Reading Partners helps children become lifelong readers using community volunteers and lessons tailored to each child’s needs. Tutoring can be done in-person or online. Volunteers are trained to work with students (K-3) who read 6 months to 2 years below grade level. It targets disadvantaged communities and works to ensure all children will have the literacy skills to reach their full potential. Community volunteers are the heart of what we do!  Each community volunteer session with a student provides a $28.14 impact to the program.

Reading Partners works. Last year 84% of K-2 Reading Partners’ students developed mastery of the key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level.

Contributions from First Unitarian will help Reading Partners to:

. provide books to build children’s personal libraries

. fund summer book bags for continuous learning out of school time

. provide access to Reading Partners Connects, online tutoring

. build read aloud libraries

. provide supplies for reading centers

Reading Partners North Texas, an education nonprofit that partners with Dallas and Fort Worth ISD, is currently recruiting volunteers for the upcoming 22-23′ school year. We are also recruiting our next Americorps cohort. Please see both opportunities below:

The first is the opportunity to serve as a weekly reading tutor, either virtually or in-person at one of our many DFW campuses. Learn more and sign up here. 

The second is the opportunity to serve as an AmeriCorps member with us during this school semester. (This opportunity includes an education award to put toward further studies.) Learn more and apply here. 

For more information, contact Reading Partners, 214-821-4500 or .