Reading Partners’ Post

We're thrilled to partner with the MetLife Foundation, whose grant allows us to support the career development of the AmeriCorps members serving with Reading Partners New York City! Special thanks to Tia Hodges for chatting about this exciting collaboration with RPNY's executive director, Primo Lasana.

Our New York City region is looking for a talented professional to join a growing nonprofit as the community engagement director (CED). The CED leads a team of three staff members and six AmeriCorps volunteer coordinators to recruit, train, onboard, schedule, celebrate, and retain a diverse portfolio of volunteers, interns, and Federal Work Study students to serve as literacy tutors in our reading centers and expand Reading Partners’ mission in the community. If you are interested, apply here. https://lnkd.in/eSA9JRn2

Congratulations, Nemanja Demic, recipient of this year’s Service Year Alums Award from Service Year Alliance/ The award recognizes corps members who went above and beyond to bridge divides across lines of difference during their service year with Reading Partners Seattle. Follow Service Year Alliance to meet this year’s awardees. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/emsgbbd5 #ServiceYearAwards #BridgingDivides

With the recent dip in reading scores, some were worried new literacy initiatives in NYC weren't working. But as Primo Lasana the executive director of Reading Partners New York City says in this NYN Media article, "When we look at other states like Mississippi that have overhauled their reading instruction, they initially saw declines before seeing significant improvement. It's our expectation that the same thing will happen in New York.” Read more about how Reading Partners and other literacy nonprofits are hopeful that the shift to curriculums based on the science of reading will result in improved scores among NYC's elementary students. https://lnkd.in/gqWYFRKJ

Book banning is on the rise. Last year saw 65% more book banning attempts than in 2022. But censorship is dangerous and here at Reading Partners, we celebrate our right to read. Celebrate with us by reading these twelve #bannedbooks with your kids. https://lnkd.in/e5Kjkh8N #BannedBooksWeek

Our leadership team is looking for a talented professional to join a growing nonprofit as the vice president of strategic partnerships and growth (VPSPG). The VPSPG will lead the charge around our growth and partnerships at a national level for our training and technical assistance model. They will also lead business development and forge partnerships with national partners to support students through tutoring and beyond. If you are interested, apply here. https://lnkd.in/e9v7vfaW

Primo Lasana, the executive director of Reading Partners NYC was just on The City Tutors podcast hosted by none other than Kevin Brown, who played Dot Com on 30 Rock! They covered Reading Partners' mission, the power of tutoring, passions, moms' advice, and more. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eSMtGgCP

We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with GreenLight Fund, whose $600,000 investment will help improve literacy development for students in the Greater Newark area! This significant investment will help us work with the broader community to provide literacy support and resources to students in Newark, NJ. As our CEO, Adeola Whitney stated, “Newark is not alone in this challenge of inequity in our education system, and we look forward to partnering with the Newark community to recruit tutors to help improve literacy rates and close the opportunity gap.” Thank you to GreenLight Fund and we encourage everyone to learn more about the collaborative effort to support early literacy in Newark here. https://lnkd.in/gye4uS35