The Team ReadModel
One-on-one tutoring, a curriculum built by reading teachers, and summer learning — with trained teen coaches across four school districts.
one coach, one reader
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joyful readers!
A dual-impact model
Team Read's dual-impact model helps young students to become confident, joyful readers equipped for academic success, and teens to develop work and life skills that support their transition to college and future employment. Teachers refer second through fourth grade students who are reading at least one year below grade level proficiency to participate in the program. Team Read recruits, hires, and trains teen reading coaches from nearby middle and high schools, pairing them with these young students for one-on-one tutoring after school, two times per week.
- Curriculum
Built by reading teachers
Team Read’s curriculum and materials are developed by reading teachers who incorporate the best literacy strategies and proven classroom tutoring techniques into our program. Informed by research and years of experience, the curriculum is designed to develop vocabulary, reading fluency and comprehension.
Primary Instructional Tool
The Power Reader Journal
The primary instructional tool used by our reading coaches is the Power Reader Journal (PRJ).
Each lesson includes
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Sight word work
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Phonics
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Reading comprehension
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Fluency
- Lessons in the PRJ are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
Books at every site
Team Read volunteers build portable libraries so each tutoring site has a collection of fun, interesting, culturally-relevant books. Half are fiction, and half are non-fiction or informational.
reading all summer long!
- Summer Program
Stopping the summer slide
By the fifth grade, summer learning loss can leave low-income students two-and-a-half to three years behind their peers.
— National Summer Learning Association
Children who do not read during the summer can lose months of academic progress. Team Read is dedicated to helping student readers stay on track and continue to succeed, year-round. Our summer program has been growing and evolving since 2012 — providing reading tutoring support and enrichment activities for hundreds of young students, while employing more than 100 teen coaches each summer.
In partnership with
- The Seattle Public Library
- Seattle Public Schools
- Seattle's Department of Education and Early Learning
- Highline Public Schools
- Where We Work
Schools We Serve
Team Read is currently operating in four school districts: Seattle, Highline, Renton, and Tukwila. We are serving students from the elementary schools listed below during the 2025-26 school year.
Seattle
9 sites
Highline
9 sites
Renton
9 sites
Tukwila
9 sites
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