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Staten Island School Reading Volunteer Program
Helping a child learn to read is one of the most rewarding jobs a person can do. If you have four hours a week to spare, you can experience this satisfaction by joining the Staten Island School Reading Volunteer Program, now in its 48th year. The program is operated by the SIMHS in partnership with Time Warner Cable and in cooperation with the New York City Department of Education. Almost 250 volunteers are currently working in Staten Island public elementary schools, where they tutor young children one-on-one at a location within the school building. New volunteers are trained every October and February by a Department of Education reading teacher, who instructs them in various interactive techniques to help the children master the skills and discover the delights of reading. The techniques include reading together, telling stories, playing games and solving puzzles, discussing books of special interest, and writing prose and poetry. After training is completed, each volunteer selects a participating school, where he or she will spend about two hours a day, two days a week, tutoring youngsters with reading problems. The students to be tutored are chosen by their teachers, with permission from their parents, and are released from class for the sessions with the volunteer. Volunteers who can spare more than four hours a week may be permitted to do so. Most reading volunteers form strong bonds of friendship with the children they tutor, building relationships that often last a lifetime. To become a School Reading Volunteer, you must be a high school
graduate, at least 18 years old. You should be in good health, be
able to make a commitment of about four hours a week, and must have
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