Our Services — Volunteer Tutoring
Elementary Intervention
Reading ASSIST® Institute provides free, volunteer tutoring in partner elementary schools throughout Delaware and selected locations in Pennsylvania. This program targets struggling readers in grades one through three. Volunteers receive extensive training in RAI’s research-based reading intervention program and tutor children identified by school personnel as at risk for reading failure. Parental permission is required for a student’s participation.
Trained Reading ASSIST staff screen student’s skills to determine the suitability of the RAI intervention for each child. Students are pulled out of the classroom during the school day for one-on-one or small group tutoring by a team of volunteers. The Volunteer Tutoring Program is provided at no charge to the school district, school, parents or volunteer.
Kindergarten Intervention
School personnel recommend kindergarten students who need additional help with early literacy skills. Once parental permission is obtained, Reading ASSIST staff screen student’s skills to determine the suitability of the RAI Kindergarten Intervention for each child.
Trained volunteer tutors work as a team to provide targeted early literacy instruction to small groups of kindergarten students during the school day. The Kindergarten Intervention tutoring is provided at no charge to the school district, school, parents or volunteer.
“The volunteers at Shortlidge Academy have been wonderful. The students looked forward to working with them.”
“It has been a wonderful, gratifying experience for our children. We are truly grateful for the time and expertise given to our very needy population.”
“The teachers and students were delighted with the care and instruction that RAI gave the students. The program is phenomenal and has been a tremendous help to students. I hope it can be expanded.”
“More teams! RAI is the best! Thank you for all you do for our students and our school!”
- Reading ASSIST® Institute
- 100 West 10th Street, Suite 910
- Wilmington, DE 19801
- P: (302) 425-4080
- (888) 311-1156
- F: (302) 425-4085
- info@readingassist.org