Vickery Meadow Summer Reading Academy-Tutor Refugees AGES 5-12, July 15-18, 22-25, 29-August 1

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APPLICATION DEADLINE JUNE 15 - Click here (OR COPY/PASTE) for your Tutor Application Link: https://forms.gle/Y7F3YY34SixeKa3p8

We are recruiting caring Adult Tutors and Youth Leaders to tutor our 100+ immigrants and refugees ages 5-12 for our Summer Reading Academy July 15-August 1. You must also be available for Tutor Orientation Thursday, July 11.

Please visit us at www.vmsramrh.org

WHO ARE WE? Our youth and adult tutors are passionate people from the DFW Metroplex who care about children and literacy! We care about more than ABCs. Our volunteers come from all manner of life and stations in life. We are: hard-working professionals, retirees, high school and college students, church, synagogue and mosque members, unaffiliated folks, singles, parents and grandparents, mother-daughter teams -- you name it. We are a melting pot of people of every race and creed who care deeply about our students and their families.
WHAT WILL I DO? We place you in a class of ten (or so) students, along with at least two adults, two Youth Leaders, and two Assistant Youth Leaders. Our students range from those who do not know their letters to fluent readers performing well above grade level but who need vocabulary enrichment, reading for relevance, and every reader type in between. Here is a link to our Summary of Success for VMSRA2022, to give you a more thorough understanding: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BPJEqQjztx00jSUL8ONBDmyRUGbgR5ZY/view?usp=share_link

Summer Academy will take place at McShan Elementary, 8307 Meadow Road 75231
ORIENTATION and classroom set up for all tutors will be Thursday, July 11, 12noon to 4pm.
CLASSES will be conducted July 15-16-17-18, 22-23-24-25, 29-30-31-August 1.
Bus arrives school 7am for breakfast and Brain and Body WarmUp. Classes begin 8am. Lunch is 11:30. Bus leaves 12noon.
Adult classroom tutors/teachers are asked to arrive by at least 7:45 in order to be ready to greet and teach students at 8:00.
Adult classroom tutors/teachers take turns being in the lunchroom with students for lunch and most of the time leave between 12:15 and 12:30 when all clean up of the classroom is done and all plans for the next day are ready.

BOTH YOUTH AND ADULT LEADERS STAY UNTIL ALL WORK IS DONE AND CLASSES ARE READY FOR THE NEXT DAY.
YET TO BE DETERMINED: Field Trips are still in the development stage, but you will be asked to chaperone perhaps a trip to the Park Lane Library, for instance, or a trip to the Park Lane Equestrian Center. Please stay tuned.

DO YOU PROVIDE TEACHING MATERIALS? Yes. You will have access to a LESSON PLAN for each day, along with a wide array of physical and online books and teaching materials.

WHAT DO WE DO? We group students into five skill levels, one skill level per class. We often have 10-13 classes in any given VMSRA. You and your fellow class Leadership Team will decide how your class will be conducted, and who will deliver each section of each day.
Our refugee/immigrant students aged 6 through 12 are in the utmost need of tutoring and socializing. Many do not hear or speak English outside school.
Our students will be learning basic phonics, reading, writing, and reading comprehension. Mentoring your student and their family well-being is an added benefit of MRH.

HOW CAN I HELP? We like to say, "If you can read, you can help." But VMSRA2023 is more than reading stories. STILL NOT SURE? Email your questions to vmsramrh @gmail.com

PLEASE UNDERSTAND A GMAIL ACCOUNT ADDRESS IS BEST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM SO THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE GROUP EMAILS VIA GOOGLEGROUPS.

Click here (OR COPY/PASTE) for your Tutor Application Link: https://forms.gle/Y7F3YY34SixeKa3p8

Every volunteer, regardless of age, must complete a Dallas ISD background check: https://wwwdallasisd.voly.org