by TeamReadUser | Dec 3, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read hosted 200+ new coaches and 300+ return coaches for training in October. This year, new tools were added to show our coaches different ways to decode words and work on fluency with student readers. We did some role playing to determine which combination of...
by TeamReadUser | Dec 3, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read launched across 13 sites in Seattle and Highline in November. Teen reading coaches were on-site a week early to meet with their site coordinators, become familiar with their tutoring sites and prepare for student arrivals. Team Read 2nd and 3rd graders...
by TeamReadUser | Dec 3, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read is growing! This year we’re excited to offer Team Read+ and Team Read 4 at additional sites, and launch a new program at John Muir Elementary in Seattle. John Muir enlisted 32 teen coaches to work with 32 elementary readers. This extended-day program...
by TeamReadUser | Sep 25, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Newsletter Archives
Job Title and Company Foundation Development Specialist, International Community Health Services Foundation Team Read Experience 2004-2006: Reading coach at Whitworth and Beacon Hill Elementary Schools Tagoipah is a second generation Cham (Southeast Asian minority...
by TeamReadUser | Sep 25, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read recently welcomed six new board members to our team: Janet Blanford (ex-officio member), Yolanda Eng, Matt Hrdlicka, Chance Hunt, Ingrid Stegemoeller, and Adrienne Voermans. “I’m super excited that we have several new Team Read Board Members who’ve...
by TeamReadUser | Sep 25, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
It’s that time of year again! Students are back in school and the Team Read 2018-19 program will kick off in November. As the program continues to grow in both Seattle and Highline, we’re hoping to grow our lending libraries as well. Team Read is hosting its second...
by TeamReadUser | Sep 25, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read recruiting is in full-swing this fall in Seattle and Highline school districts. Team Read will be hiring more than 350 teens to work as one-on-one reading coaches. We are excited to put our teens to work at nearby schools, libraries and community partner...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 14, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Newsletter Archives
Job Title and Company: Education & Library Sales Assistant, Penguin Random House Education: Whitman College, B.A. in Psychology & B.A. in Sociology, 2017 Team Read Experience: 2013 Reading Coach, Broadview Thomson My passion for reading began at a young age,...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 14, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read’s partnership with Teens in Public Service (TIPS) brought Maddy Hoffman’s energy and enthusiasm to our expanded summer program at MLK Elementary. As we say goodbye (and thank you!) to Maddy this week, we asked about her experience with Team Read’s...
by TeamReadUser | Aug 14, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
I assumed an “appropriately slow” summer on-ramp when I joined Team Read in June. I was both surprised and excited to learn this is not the Team Read way! Instead, days have been packed with dynamic programming in schools and libraries, teens choosing to spend most of...
