America Reads/Counts supervisors, teachers, and after-school program coordinators to assess students needs and how to best address them.
- Tutors are expected to be positive role models inside and outside of the classroom, be professional in their work place behavior, this means showing up to work on time and making the proper contacts when they expect to be sick or late.
- Tutors must commit to work consistent hours throughout the quarter.
Hours
Tutor schedules are set at the beginning of each quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring). Schedules are flexible, working around students availability and teacher needs. The best times for teachers to have tutors are early in the day 8:00-11:30. After school availability from 3:00 – 6:00 is also beneficial. Tutors may not work more than 18 hours per week, in accordance with Associated Student policy. Once a tutors Workstudy funds, allocated by Financial Aid and Scholarships, have been exhausted tutor employment will end immediately.
Internships with Youth Programs
If you are interested in exploring careers in education take this opportunity to gain hands on experience researching topics in education. Assist in preparing for tutor trainings, and learn to network with local non-profit agencies and school districts.
Want to get Involved in Associated Students?
View all open AS positions at the COC site
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