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

Volunteer opportunity

Volunteer opportunity posted by: Reading Partners

Posted on: January 28, 2013

Volunteer Opportunity description

Reading Partners empowers you to become an effective tutor by matching you with a single student and providing a structured, easy-to-use curriculum and lots of support. Your time and passion can help a child strengthen their reading skills, build confidence, and discover a passion for reading.

Be someone's hero.

Over the past decade, volunteers like you have helped more than 12,000 students become confident readers by using the Reading Partners curriculum. Our volunteer tutors make a huge impact in the lives of their reading partners. By sharing their passion and knowledge, tutors become mentors, friends, and heroes to their students.

Tutoring one-on-one with a child is a fun, powerful way to help a student succeed in reading and life. No prior experience necessary to make a difference!

What: Change a student's life by joining our team of committed reading partners today!

When: 1 hour a week can help a student thrive. Centers typically operate Mondays-Thursdays, 9am-5pm.

Where: Become a volunteer reading tutor at one of the following schools in Los Angeles!

  • New Heights Charter School --- 2202 Martin Luther King Blvd (Lower Campus K-3) (South Los Angeles)
  • New Heights Charter School --- 3989 S. Hobart Boulevard (Upper Campus 3-8) (South Los Angeles)
  • Dolores Huerta Elementary --- 260 E 31st St. (Central Los Angeles - near USC)
  • Jackson Elementary School --- 593 West Woodbury Road (Pasadena)
  • Washington Elementary School --- 1520 N Raymond Ave (Pasadena)
  • John Muir Elementary --- 2526 6th St (Santa Monica)
  • Roosevelt Elementary --- 3533 Marine Ave (Lawndale)
  • William Green Elementary --- 4520 W 168th Street (Lawndale)
  • Anderson Elementary --- 4130 West 154th Street (Lawndale)
  • Para Los Ninos Elementary --- 500 Lucas Avenue (Downtown Los Angeles)
  • Cleveland Elementary --- 524 Palisade St. (Pasadena)

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How to apply

How: Please sign up here!

Anybody 14 years and older can tutor - no prior experience necessary.

Location

New Heights Charter School (Lower Campus K-3), Los Angeles, California, United States
New Heights Charter (Upper Campus 3-8), Los Angeles, California, United States
Dolores Huerta Elementary, Los Angeles, California, United States
Jackson Elementary, Pasadena, California, United States
Washington Elementary, Pasadena, California, United States
John Muir Elementary, Santa Monica, California, United States
Roosevelt Elementary, Lawndale, California, United States
William Green Elementary, Lawndale, California, United States
Anderson Elementary, Lawndale, California, United States
Para Los Ninos, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cleveland Elementary, Pasadena, California, United States

Time Commitment

Duration
3 months or longer
Time commitment
Occasional (weekly or monthly)
Times of day
Mornings
Afternoons
Days of week
Weekdays
Schedule
Fixed schedule
Start and end dates
Minimum commitment of 3 months; substitute volunteer tutor positions available

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