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....
Partners We Love: Sara Baker
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....
Former Student Reader Returns to Team Read
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...
Jeri and Wanda: Team Read’s Reading Warriors (part 2)
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...
2017-18 Program Launch
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...
Team Read Alumna ShanShan Tan
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...
Jeri and Wanda: Team Read’s Reading Warriors (part 1)
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...
Help Unlock the Reading Potential of Struggling Readers
Imagine being in 3rd grade and believing that you cannot become a good reader because you’ve been struggling since kindergarten. You dread being asked to read aloud in class. Or, imagine how stressful it could feel to try and learn English and learn to read at the...
Celebrating 20 Years of Team Read
Team Read is kicking off our 20th year of programming this month! Since 1998, we’ve served more than 18,000 students by providing reading tutoring support for 2nd and 3rd graders and meaningful paid jobs for teens. There are so many amazing people who have helped make...
New Seattle Team Read Sites
“We are excited to be expanding Seattle Team Read’s partnership with Seattle Public Library to include after school programs at NewHolly Branch Library and High Point Branch Library,” says Executive Director, Maureen Massey. “Seattle Housing Authority staff helped...
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