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Rochester Reading Champions (Literacy Tutoring)

Rochester Reading Champions is a forward looking community program that started in summer 2014. It brings trained volunteers with a passion for literacy, together with members of our community who are struggling to read, and lack means to access help.

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This project is in Available Phase.

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

 


Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Mayo Clinic, Rochester Public Library

Contact: Gail Harris ; Email: TBD ; Phone: 507.328.2373

Known/Likely Collaborators: Boys and Girls Club of Rochester ; Rochester Public Library ; Rochester's Adult Literacy Program (Hawthorne Education Center)

Potential Collaborators:


Related Projects

Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) ; Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan


Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Caring Relationship, Children & Youth, Education, Reading

Level 2: C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, Children & Youth

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:


Type of Project

Programming  

 

 

Detailed Description

 

Keys to Success

By meeting students at locations that they already frequent, Rochester Reading Champions has been successful at eliminating key barriers to achievement including transportation and cost.

Our Volunteer Tutors

ReadingChampionsAtWork

• Complete the 120 hour Orton-Gillingham (O-G) training, a phonics based approach, from The Reading Center
• Provide free, 1 to 1 instruction at least 2x/week, giving students between 80 -100 lessons (45-60 minutes per lesson) total.
• Receive ongoing training & support.

 

Strategy

Keys to Success

By meeting students at locations that they already frequent, Rochester Reading Champions has been successful at eliminating key barriers to achievement including transportation and cost.

Our Volunteer Tutors

ReadingChampionsAtWork

• Complete the 120 hour Orton-Gillingham (O-G) training, a phonics based approach, from The Reading Center
• Provide free, 1 to 1 instruction at least 2x/week, giving students between 80 -100 lessons (45-60 minutes per lesson) total.
• Receive ongoing training & support.

 

 

 

 

 

Last modified by support on 2021/09/05
Created by support on 2017/08/10

 

 

 

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Project Phase Definitions
The following defines the various project phases:
  1. Available - a product, program or service is in production
  2. Develop - program or application is being developed
  3. Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
  4. Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
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