America Reads
America Reads (AR) is a federally funded tutoring program administered by the CMU Volunteer Center. The program focuses on improving children's reading skills and confidence and in encouraging children to become life-long readers. Each year over 100 second and third grade students in the community receive one-on-one tutoring through CMU's America Reads Program.
Our mission is to:
- Improve children's reading skills
- Get children excited about reading
- Promote literacy awareness on campus and in the community
- Give CMU students the opportunity to be a teacher and mentor to children
America Reads Tutors are CMU students who have a love for working with children and a passion for teaching. Tutors work with each child for at least one hour per week, and tutor between 1 and 5 students using a strategy called paired reading. Tutors are paid through federal work study and must go through a criminal background check and extensive training before working with children.
