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Step Up Tutoring Year Established: 1998 Location: Various Schools, Boys and Girls
Club, Duration of Program: 12 Months Description of Program: We provide tutoring services for Native American children in Mesa Public schools and within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. We service all schools, HeadStart, and the Boys and Girls Club in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
Catch Up On Reading Year Established: 1998 Location: Group Home and Girls Ranch office Duration of Program: 6 Months Description of Program: The Girls Ranch reading program provides a structured phonics/reading/comprehension program for the residents, ages 11 to 18, who are in the program. The girls attend public schools, but most are below grade level in their reading ability. Our program goal is to improve their reading skills, thereby enhancing self-esteem, increasing successful school performance, and alleviating the feelings of frustration and anger caused by inability to achieve. As the girls achieve, problem behaviors decrease. Volunteers are trained by a reading specialist and then assigned to a resident for continued one hour weekly sessions. The focus is to encourage reading for enjoyment.
Intergenerational
Tutoring Program Year Established: 1995 Location: Laguna Elementary School Description of Program: The aim or goal of this intergenerational tutoring program is to help the students of Laguna Elementary School develop and improve their study skills. This program is subject-matter based rather than homework based. Utilizing an intergenerational approach allows young and old to share talents and resources, supporting each other in relationships that benefit both individuals and community. While the role of the tutor is to work with students in specific learning areas, tutors and students are encouraged to spend time together to learn from each other and provide a positive learning experience for both tutor and student.
Year Established: 2004
OASIS Intergenerational
Tutoring Program Year Established: 1990 Location: Various Schools Duration of Program: 9 Months Description of Program: The OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring Program addresses the needs of children experiencing difficulty in reading. Our program addresses this problem with an innovative approach through which older adult volunteers work with young children, one-on-one, to build reading and language skills. The program is designed to achieve four goals: promote literacy, build children's self-esteem and positive attitudes toward learning, provide meaningful opportunities for volunteer service, and strengthen ties between the generations. The mentoring bond that develops nurtures both participants. The volunteers find the mutually warm and caring relationships they develop with the children to be personally rewarding. The program is now in its 13th year in the Valley and it serves seven school districts in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
One on One Reading Tutor
Program Year Established: 1998 Location: Howard S. Gray Education Center Duration of Program: 4-6 Months Description of Program: Mentors provide one-on-one tutoring sessions once or twice a week during the school year to improve reading abilities in learning disabled or emotionally handicapped adolescent students within the Gray Education Center. Mentor Program Year Established: 2002 in Colorado, 2003 in Arizona Location: Site locations throughout the Valley Duration of Program: Ongoing Description of Program: Future for Kids Mission is providing at-risk kids education through mentorship and sports programs. We recruit, train and place mentors at various sites throughout the Valley. |