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Make Your Weekend a Good One: Read with Chicago Public Schools students at Penn Elementary!
ORGANIZATION: Working In The Schools (WITS)
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WITS on the Weekend (WoW) is a Saturday mentoring program for volunteers located at a CPS school. Volunteers engage student interests by encouraging children to explore learning and literacy beyond the classroom. STEAM curriculum is the primary focus, while reinforcing reading attitudes. You do need to have any previous STEAM experience in order to have fun and connect with students in the program.
WITS currently needs WoW volunteers at Penn Elementary in North Lawndale, 1616 S. Avers Ave. The program runs from 10am-12pm on select Saturdays from October 2018-May 2019.
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About Working In The Schools (WITS)
Location:
150 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1120, Chicago, IL 60606, US
Mission Statement
Working in the Schools - WITS believes that literacy is the foundation on which all other learning develops. Our mission is to empower Chicago elementary students to discover themselves through reading while developing foundational literacy skills. We do this by creating community through literacy-based mentorship, enabling teachers to build diverse classroom libraries, and promoting book ownership at home.
Description
WITS programs develop trusting and fun relationships between adults and students with the intention of developing the mindset for learning in elementary school students. WITS Kindergarten mentors read one-on-one with kindergarten students, helping them build book and print awareness, letter name and sound recognition, as well as developing a lifelong love of reading. WITSK volunteers commit to working with the same students once a week for 60-90 minutes from October-May.
Mid-Day Mentoring (MDM) supports 2nd and 3rd grade students during the later stages of the transition from learning to read and reading to learn. This significant, and often difficult, milestone requires students to exercise strong foundational literacy skills in order to comprehend increasingly challenging curriculum. Volunteers travel to the school and are paired with the same student for an entire school year. Volunteer-student pairs spend time reading aloud and building comprehension skills through conversation. MDM mentors make a weekly or bi-weekly commitment from October-May.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Penn Elementary1616 S. Avers Ave.Chicago, IL 60623
DATE POSTED
September 26, 2018
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- STEM
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Two hours twice a month