Become a Volunteer Tutor — Your Role & Responsibilities
ELEMENTARY INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Volunteers in the Elementary Intervention Program are required to take a 36 hour RAPS (Reading ASSIST for Primary Students) Intervention course teaching a multisensory phonics based program. After training, volunteers tutor in an elementary school on a team. A typical team consists of three to four volunteers. Volunteers tutor three sessions on their assigned day with each session lasting from 30 – 45 minutes. Each volunteer communicates what lesson was tutored that day to the next volunteer. With a team of four volunteers, each tutor would facilitate every fourth lesson.
Volunteers in the Elementary Intervention Program are required to take a 36 hour RAPS (Reading ASSIST for Primary Students) Intervention course teaching a multisensory phonics based program. After training, volunteers tutor in an elementary school on a team. A typical team consists of three to four volunteers. Volunteers tutor three sessions on their assigned day with each session lasting from 30 – 45 minutes. Each volunteer communicates what lesson was tutored that day to the next volunteer. With a team of four volunteers, each tutor would facilitate every fourth lesson.
Struggling readers are placed into the volunteer program at the recommendation of the school. Volunteers have their own mentor who assists them with the program and who will also observe tutoring sessions at the assigned school. The mentor provides guidance and support on how to adapt the basic program to meet the needs of individual students.
KINDERGARTEN INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Volunteers are required to take a 20+ hour Kindergarten Intervention course preparing them to tutor kindergarten students in early literacy skills. After training, volunteers work in an elementary school on a team. A typical team consists of three volunteers who tutor small groups of up to three kindergarten students. Volunteers tutor three sessions on their assigned day with each session lasting 30 minutes. Each volunteer communicates what lesson was tutored that day to the next volunteer. With a team of three volunteers, each tutor would facilitate every third lesson.
Volunteers are required to take a 20+ hour Kindergarten Intervention course preparing them to tutor kindergarten students in early literacy skills. After training, volunteers work in an elementary school on a team. A typical team consists of three volunteers who tutor small groups of up to three kindergarten students. Volunteers tutor three sessions on their assigned day with each session lasting 30 minutes. Each volunteer communicates what lesson was tutored that day to the next volunteer. With a team of three volunteers, each tutor would facilitate every third lesson.
Kindergarten students are placed onto the volunteer team at the recommendation of the school. Volunteers have their own mentor who assists them with the program and who will also observe tutoring sessions at the assigned school. The mentor provides guidance on how to individualize the tutoring to best meet the needs of the students.
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