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[INDIANA]Samples of America Reads Challenge Federal Work-Study Programs and National Service Initiatives
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
President John R. Brazil
America Reads Contact: Kelly N. Harris
1501 West Bradley Avenue
Peoria, IL 61625
Email: kellyh@bradley.edu
Telephone: 309-677-2510
Fax: 309-677-2611
Number of FWS Students: 35
Number of Districts: 2
We currently have 35 tutors working from 5-15 hours per week, depending upon class schedule.
We are involved with 4 local elementary schools - one with a before school program, one with an afterschool program and the other 2 schools with tutors during the school day. We also have tutors at the Tri-County Urban League offering afterschool/early evening tutoring. Most recently we began an on-campus tutoring program. This program offers 2 tutoring sessions three days per week.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS PARK DISTRICT
President Supt. David Gonzalez
America Reads Contact: Chester Lesure
1400 Chicago Road
Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411
Email: CLESURE@ENC.K12.IL.US
URL:
Telephone: 708-7551351
Fax: 708-755.0940
Number of Students:
Number of Districts:
The program is developed to provide 200 students with academic assisstance in reading and homework. Volunteers are needed and workstudy. Also, the Chicago Heights Park District provide recreation activities.
KASKASKIA COLLEGE
President Alice Mumaw-Jacobs
America Reads Contact: Demetra June Wagoner
27210 College Road
Centralia, Illinois
Email: djwagoner@kc.cc.il.us
Internet Address: www.kc.cc.il.us
Telephone: 618-532-1981
Fax: 618-532-1135
Number of FWS Students: 4
Number of Districts: 4
Reading tutors are needed in our area grade schools. Tutors will be working one-on-one and in small groups teaching reading and literacy skills to children K through 3rd. grade.
In order to qualify as an America Reads Tutor, you must be a full-time student at Kaskaskia College, be a high school graduate or have a GED, qualify for Federal Work Study funding, posses the reading and communications skills necessary to provide quality service, and pass a Criminal Background Check.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
President Henry Bienen
America Reads Contact: Allison A. Wagner
1801 Hinman Ave.
Evanston, IL
Email: aawagner@nwu.edu
Internet Address: www.nwu.edu/univ-relations/media/observer/1997-98observer/miscellaneous/nuusareadhigh-misc.html
Telephone: 847-491-7400 (general number)
Fax: 847-491-5969
Number of FWS Students: 125
Number of Districts: 1
Tutoring occurs at 9 locations - 5 public schools, 2 community service centers, 2 private schools. The students who are tutored are in grades K-8. Initially, over 500 work-study students expressed an interest in America Reads (AR) by responding to a postcard mailing. Of those, 125 have been hired through an application process conducted by the AR coordinator and the sites. Of the initial students who were hired, only 5 have terminated due to scheduling conflicts. Placement of tutors is determined through collaberation of the AR coordinator and the site. Tutors are required to take public transportation to the sites. They work a maximum of 5 hours/week either during school hours in the classroom or in after school programs. They receive a brief on-campus training prior to reporting to the site where there is on-site training. Tutors and supervisors are required to complete evaluations which are used to make program improvements and for retention purposes. There are plans to implement the program during the summer months for work-study eligible students.
OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
President John C. Bowling
America Reads Contact: Greg Bruner
P.O. Box 592
Kankakee, IL
Email: gbruner@olivet.edu
Website: http://www.olivet.edu
Telephone: (815)939-5249
Fax: (815)939-5074
Number of FWS Students: 17
Number of Districts: 2
We started the program in the Fall of '97 and it has been a big plus to the two schools we have worked with. We will use the knowledge we have gained to make this year even more exciting.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE
President Ted Sanders
America Reads Contact: Lynn C.Smith
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4610
Email: lcsmith@siu.edu
Internet Address: web1.siu.edu/~arc
Telephone: 618-453-4252
Fax: 618-453-4244
Number of FWS Students: 26
Number of Districts: 1
The America Reads Challenge Project at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is presently open only to those students with majors in areas within the Teacher Education Program who carry at least a 2.5 GPA. An additional requirement of tutors is that they be committed enthusiastically to working with the children throughout the semester (preferably for the entire year). Background checks on all potential tutors, as well as interviews with the Project Coordinator and her assistant, were required as part of the screening process. Presentations were made by the Project Coordinator to the elementary teachers in the local school district; follow-up conferences with those teachers and classroom observations have also been implemented.
The America Reads Challenge Project at SIUC operates within four local Carbondale schools. Employed students tutor first grade through fifth grade students during the school day. A mix of tutoring styles and formats is utilized; at various times, depending on the needs of the classroom teacher, tutors may work one-on-one or in small groups, either within or outside the classroom confines. Tutors spend from 8 to 24 hours per week at a school site working with children in this program. Some of the tutors also work with children during two hours per week of an after-school program. Tutors will be engaged with children during the school district's summer school program. The programmatic coordination of the America Reads Challenge Project on this campus is under the direction of a member of the Reading and Language Studies faculty in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The time and effort spent in this regard is in addition to her regular faculty assignment. Assisting with the project is a graduate assistant whose time with the project is voluntary.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, EDWARDSVILLE
President: David Werner
America Reads Contact: Donald Baden/Marian Smithson
Peck Hall/Rendleman Hall
Edwardsville, IL
Email: dbaden@siue.edu
msmiths@siue.edu
URL: www.finaid.siue.edu/whatsnew/amerread.htm
Telephone: 618/692-2000
Fax: 618/692-3885
Number of FWS Students: 40
After school program in the East St. Louis schools.
TRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
President AJ Anglin
America Reads Contact: Mrs. Celeste DeBoer
6601 West College Drive
Palos Heights, Illinois
Email: celeste.deboer@trnty.edu
Website: http://www.trnty.edu
Telephone: 708-239-4705
Fax: 708-239-3995
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
President James Stukel
America Reads Contact: LaVonne Novakofski
620 East John Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Email: novakofs@uiuc.edu
Internet Address: http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/osfa/
Telephone: (217) 333-0600
Fax: (217) 244-6589
Number of Students: 400+
Districts: Urbana and Champaign Public Schools
The joint effort of the Office of Student Financial Aid, the College of Education, and the Champaign-Urbana school ditricts has developed into a partnership that serves the whole community in a positive way.After each semester, teachers are reporting gains in reading and writing skills of
elementary school participants. In some instances, tutors are able to communicate in the first language of immigrant children while they are learning to read and write in English. The common language can also help remove other barriers to effective learning. UIUC students will provide 30,000-40,000 hours of tutorial service to students in 16 Urbana and Champaign elementary schools.
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