“I want to do my part to help our students gain confidence through literacy and travel on a college-bound course.”
TUTOR STORIES
Hear why our tutors enjoy their roles in their own words.
Lindsay Bass-Sessions
“You don’t have to come from a specific work or education background to serve with Reading Corps. It doesn’t matter where you are at in your life, they give you what you need to know. You just need to have the desire to make a difference.”
Keven Tell
“Serving with Reading Corps and Math Corps helped move me to the next level. Today, I’m a sixth grade science teacher at Stanford Middle School in the Minneapolis Public Schools District!”
Rachelle Anderson
“I have seen the results – emotionally, intellectually, and socially – as children grow throughout the year and it’s just amazing. I feel very lucky to be part of an organization that is really working to do good things for kids.”
Willie Day
“I get to apply skills I learned in college to teach math to school students. And I find it rewarding that I can make a difference in their success. I like being part of their becoming more confident as they improve upon their math skills.”
Jeannette Ledesma
“I get a sense of immense pride when the students make gains in the right direction and start to feel confident in the other aspects of their life and schooling.”
Finding the Right Fit
Throughout her life, Colleen Denice-Rossiter has always focused on serving others. Before becoming a full-time parent, she served…