by TeamReadUser | Jul 17, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
“A primary goal of Team Read’s Summer Program is to help prevent summer learning loss. Our partnership with The City of Seattle and Summer Staircase lets us reach and engage more kids than ever to achieve this goal. Watching almost 80 kids having fun while learning is...
by TeamReadUser | Jun 19, 2018 | Alumni Stories
School/major: University of Aberdeen in Scotland BSc in Environmental Science, expected 2019 Team Read experience: 2015-16: Teen Coach 2016-17: Site Assistant I was a Team Read coach during my sophomore year in high school and looked forward to working with my student...
by TeamReadUser | Jun 19, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read staff members Rose Nakano and Alicia Rodriguez have been selected to participate in a peer cohort program sponsored by Youth Development Executives of King County (YDEKC). YDEKC is a coalition of more than 100 community organizations (including Team Read)...
by TeamReadUser | Jun 19, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Thanks to a grant from Target Foundation, Team Read is studying how to use technology to enhance the 1:1 tutoring partnership at the heart of Team Read’s program model. Linda Braun, a consultant with deep and wide expertise in digital media and learning, is leading...
by TeamReadUser | Jun 12, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Dear Team Read Community, We’re thrilled to announce that Melissa Pailthorp will become the new executive director of Team Read, leading the organization forward in our efforts to help children reach reading success. We send this announcement with excitement for what...
by TeamReadUser | May 16, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Wowza! Team Read students in Seattle and Highline read for more than 78,000 minutes in April. We are so proud of all our readers! The Seattle tutoring site with the best reading minutes per student ratio was tiny but mighty Dearborn Park! The elementary school (a new...
by TeamReadUser | May 15, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read 4 started with a question – what about the 3rd graders who aren’t reading at grade level at the end of the Team Read program? Can we do something more to help them? From that challenge, Team Read developed a new model centered around the essential one-on-one...
by TeamReadUser | May 15, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Thanks to a $60,000 grant from the City of Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL), Team Read will partner with Seattle Public School’s Summer Staircase program to provide a full-day experience for more than 120 students at Martin Luther King...
by TeamReadUser | May 15, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
This month, 295 elementary students in Seattle and Highline school districts graduated from the Team Read program. Students and teen reading coaches celebrated at their tutoring sites with pizza parties, diplomas, free books courtesy of Page Ahead, game tickets from...
by TeamReadUser | Apr 19, 2018 | Other
GiveBIG is May 9! This year, your donation will help provide important resources and materials for Team Read’s tutoring program, including: Leveled Reading Libraries ($3,000 per site) Treasure Chests Filled with Reading Incentives ($75 per site) Power Reader...
