Agency Details:

Our mission is to help children reach their full potential by empowering them with strong literacy skills.

Reading Partners forms partnerships with high-need schools and operates on-campus reading centers both during and after the school day.

We recruit and train community volunteers to provide one-on-one reading support to low-performing elementary and middle school students.

Our premise is that community involvement in our underserved public schools is a critical component of student achievement and success.

Reading Partners supports teachers and schools by providing structured reading support to children who may otherwise not have an opportunity for individualized attention.

Currently, Reading Partners operates reading centers at 24 sites throughout the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Sacramento

Description:
If you are interested in joining our program, please sign up through this website or at: readingpartners.org/volunteer

Once you’ve registered, we will send you a link to complete our online orientation so that you can learn more about our program. Our orientation can be found at: readingpartners.org/nto.

Our outreach team will then contact you about scheduling a shadow session where you will have a chance to shadow another tutor and answer any questions or concerns you may have.

History:
1999 – 2003:

YES Reading Program officially launches with the opening at Belle Haven School in Menlo Park.

2003 – 2004:

The program expands to a second school in Redwood City School District (Selby Lane).

2005 – 2006:

The program expands to schools in Mountain View and San Jose (Mariano Castro & Horace Mann).

2006 – 2007:

The program expands to San Mateo & Santa Clara (College Park & Montague).

2007 – 2008:

The program expands to San Francisco, East Bay, and East Palo Alto. (Sanchez, Berkley Maynard, and EPACS).

2008 – 2009:

The program also expands to additional San Francisco, East Bay, and San Jose schools (Sherman, Think College Now & Los Arboles).

Reading Partners expands outside of the Bay Area to three schools in Los Angeles (Washington Accelerated, William Green & Aspire Clarendon).

2009 - 2010:

The program expands to Sacramento where 175 volunteer tutors provide individualized tutoring to over 160 students in five different centers.

Contact person: Reading Partners, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Address:

#202 106 Linden Street Oakland, CA 94607 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.readingpartners.org

Miscellaneous Information

Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency?
	No others
What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency?
	14
Is your agency wheelchair accessible?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20?
	Yes

Last updated on July 8, 2010