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  2015-2016 Missouri Reading Corps tutor, Jill Powers, reflects on how her positive experience with reading shaped her interests and motivates her to provide a similar experience to her Reading Corps students. One of my earliest memories is from when I was about two or three years old, watching my older brother’s future Pre-K teachers … Read more

K-3 Virginia tutor at Tucker Elementary School, Rebecca, shares how her family’s legacy of military service inspired her to pursue National Service through AmeriCorps and The Literacy Lab. My name is Rebecca Jones and I am a K-3 Literacy Tutor serving at Tucker Elementary in Alexandria, VA. My father always emphasized that it is every … Read more

Returning Pre-K Tutor, Minetre Martin, celebrates her student’s success during the 2014-2015 school year. The first year of service is a exciting, powerful, and often demanding learning experience. In your first year as a tutor, you are implementing new material and trying to navigate an unfamiliar environment, while continually learning lessons on how to do … Read more

Guest Post by K3 Tutor, Kelly Meany, working at CW Harris Elementary School. When I first began working with Philip Wright*, a first grader at my service site, CW Harris Elementary School, he barely spoke. A single nod or shake of the head was often all he would offer me, other than the moments he … Read more