Reading mentor program

The innovative Read, Think, Share mentoring program partners students across the country, many in underserved communities, with college student mentors. The program not only provides the students with positive feedback and academic support, but also time spend corresponding with strong role models.

Through correspondence with their mentors, students build reading comprehension skills, gain experience asking and answering questions, and are encouraged to offer their observations and opinions about the books they read. As young adults themselves, the mentors are able to relate to the students in ways that differ from the way teachers and other adults relate to them.

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Read Aloud Mentoring Program. What is the Read Aloud Mentoring Program? What are the primary goals of the Read Aloud Mentoring Program? To provide support to under-resourced schools by connecting students with volunteer reading mentors To generate students' enthusiasm for books and reading To improve students' literacy skills To increase students' self-confidence through weekly attention from their mentors To provide adults with a flexible, convenient, and meaningful volunteer experience.

How does the program work? Read to a Child is invited into schools as long-term partners to help provide students with an equitable opportunity to thrive. Families grant permission for program participation. Most locations engage volunteers from the community as well. Read to a Child conducts a background check and training session for each volunteer and matches them with a single student based upon teacher referrals.