We seek passionate, capable tutors willing to serve the students and the community. You do not need teaching experience, but you must to be ready to commit to students for one school year.

Reading Assist Fellows must be willing to:

• Commit to a school year of service from August 21, 2023, or September 5, 2023, until June 7, 2024, serving Monday-Friday from approximately 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. for full time, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for part-time, or our other part-time option which is 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in one Reading Assist partner school.*
• Attend five weeks of full-time, graduate-level training and then are embedded into high-needs elementary schools in Delaware. Fellows transform the lives of students who may have with have dyslexia or other reading disorders.
• Work with children in K-3, including children who may have behavioral challenges in addition to academic needs.
• Become an integral member of the AmeriCorps community and participate in all AmeriCorps trainings, events, and projects.
• Teach students in schools according to the Reading Assist Intervention program:
• Prepare lesson plans tailored to the individual needs of the student.
• Work with a coach to provide individualized instruction.
• Meet with coach regularly to discuss the implementation of the intervention and student progress.
• Monitor student progress and input data.
• Communicate with coaches, school liaisons, and Reading Assist staff members in a timely and professional manner.
• Maintain records as required, including student attendance and AmeriCorps hours.
• Become an integral member of the school community.
• Help to recruit additional Reading Assist Fellows.

*Fellows follow their assigned school’s schedule, including school breaks and holidays.

Reading Assist Fellows should:

• Be able to blend, segment, and manipulate sounds within words
• Show an interest in literacy, education, and community service
• Responsive to communications
• Demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and professionalism
• Maintain a patient and flexible mindset
• Be open to constructive feedback
• Complete an AmeriCorps application
• Submit to a background checks and fingerprinting
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien
• Have at least a GED or high school diploma
• Must be proficient with, or open to learning on a quick curve, Google Classroom, Zoom, PowerPoint, and email
• Must have a computer (laptop or desktop)

Reading Assist is looking for individuals who:

• Will commit to a FULL school year and show up for our students everyday
• Will be a reliable tutor and show up and be prepared for lessons on the days they are serving
• Are adaptable and open to learning multiple new things at once
• Value community and have a desire to give back
• Are able to actively and efficiently communicate with staff
• Are able to be a reliable individual
• Are patient, especially when working with children

• A $1,000 biweekly living allowance ($700/biweekly if part-time)
• A $4,800 education award (determined by the Pell Grant) upon successful completion of 1200 service hours ($3,400 for part-time, 900 service hours)
• A $500 relocation allowance if moving 50 miles or more to serve
• Student loan deferment
• An opportunity to receive professional certification in reading intervention
• Resume-building professional experience
• Education sector exposure
• Healthcare benefits (full-time only)
• Childcare (if needed)

Reading Assist recruits, trains, and embeds AmeriCorps members from around the country willing to commit to a school year of service. We provide our accredited one-on-one Reading Assist Intervention Program to struggling readers in kindergarten through third grade in the Wilmington, Delaware, area's highest-needs elementary schools.

For students with significant reading challenges, such as dyslexia, traditional classroom or small group reading instruction and methods are simply not enough. Reaching reading proficiency is even more challenging when such a student is also an English language learner or born into a high-poverty environment.

Reading Assist intentionally targets struggling readers in under-served schools who are in the lowest 10% in reading proficiency and have not experienced reading success through traditional methods.

Our multi-sensory, structured approach to literacy education is grounded in our 30 years of experience working with struggling readers, and informed by the latest advances in cognitive neuroscience and reading research.

Through the years, Reading Assist has helped thousands of struggling readers, establishing a regional and national reputation as a leader in literacy support to children, parents, and educators.