Hear from Hannah Tymonek, a 2022-2023 Literacy First English tutor who will return for the 2023-2024 school year as a Leader. Hannah plans to pursue her dreams of becoming a teacher while serving a second year with us.
Read MoreHear from Hannah Tymonek, a 2022-2023 Literacy First English tutor who will return for the 2023-2024 school year as a Leader. Hannah plans to pursue her dreams of becoming a teacher while serving a second year with us.
Read MoreMany 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.
Read MoreAs AmeriCorps Texas Week comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the collective impact our tutors have had in our community over the past 29 years.
Read MoreCristina López began her journey with Literacy First as a tutor in the early 2000’s when Literacy First was known as ACE: A Community for Education. Her time as a […]
Read MoreA story about three friends learning to read at different times and in different ways with the same Literacy First tutor.
Read MoreLiteracy First tutor Sophie and her student Enzo have learned together the many pieces that make up a successful learning environment.
Read MoreA 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 MoreBy 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 MoreBy 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 MoreBy 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 […]
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