Meals
for Hungry Families
Read To Succeed's Family Literacy programs offer a free, healthy
meal to each participant. We find that offering this
meal is not only a great way to get families to sit
down together and eat, but also to ensure focused,
excited students when it comes time to read and do
activities involving the book.
Some events serve 20, others up to 75. Contact us for
more details.
Family Literacy
Read To Succeed always
needs volunteers to lend a helping hand with our
programs. This could mean helping serve food, cleaning
up, giving out books, or any other crucial task.
ESL
Class Teachers/Organizers
Each site that hosts our ESL
Classes in Rutherford County is always looking for
additional volunteers and teachers.
Join Our Council
Join one of the Read To Succeed councils to have a voice
in what we're up to. The full Read To Succeed council
meets the 4th Wednesday of the month at Patterson Park
Community Center at 10:30 and the Adult Literacy Council
meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 9:00 at theLon
Nuell Family Literacy Center in First Baptist Church.
Professional Skills
Use your professional skills,
like graphic design, website design, technology skills,
writing abilities, etc. to help Read To Succeed.
Reading in the Schools Day and Reading Rally
RISD is held in the fall of each
year--sign up
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As a Read To Succeed Adult Literacy tutor, you will meet 1-2
times a week for an hour or two each time with your
designated learner. You will meet at a mutually-convenient,
public place. You are required to first attend a 12-hour
training before you can begin. Once enrolled, you will be
required to submit a monthly report and a quarterly test.
Start teaching someone to read with our next tutor training:
Adult
Tutor Training
April 5, 12, 19 and 26
E-mailadultliteracy@readtosucceed.org
to sign up
Lon Nuell Family Literacy Center in First Baptist Church
About our Tutors: Trainings are once a
week for four weeks. Tutors are then paired with an
adult learner and meet one to two times a week at a
mutually-convenient, public location.
About our ESL Volunteers:
Teachers use
a standardized
curriculum to create and execute lessons, administer
pre- and post- tests of students, manage classroom
environment | Volunteers assist teachers, work
one-on-one with students
sign up to be an ESL
volunteer or teacher |
Each month, Read To Suceed
honors a volunteer who has gone above and beyond in his or her
commitment to literacy.
February - Audrey Taveras, MTSU
April: Alyson Bass
March: Allison Smith
February: Audrey Taveras
January: Kathy Green
December: David Reynolds
November: MTSU Softball Team
October: Louis Reynolds
September: Jana Roe
August: Kory Wells
July:Raiders for Christ, Franklin
Heights Reading Camp
June - Amy Schwartz, Tutor
May - Jackie Drake, City Schools
April - Beverly Boulware, MTSU,
Family Literacy
March - Susan Elkins, ESL Teacher
February - John Hood, Executive Board
Member
January - Sarah Dennis, MTSU Social
Work Volunteer
December - St. Luke's ESL
November - Sandra Pineault, Family
Literacy Volunteer
October - Ayne Cantrell, Tutor
September - Patty Metcalf, Linebaugh
Library
August - Glenda Kelly, State Farm
July - Christine Mason, graphic
design volunteer
June - Karen Duvall, ESL teacher
May - Leslie Walker, Family Literacy
Volunteer
April - HankWilliams, Linebaugh
Library
March - Aaron Shapiro, Express
Yourself Arts Conference
February - Heather Krug, Adult
Literacy volunteer and tutor
January - Rebecca Upton, Executive
Board Member
December 2009 - Penny Meyers, Tutor
and Family Literacy Volunteer
November 2009 - Amy Maynard,
Celebrity Bee Organizer
March 2009 - The L.E.A.R.N. Group
January 2009 - Carolyn Peebles
December 2008 - Jean Bettencourt
November 2008 - Laura Beth Jackson
and Ruth Ventrice
October 2008 - Bob and Tracy Priddy
August/Setember 2008 - Carlene Hurst
April/May 2008 - Rachel Nelson
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Meet April's Shining Star Volunteer,
Alyson Bass.
 Alyson Bass has a passion for teaching children, youth, and adults of all ages and has been a professional educator in Louisiana, Texas, California, Illinois, and Tennessee for 42 years--25 in kindergarten and first grade classrooms and the remaining 17 in universities teaching Literacy and Language related courses. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at MTSU in the Department of Elementary and Special Education teaching various undergraduate and graduate Language Arts courses. From MTSU, she received the Outstanding Teacher Award for the 2010-2011 school year.
Read To Succeed would like to thank Alyson for her outstanding service to our volunteer tutoring program. Alyson has provided wonderful inservice trainings to our tutors to help them better serve our adult learners. Alyson has also partnered with Read To Succeed to write and receive grant money from MTSU. Thank you Dr. Bass for your support and expertise!
Tell us your Read To Succeed
Volunteering story. We want to hear about your experience! |
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