In recent years, Team Read has been carefully considering how we deepen the personal growth of our coaches. This includes providing new and improved professional development workshops for teens to work on important skills needed for tutoring and their future careers....
Each month, our teen site assistants will be submitting a Powerful Pairs story featuring a student reader and coach at their tutoring site who are working well together to strengthen reading skills . Our first Powerful Pair was selected by site assistant, Mia: “5/5...
With so much of what used to be channeled through schools still rebuilding, Team Read recognizes how important it is to reach out to every family to confirm their child's participation. About half of Team Read's student readers come from households where English is...
Team Read is fortunate to have been selected, more than once, by Adobe’s employee-driven philanthropic giving that has provided grant support for our after school and summer tutoring programs. The grants awarded have funded the core work of our reading pairs, as well...
We are thrilled to announce Team Read will be partnering with Renton School District beginning this fall to provide one:one reading tutoring support for 2nd and 3rd grade students at Campbell Hill Elementary School. The Renton Team Read program will launch in late...
Job Title: EntrepreneurReading Coach: 2001-2004 (Bailey Gatzert Elementary) Team Read Board Member: 2010 - 2013 As a teen, Kacie volunteered as a Team Read reading coach to elementary school students before earning her BA in Communications from Seattle Pacific...
As Team Read approaches our 25th anniversary next fall, we’re thrilled to have a passionate and dedicated alumna leading the organization into the next chapter, helping Team Read reach even more young readers and teens in our community. Chance Hunt, President...
Team Read will be serving many more students during the 2021-22 school year, with several new sites in Seattle, Highline, Tukwila, and beyond. You can support this growth and help expand Team Read’s libraries by purchasing books from our Amazon charity list or making...
Over the past couple months, Team Read has added two staff and welcomed three new board members to our team. “We are super excited to have such dynamic and skilled individuals joining our board and staff!” said Executive Director, Melissa Pailthorp. “We’re growing...
During the 2020-21 school year, Team Read provided 40 hours of one:one reading time for hundreds of 2nd-4th grade students online after school. We saw them develop powerful connections with their teen reading coaches and become stronger, more confident readers. In the...
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