Help as a START Literacy Tutor this Spring (2026)

Learn how to teach elementary-age youth to read as a trained tutor. Goodman Community Center is offering a tutoring program that teams adult tutors with elementary youth. Teams of adults and youth will work to improve the young person‘s reading skills, with support from our Goodman Literacy Specialist.

This program runs for a total of 13 weeks, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3-5pm. Spring semester runs January 27- April 30th, 2026.

Sessions are broken into two chapters (see below):

Chapter 1: For the first 5 weeks, all new tutors attend a Science of Reading evidence-based training where they learn to use toolboxes of literacy resources and activities (before tutor sessions begin).

Chapter 2: The next 8 weeks (following the training) volunteers tutor elementary students in an after school "Lit Club."

All tutors are assigned to a tutor team that provides continued coaching and support.

Ideal tutors and enthusiastic about reading and literacy and are available for the listed 6 hours per week.

If interested, please indicate interest on this link AND either call 608-204-8048 OR email abigail@goodmancenter.org.