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20 people are interested
Help a child learn to read!
ORGANIZATION: Children's Reading Partners of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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20 people are interested
Each year, more than 1 in 3 American children starts kindergarten without the language skills they need to learn to read. Close to 50% of 3rd grade students in Hartford are unable to read at grade level. YOU CAN HELP by becoming a Reading Mentor!
Attend a training session, then select a 30-minute-per-week time slot to read to a K-5th grade student during the school day or after school. For more information, contact us at 860-236-7323 or email read@jewishhartford.org.
TRAINING SESSIONS:
Thursday, September 14th, 2017, 6:30 PM
1079 Hebron Ave, Glastonbury, CT 06033
Monday, September 18th, 2017, 6:30 PM
333 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017, 10:30 AM
333 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117
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About Children's Reading Partners of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
Location:
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Ste. C, West Hartford, CT 06117, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Federation's Children's Reading Partners is to build and improve the reading skills of pre-kindergarten to grade five educationally at-risk students in public school districts in Greater Hartford, CT. This is done by recruiting, training, and placing volunteers to read with these students, one-to-one or in small groups, on a consistent weekly basis. Children's Reading Partners promotes the use of books that help children develop emotional intelligence in order to cultivate a culture of kindness and empathy. Children's Reading Partners further expands students reading resources through the annual donation of a book to each student and that student's classroom.
Description
Each year the program recruits, trains and places volunteers to read weekly with children in Hartford and five neighboring communities (Bloomfield, East Hartford, Manchester, New Britain and West Hartford). The components of the current program are:
- Elementary Express - Reading mentors read books for 30 minutes weekly one-on-one with at-risk kindergarten through fifth grade students.
- Reading Buddies - Middle school students read books weekly with a kindergarten student in Hartford and Bloomfield for one month.
- Preschool Pals -Volunteers read with preschool children weekly in Bloomfield for ten weeks in the spring and six weeks in the summer.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
333 Bloomfield AvenueWest Hartford, CT 06117
DATE POSTED
August 2, 2017
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Teaching / Instruction
- Reading Comprehension
- Youth Services
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Minimum of 30 minutes a week