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Build Community in Chicago Public Schools: Become a Classroom Reading Tutor!
ORGANIZATION: Working In The Schools (WITS)
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The Classroom Reading Tutor (CRT) program builds relationships between a volunteer and a Rochelle Lee Teacher Awardee that influences the culture of the classroom. Volunteers are paired with a Rochelle Lee Teacher Awardee and work directly in a pre-K through 8th grade classroom for an entire school year, with the volunteer working either one-on-one or with a small group of students. CRTs commit to a classroom for two to four hours per week from October-May.
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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
Various Chicago Public SchoolsChicago, IL 60661
DATE POSTED
August 22, 2019
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Minimum of two hours per week from October-May