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12 people are interested
Literacy Coach
ORGANIZATION: Tree House Books
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12 people are interested
Description of Position:
Become a mentor and guide at Tree House Books' Literacy Studio by connecting students to the world of books, texts and words, ages 6-12. At the Literacy Studio, we focus on language acquisition, recreational reading, critical thinking and creative writing, through 12-week cycles on selected themes. Most importantly, Literacy Coaches make books fun and relevant to the most reluctant readers and encourage esteem and self-regard through writing.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Participate in volunteer and trauma informed training
- Remain focused on Tree House Books’ mission of growing and sustaining a community of readers, writers, and thinkers
- Prepare materials and set up projects before students arrive
- Provide one to two teacher to student ratio for homework help
- Take direction from Studio Manager
- Assist with Literacy Studio Activities, Literacy Workshops, and other programming as specified in training
- Remain flexible to changes in Literacy Studio curriculum and activity plans
- Problem solve conflicts and effectively communicate teamwork strategies to the Tree House Kids
- Fill out end of day summaries that reflect your students progress and your performance as well as quality of the day’s program
- Maintain and organize student data portfolios
- Remain an upstanding role model to Tree House Kids through encouraging hard work, ambition and love of reading
More opportunities with Tree House Books
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Tree House Books
Location:
1430 W SUSQUEHANNA AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19121, US
Mission Statement
Tree House Books is on a mission to grow and sustain a community of readers, writers, and thinkers in Philadelphia.
Description
Tree House Books is a Literacy Center and Giving Library based in North Philadelphia serving children and their families in building literacy skills. What makes us unique is that our programs move beyond strictly academics to include a social, emotional, and cultural focus. In addition to providing access to a wide variety of books, we foster healthy attitudes towards reading and writing and help our participants expand their self-concept through awareness of the opportunities reading provides. We also engage the community in holistic literacy activities that reflect our community’s rich ethnic, racial, and cultural heritage, giving us all as readers time and space to examine issues we find relevant to our lives.
At Tree House books we do two things: provide access to high-quality books through our donation based Giving Library and family literacy programming for children ages 0-16 with a focus on language acquisition, recreational reading, critical thinking, and creative writing. We have recently launched our Books in Every Home Campaign, in which we have set an ambitious goal to distribute over 200,000 books by 2020!
To find out more about our programs, volunteer, internship, and donation opportunities, visit us at Treehousebooks.org!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1430 W SUSQUEHANNA AVEPHILADELPHIA, PA 19121
DATE POSTED
November 15, 2018
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Teaching / Instruction
- Reading / Writing
- Youth Services
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Literacy Studio is Monday- Thursday from 3-6pm