I don't have work study, can I volunteer?
America Reads Contact Information
First, you should sign up for the Overview Tutor Training Session. This hour and a half long session introduces you to the America Reads Program, gives you insight into basic elementary classroom etiquette and procedures, and equips you with some tutoring strategies to get you
started
as a tutor. More extensive
training will follow later in the semester . After you've signed
up for the Overview Training, go and look
for a job at an America Reads site! You get to select the age
of the children you would like to work with, the location of the school
or agency (an agency is an after-school program, a library, a childcare
center, a pre-school); and the times which work for you. Read through
the postings on the jobs page
and decide which school/agency will work best for you and you will work
best for them. Find a place? Call for an interview! Before
you go to the interview, it is a good idea to stop by your Student Employment/Financial
Aid Office for needed paperwork that the America Reads site and you have
to complete before you may begin working. Here
is a list of numbers you can call to get specific information on your
college/university's employment procedures. As a Five College America
Reads Tutor you are also required to keep Tutor Logs. Please
go to this page for more information about the logs.Can I volunteer to be an America Reads Tutor?
Yes! Yes! Yes! We welcome all volunteers to help promote children's reading. As a volunteer, you will still need to attend the training sessions offered by Five College America Reads to become better equiped as a tutor. To find a position, please go to the jobs page and look through the positions offered, taking into consideration the age group you would like to work with and the times which are most convenient for you to work. Contact the school/agency and set up an appointment to become a reading volunteer. If all goes well, you can begin tutoring as soon as you have finished the Overview Training. You can look for a position before you complete the Overview Training, though we encourage you to sign up for the training as early as possible.
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America
Reads Training Coordinator
Tanja
Sofia Krupa
Five Colleges,
Inc.
(413)
545-3463
email:
tanjakrupa@english.umass.edu
Amherst
College: Coordinator
Kate
Gentile; 413-542-2296
Office
of Financial Aid, 202 Converse, Amherst College,
Amherst
MA 01002 email: kagentile@amherst.edu
fax: 542-2628
Five Colleges Inc. Program
Liaison: Renee Fall; 256-8316
Five College Inc.
97 Spring Street
Amherst, MA 01002
email: rfall@fivecolleges.edu
fax: 256-0249
Faculty Consultant:
Nola Stephen; 545-1186
Dept. of Student Development
and Pupil Personnel Services
Room 16 Furcolo Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
email: nola@educ.umass.edu
fax: 545-1523
Smith
College: Coordinator, Valerie Schumacher; 413-585-2530
Student
Employment Office, Smith College, College Hall #1
Northampton
MA 01063 email: vschumac@smith.edu
Mount
Holyoke College: Janice Kane; 413-538-2080
email:
jkane@mtholyoke.edu
Judy
Allen; 538-3011
jeallen@mtholyoke.edu
Career
Development Center
50 College
Street
fax:
538-2081
Deirdre
Bairstow-Allen, Program Director; 538-2253
email:
dbairsto@mtholyoke.edu
Financial Aid Services
50 College Street
fax: 538-2512
Hampshire
College: Coordinator, Janel Johnson; 413-559-5484
Student
Employment Office, 893 West St.
Amherst
MA 01002 email: jjohnson@hampshire.edu
University
of Massachusetts-Amherst:
Coordinator,
Suzanne Schilling; 545-9582
Student
Employment Services
243 Whitmore
Admin. Bldg., UMass
Amherst
MA 01003
email:
sschilling@finaid.umass.edu
fax: 545-1722
Lead
Tutor Trainer; Jessica Girardin;
545-3463; jlg0727@excite.com
Student Employment Services
243 Whitmore Building
fax: 545-1722
Tutor Trainer & Coordination Assistant; M. Virginia Tyrrell;
545-3463; mvtyrrel@student.umass.edu
Student
Employment Services
243 Whitmore
Administration Bldg. UMASS
fax: 545-1722
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