In an effort to continue to advance our youth and focus on early childhood literacy, the United Way of the Coastal Empire is partnering with the Savannah Rotary Clubs and the SCCPSS to help provide one-on-one mentoring to the 2nd graders at our local public schools. Though a year-long commitment for our volunteers is required, the time is minimal. Each volunteer is requested to sit with the assigned student for just one hour twice a week to help build that relationship, understand their needs, and help to develop their reading skills. The evidence-based, leveled reading program advances students’ reading ability by focusing on phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and reading instruction-phonemic awareness.
A few notes: For each school, twenty second-grade students receive one-on-one reading tutoring to support reading proficiency by the end of the third grade and beyond. Trained volunteers (aka Read United Buddies) commit to working with students twice weekly for one hour throughout the school year.
****Exact days and times will be determined soon. Stay tuned!****
How many volunteers are needed? - Up to 60 volunteers (20 volunteers per school) are required for the weekly program. (20 core volunteers and 20 back-ups per school. Sign up with a friend to be each other's reading partner!) A Backup Read United Buddy agrees to be called upon by program administrators to read with a student when the paired Buddy has a cancellation.
****Interested? Please sign up using this**** link https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/480c01486e6f49f2b36cca7b16817d3f
Questions? Contact Cheri Dean, VP of Direct Services for the United Way of the Coastal Empire, readunited@uwce.org 912-651-7707
