READ USA Literacy Tutoring
The Literacy Tutoring program is a new pathway within the Osprey Teacher Residency (OTR) Programs designed to support Â鶹´«Ã½ students pursuing degrees in teacher education. This pathway offers Â鶹´«Ã½ sophomores, juniors and seniors an opportunity to become literacy tutors. READ USA, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving literacy rates among elementary students in under-served communities, will train and employ Â鶹´«Ã½ students to deliver daily, intensive literacy interventions to third, fourth, and fifth graders in Duval County. By participating, students will gain hands-on experience in the classroom while making a meaningful impact on young learners.
Become a READ USA Tutor!
Tutoring Schedule
Students will tutor second, third, fourth and fifth graders in Duval County on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Service Commitment Options
Fall Semester Only: 100 hours of service
Fall and Spring Semesters: 300 hours of service
Eligibility
- All education majors are eligible
- Students must be 16-24 years of age
- Students must complete a two-day READ USA training workshop in downtown Jacksonville
Benefits
- Receive payment of $150 per week for tutoring service
- Train to provide robust, evidence-based, one-to-one literacy instruction to elementary students
- Receive in-the-moment coaching and support from certified reading teachers
- Gain hands-on classroom experience and valuable workforce development skills
- Receive additional literacy training, tools and resources for the classroom
- Receive on going professional development opportunities
- Receive either 20 (Fall semester only) or 60 (Fall & Spring semesters) hours of service
- Receive FREE TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) Training
- Receive FREE CPR and Disaster Prep Training
Tutoring Payment Breakdown
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100-Hour Tutor Leaders (Fall Semester Only)
- $150 per service week before taxes
- Paid for 10 weeks
- Service Dates:
- Fall: August 12 – October 17
- Service Dates:
- 100-Hour Tutor Leaders can have 20 hours of training counted towards service.
- 12 hours for AmeriCorps/Volunteer Florida orientation and VF required training (CPR, Disaster Prep, Citizenship, and History of National Service)
- 2 hours for AmeriCorps Tutor Leader Induction and End of Service Ceremony
- 4 hours for TBRI training
- 2 hours for community service/virtual leadership training
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300-Hour Tutor Leaders (Fall and Spring Semester)
- $150 per service week before taxes.
- Paid for 30 weeks
- Service Dates: August 12 – April 10
- 300-Hour Tutor Leaders can have up to 60 hours of training counted towards service.
- 16 hours for READ USA tutor training
- 12 hours for AmeriCorps/Volunteer Florida orientation and VF required training (CPR, Disaster Prep, Citizenship, and History of National Service)
- 2 hours for AmeriCorps Tutor Leader Induction and End of Service Ceremony
- 8 hours for TBRI training
- 8 hours for Community Service (4 events)
- 8 hours for Monthly Virtual Talks (8 sessions)
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