Reading Power Pivots to Online Learning Resources
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As we enter another month of social distancing, we send our best wishes to all Reading Power friends and hope that you are staying safe and healthy.
With challenges come opportunities, and the Reading Power team has been hard at work transitioning to this new "normal." In the past few weeks, we have been adapting our tutoring materials to be distributed online to students through our school district partners.
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Click the photo above to view the video we sent to students and tutors.
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Each week, our talented staff members are creating learning activities for all children in kindergarten through second grade. Topics include letter and word activities, comprehension activities, and writing activities.
These print learning activities are being sent to the schools we serve and community partners like North Chicago Community Partners (NCCP) so they can forward them to students directly. And since many families do not have access to technology, these learning activities are also being printed and are available for pickup by
any
students, not just Reading Power kids, in North Chicago and Zion via food distribution locations.
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We learned that, due to rapid decision-making regarding school closures, children left school abruptly and many were not able to bring home their school supplies.
In response, Reading Power has distributed more than 180 supply bags for LEARN kindergarten through second grade students that contain basic school supplies (crayons, chalk, dice, pencils, erasers and sharpeners). We also provided an additional 55 bags of supplies and new books for older children. In all, Reading Power was able to provide nearly 1,000 new books which have been distributed through the LEARN schools and NCCP.
Our sincere thanks to Follett Corporation, North Chicago Community Partners, and LEARN for their support!
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Learning Resources on Reading Power Website
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Reading Power has launched a new
Learning Resources
page on our website.
“Parents who are home schooling can use all the support we can give them right now,” mused Reading Power CEO Kathy McFarland.
The new Learning Resources section includes links to Reading Power Learning Activities that we're providing to the schools; recommendations of websites that focus on literacy learning; and even family-friendly programs to watch by network.
But what children might enjoy the most are READ ALOUD videos of their Reading Power friends reading their favorite books to them!
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We will continue to add dynamic content and more Read Aloud videos to our website, and hope to share these Learning Resources broadly.
And we look forward to working with our community partners to find more and better ways to support children and their families during this time.
Click here
for our Learning Resources page, and please SHARE with your friends and families.
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Our Sincere Thanks to All Reading Power Tutors!
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Each year in April, Reading Power holds a
Tutor Appreciation Reception
to personally thank our volunteer tutors for their commitment and dedication.
Reading Power would not exist without you and we are sorry we cannot celebrate in person this year.
We look forward to being together again soon, to sharing our favorite stories from tutoring, and to once again bask in the tutor glow. Until we meet again, we thank you!
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What Will the Future Bring?
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None of us has a crystal ball, but we can be fairly sure that more children will fall behind in their reading and writing skills because of this pause in classroom time.
As a forward-thinking organization, Reading Power is taking this opportunity to investigate other ways we can help children accelerate their literacy learning outside of our gold-standard one-to-one tutoring model.
What might this additional support entail? We’re not sure just yet, but it could include before- or after-school tutoring and programs, and maybe even group learning.
We are fortunate to have very experienced and knowledgeable educators within our staff and on our Board of Directors – smart educators who have led us masterfully since 2003.
Whatever directions we pursue, rest assured that there will be opportunities for all of us to get back to doing what we love – tutoring children and fostering a love of literacy.
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Our Mission
Working in partnership with underserved schools,
Reading Power provides one-to-one tutoring during the school day
for children in prekindergarten through second grade.
Our mission is to accelerate children's literacy learning,
and to develop in them a love of reading and writing.
All children deserve to reach their intellectual potential.
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Reading Power Board of Directors
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Kathy McFarland, PhD, Chairman, CEO
Marra Lochiatto, MBA, Vice Chair
Ann Bates, EdD
Kathleen Cowie
John Davidson
Mark Goodman, JD
Mary Jane Hender, EdD
Todd Litzsinger
Rahul Malhotra
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Melinda Mooney
Beverly Raudabaugh, MBA
Frank Sibley
Nancy Smith, CPA, CMA
Arthur Turner
Mary Weber
Tom Wood
Jim Young
Rev. Dr. Gordon Butcher, DMin, Emeritus
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Reading Power Program Staff
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Lisa Bulzoni, MEd, Director of Programs
Daniela Cruz, Program Assistant
Joanie Alley, MSEd, Assistant Site Coordinator
Sue Butman, MSEd, Assistant Site Coordinator
Julie Collishaw, MA, Site Coordinator
Kristin Fine, MEd, Site Coordinator
Andrea Glickman, MAEd, Site Coordinator
Marla Guziec, BS, Site Coordinator
Mary Jane Hender, EdD, Site Coordinator
Cathy Keller, BS, Site Coordinator
Jenny Kronauer, BS, Assistant Site Coordinator
Joy McGreevy, BA, Site Coordinator
Cathy Plate, MSEd, Assistant Site Coordinator
Kay Roller, Site Coordinator
Marion Schmidt, BS, Site Coordinator
Karen Uihlein, Assistant Site Coordinator
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