Make a Difference in the Twin Cities: Become a Literacy Volunteer

Currently, nearly one in three Minnesota third-graders are not reaching basic levels of literacy. AARP Experience

Corps Tutors directly address this need by providing one-on-one reading tutoring as well as serving as a caring adult in each of their students' lives.

Experience Corps is currently recruiting literacy tutors for the 2015-2016 school year. Volunteers work with students individually or in small groups under a classroom teacher’s supervision. In past years, more than 70 volunteers spent nearly 23,000 hours tutoring about 700 students in 11 schools in Minneapolis/St. Paul. When asked about the tutors’ influence on the classroom, most teachers (92 percent) reported a positive effect on students’ performance.

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If you are interested or know an older adult who would be a great tutor and mentor to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade two information sessions have been scheduled to provide more information about the commitment, the AmeriCorps stipend that is available and the application process.

Information sessions will be held at the Volunteers of America Education Center, 924 19^th Ave S., Minneapolis on the following dates:

• Saturday June 20^th at 10:00 a.m.
• Wednesday July 22^nd at 2:30 p.m.

 

Interested individuals can register online or email Volunteer Coordinator Erin Simon, at 612-708-5933.