In October 2022, the UMB Academy of Lifelong Learning is launching a Literacy Tutoring Pilot Program that will be delivered in the UMB Community Engagement Center (and virtually, if needed). This 12-week literacy tutoring program will serve Baltimore City students who are behind in their grade level reading skills from grades K-3 and 10-12.
We intend to recruit 60 elementary and high school students from West Baltimore to participate in this program. The goal of this literacy tutoring program is to demonstrate grade-level improvements among the elementary and high school students that participate. The Academy of Lifelong Learning intends to build this program in 2023 and beyond.
We will work with an expert and highly experienced tutoring firm, Catapult Learning, as a partner in this tutoring pilot. Catapult has a proprietary literacy tutoring curriculum, expert training and support, and is one of the largest K-12 tutoring organizations working in school districts across the United States.
The Academy of Lifelong Learning is housed within the UMB Graduate School. Our mission is to is to create and present health and human services academic content to inspire, engage, and educate learners from primary school through retirement. Delivering high-impact educational programming through tutoring to address the significant literacy crisis in Baltimore is an important and innovative part of our mission. This crisis deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are determined to build a literacy tutoring program that will ultimately impact hundreds of students and their families in the city.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with small groups, averaging 3 students for 3 hours per week, after school
- Engage and motivate students to learn
- Administer pre- and post-assessments for students using a provided platform
- Implement skill-appropriate reading lesson plans to increase students’ reading achievement
- Create and update all student/program records
- Ensure supervision of students to assure their safety
- Communicate with Catapult Learning Supervisors, classroom teachers, principals, and parents
- Maintain inventory of teaching materials and supplies
- Other duties may be assigned
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree at minimum
- Teaching experience required
- Training and other resources will be provided by Catapult Learning
TIMELINE
- Interviews will be held between Sept. 1 and Sept. 9, 2022, in person or via Zoom
- Training will be held via Zoom the week of Sept. 19 and will include 2 paid sessions of 2 hours each
- Tutors will work approximately 9 hours per week, inclusive of teaching (approximately 2 hours of tutoring and 1 hour of prep/recap, after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.).
- This program will run in 12-week teaching cycles, and tutors may work more than one cycle. The first cycle will run from Oct. 3 to Dec. 22, 2022. The second cycle will commence in early January.
To learn more, contact Nick Kouwenhoven at nkouwenhoven@umaryland.edu or the UMB Federal Work Study Office at FWS@umaryland.edu.