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the readetroit corps

Communities In Schools' the readetroit corps (RDC) utilizes 52 full-time AmeriCorps members to address the critical literacy needs of children identified as having extreme reading deficiencies.  Two members will focus on volunteer recruitment and development.  Specific activities include: conducting individual and group tutoring sessions, starting book clubs, taking student on library trips, arranging for volunteers to read with students, conducting information sessions designed to help students prepare for tests, and facilitating family literacy nights.  The program strives to increase the reading levels of students, as well as recruit community volunteers to further support local youth.  There are three core components to the RDC program:  tutoring, mentoring, and volunteer management.  Members, placed in teams of two at elementary and middle schools, address local needs by: (1) providing individual and group tutoring; (2) recruiting and training community volunteers to serve in DPS; (3) after-school program support; (4) parental literacy activities; (5) activities designed to build relationship between schools, parents, and the community; and (6) provide mentoring to five children each who have a parent incarcerated.

County served:  Wayne

Contact Information:  Pandora Brown, Program Director
Communities in Schools of Detroit
5830 Field
Detroit, Michigan 48213
Phone: (313) 571-3400 x231
Email:  pandorabrown@cisdetroit.org

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