Share the joy of reading and help change a life in just one hour! (Washington DC)

Reading Partners connects passionate volunteers with struggling readers to help students strengthen their literacy skills, build confidence, and discover a passion for reading. You can be a mentor, a leader, and an educator with no prior experience in the classroom.

Be someone's hero.

Over the past decade, volunteers like you have helped more than 12,000 students become excellent readers using a structured, easy-to-use curriculum. Our volunteers become so much more than reading partners. By sharing their knowledge and experience, tutors become mentors, friends, and positive role models in the life of a child.

Have fun. Change a life.

Tutoring in the Reading Partners program makes a powerful impact in a child's life. Working one-on-one with a student is a fun, effective way to change someone's life—maybe your own.

What: Make a difference in the life of a child in your community by joining our team of committed reading tutors!

When: 1 hour each week can change a child's life. Centers typically operate Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm.

Where: Become a volunteer reading tutor at one of the following schools in Washington DC!

• Brightwood Elementary School --- 1300 Nicholson St. NW (Brightwood)
• Septima Clark Public Charter --- 2501 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave (Anacostia)
• DC Bilingual Public Charter --- 3029 14th St. NW (Columbia Heights)
• CAPCS - Butler Global Campus --- 5 Thomas Circle NW (Logan Circle)
• Center City Public Charter School - Congress Heights --- 220 Highview Place SE (Congress Heights)
• DC Preparatory Academy - Edgewood Campus --- 707 Edgewood Street NE (Edgewood)
• Wheatley Elementary School --- 1229 Neal St. NE (Trinidad)
• CAPCS - Amos I --- 1300 Allison St. NW (Pentworth)
• CAPCS - Amos 3 --- 1400 First St. NW (Shaw)
• HD Cooke Elementary School --- 2525 17th St. NW (Adams Morgan)