Many of Literacy First’s AmeriCorps members apply to serve in order to explore professional development and career opportunities. As the school year comes to a close, Darby shares the story of a special student, Maiah, and reflects on how working with Maiah helped her realize her future career plans.
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Student Story: Jesse
Jesse, one of my favorite second graders, started the year off a bit nervous and struggled with her confidence during our lessons together. Often, if she didn’t hit her reading goal on her first read-through, she would become incredibly upset and give up on trying.
Read MoreReading with Friends
A story about three friends learning to read at different times and in different ways with the same Literacy First tutor.
Read MoreLearning to Learn
Literacy First tutor Sophie and her student Enzo have learned together the many pieces that make up a successful learning environment.
Read MoreBreathing with Ferdinand
A heartwarming story from Literacy First tutor Isabelle explaining how she’s using The Story of Ferdinand and a stuffed replica of the children’s book character to help her students breathe through a challenging year.
Read MoreRainbow and Candy
By Clara Hart, 2021-2022 Literacy First Tutor I work with a very creative and lively kindergartener named Mateo. For the first few weeks of the school year, Mateo had some […]
Read MoreTutors Teaching Students; Students Teaching Tutors
By Cody Hervey, 2021-2022 Literacy First Tutor My time serving as an early literacy tutor with Literacy First has been different compared to my first two years of national service. […]
Read MoreStudent Story: Acalan
By Melody Villarreal, 2021-2022 Literacy First Bilingual Tutor Someone once told me that you don’t know what you don’t know, and through my role as a Literacy First tutor teaching […]
Read MoreOnly the Beginning
By Amelia Baxter, 2021-2022 Literacy First Tutor Today, my kindergarten student finished her 11th lesson and I decided to have her complete the mastery test to move onto the next […]
Read MoreFormer Tutor Spotlight
Katie Van Winkle’s Service Comes Full Circle While working as a professor at Austin Community College (ACC), former Literacy First tutor Katie Van Winkle would interact with high school students […]
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