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Samples of America Reads Challenge Federal Work-Study Programs and National Service Initiatives
CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
President Dr. John S. Keyser
America Reads Contact: Amy L. Crooks
19600 South Molalla Avenue
Oregon City, OR
Email: amylu@clackamas.cc.or.us
Website: http://www.clackamas.cc.or.us
Telephone: 503-657-6958 Ext. 2690
Fax: 503-650-6654
Number of Districts: 10
We are working closely with all of our school districts to meet the AmericaReads Challenge. Our temporarily funded coordinators (one staff and one student)work to connect students with a wide variety of service projects in the community including AmericaReads. We are able to offer our students involved in community service tuition-free cooperative education credits. In addition to the co-op credits, mericaReads tutors are also awarded tuition-free credit for completion of a tutor training seminar.
EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
President Dr. Phillip Creighton
America Reads Contact: Robert Clarke
One University Boulevard
La Grande, OR 97850
Email: rclarke@eou.edu
Website: www.eou.edu
Telephone:(541) 962-3393
Fax: (541) 962-3418
Number of Districts: 2
Eastern's America Reads tutors currently work with the local school district during a summer literacy campaign that has been in existence for over 3 years. They work with mainly K-third grade students to help boost their reading skills for the upcoming year. The program has been very successful, and Eastern is currently developing similar programs with other school districts. Eastern, the school district and the students involved have all benefited form the experience. We are working closely with all of our school districts to meet the America Reads Challenge. Our temporarily funded coordinators (one staff and one student)work to connect students with a wide variety of service projects in the community including AmericaReads. We are able to offer our students involved in community service tuition-free cooperative education credits. In addition to the co-op credits, America Reads tutors are also awarded tuition-free credit for completion of a tutor training seminar.
LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
President Dr. Jerry Moskus
America Reads Contact: Becky Patrick
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR. 97402
Email: patrickb@lanecc.edu
Telephone: (541) 747 4501 ext. 2822
Fax: (541) 747 0587
Number of FWS Students: 25
Number of Districts: 7
Last June the FWS office sent letters to 700 students eligible for the FWS award through Financial Aid. It described the thrust behind the America Reads program and asked for a response from the students that felt that they would like to tutor in grades K-3 for the upcoming school year. We had 120 people respond. We signed potential jobs up with 7 school districts and 20 individual elementary schools.
Fall term we placed 25 students in the schools. They work in many capacities of literacy. Some work one-on-one for one half hour twice a week; some work in small groups; some work in libraries. The times that they work are generally between 8:00 am to 2:30 pm. They normally work 12 hours per week to earn all of their award. Winter term as our FWS student's schedules changed, some were not able to stay in the program, but plan on returning as their schedule allows. The work done as tutors is satisfying and rewarding to not only the children, but to our students.
MULTNOMAH BIBLE COLLEGE/SEMINARY
President Dr. Dan Lockwood
America Reads Contact: David Allen
8435 NE Glisan ST
Portland, OR
Email: dallen@multnomah.edu
Website: www.multnomah.edu
Telephone: 503-251-5337
Fax: 503-254-1268
Number of Students: 3
Multnomah has teamed with the neighboring Portland Public School District to provide tutoring opportunities for our students.
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
President James E. Womack
America Reads Contact: Deb Dellinger
828 E. 11th Avenue
Eugene, OR
Email: clecompte@eve.nwcc.edu
Internet Address: www.nwcc.edu
Telephone: (541) 684-7200
Fax: (541) 684-7323
Number of Districts: 3
We have students participating in this program from our elementary education department. They are working in local schools to help children who may be struggling with their reading skills or are not at their grade level benchmark. I think that this program is most beneficial for the children and our own students as well.
PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
President Daniel Moriarty
America Reads Contact: Michael Morrow
19000 SW 49th
Portland, OR 97219
Email: mmorrow@pcc.edu
Internet Address: www.pcc.edu
Telephone: (503) 977-4366
Fax: (503) 977-8160
Number of Students: 25
Number of Districts: 4
Working with Oregon's SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) VISTA coordinators, school reading specialists, and school volunteer coordinators, Portland Community College has placed 25 work-study students in 12 schools and four school districts.
After receiving training from a financial aid coordinator who is a former elementary teacher, the students work with children, mainly focusing on reading and other literacy-based activities with K-3 students.
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
President Daniel Bernstine
America Reads Contact: Mary Cumpston/Rosemarie West
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR
Email: CumpstonM@pdx.edu
Telephone: 503/725-4613 Fax: 503/725-5373
Number of FWS Students: 11
Number of Districts: 1
Opportunities abound for FWSP students in the metro area. We have a well-established Community Service program with outstanding opportunities in non-profit agencies. Our contracts for America Reads are with the Portland School District (the largest in the Northwest) and with the Oregon Children's Foundation's SMART Program. All tutoring is done in local public schools. Though our numbers seem low, we are on-target for projected participation by work-study students.
The School of Education also places students in the field as tutors. And a proposal is in the works which, if adopted, would extend the America Reads Program well beyond the FWS Program.
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This page last updated May 5, 2000 (lw/pjk)