by TeamReadUser | Apr 17, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
April is traditionally our read-a-thon month at Team Read, and this year is no exception. Student readers across the city are setting reading goals for the month, adding up all the minutes they read at home, at school and at Team Read and competing for fun reading...
by TeamReadUser | Feb 9, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read recently completed training for new reading coaches to work in Seattle and Highline second semester. More than 150 new teens were recruited to work in the program. These new teens will join coaches already at our sites. “I want to be a Team Read coach...
by TeamReadUser | Feb 7, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Newsletter Archives
Job Title and Company Strategy & Operations Consultant, Deloitte Team Read Experience 2004-05: Reading coach at Whitworth Elementary and Hawthorne Elementary 2016-present: Team Read Board Member When I was 15, all of my friends were looking for a job....
by TeamReadUser | Feb 7, 2018 | Newsletter Archives
There are so many partners who help make Team Read a success, and Sara Baker is one of those “un-sung” heroes. Since our first meeting last spring to plan the expansion of Highline Team Read, Sara jumped in with ideas and suggestions for getting students from Mt....
by TeamReadUser | Jan 12, 2018 | Other
January 11, 2018 Dear Team Read Community, When I was hired in August of 2000 as Team Read’s Project Coordinator during the 2nd year of a 4-year “project,” I never imagined that I would spend the next 17 years engaged in the most rewarding, and important work of my...
by TeamReadUser | Dec 14, 2017 | Newsletter Archives
We love it when former student readers return to the program as teenagers to be reading coaches! Ming Ming’s wonderful essay when she applied to work for Team Read this fall, captures the essence of Team Read and why the program has been so successful for 20 years. I...
by TeamReadUser | Dec 11, 2017 | Newsletter Archives
In this two-part series, we talk with literacy coaches Jeri Harris and Wanda Lofton about their experience working with Team Read and what has inspired them to continue this important work for so many years. What’s different about working with teen tutors...
by TeamReadUser | Nov 21, 2017 | Newsletter Archives
Team Read has expanded in its 20th school year, adding new schools and program sites in Seattle and Highline Public Schools. Team Read is serving students at 13 sites this year. “I keep coming back to Team Read because I like how the kids are energetic and ready to...
by TeamReadUser | Nov 20, 2017 | Alumni Stories, Newsletter Archives
Job Title and Company Academic Advisor, Seattle University Team Read Experience 2002-03: Reading coach atat Beacon Hill Elementary School When I found out that I could be paid for doing what I enjoyed, which for 16-year-old me was working with children, I immediately...
by TeamReadUser | Nov 20, 2017 | Newsletter Archives
In this two-part series, we talk with literacy coaches Jeri Harris and Wanda Lofton about their experience working with Team Read and what has inspired them to continue this important work for so many years. “I’ve had the privilege of working with Wanda and Jeri for...
