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

Volunteer opportunity

Volunteer opportunity posted by: Reading Partners

Posted on: January 28, 2013

Volunteer Opportunity description

Reading Partners empowers volunteers like you to become leaders in their communities by helping struggling readers succeed. Each week, you will meet one-on-one with your reading partner to help him or her develop strong literacy skills and discover a passion for reading. With no prior experience in the classroom, you can change a child's life.

Be a community leader.

Over the past decade, volunteers like you have helped more than 12,000 students become confident readers by using the Reading Partners curriculum.

Teach a skill for life.

Tutoring in the Reading Partners program helps a child develop a life skill. By working one-on-one with a struggling reader, you will help a student strengthen literacy skills, build confidence, and discover that reading can be fun.

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 Baltimore!

  • Cherry Hill Elementary (Cherry Hill): 801 Bridgeview Road
  • Callaway Elementary (Park Heights): 3701 Fernhill Avenue
  • Westport Academy (Westport): 2401 Nevada Street
  • Edgecombe Circle (Edgecombe): 2835 Virginia Avenue

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How to apply

How: Please sign up here!

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

Location

Cherry Hill Elementary, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Callaway Elementary, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Westport Academy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Edgecome Circle, Baltimore, Maryland, 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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