Fridays 10:00am - 11:00am (EDT)
WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN?
Well, I'm not totally sure who the audience is, but if they are interested in learning more about small nonprofits in the area, I can speak to this! I can also discuss the challenges and rewards of founding a nonprofit--seeing a need in the community and addressing it, as well as how to recruit, train, and maintain a team of volunteers.
EPISODE SUMMARY:
About org: READ 718 is a nonprofit literacy organization located in Brooklyn, NY. We provide 1:1, individualized reading instruction to children in grades 1-8 who are from low-income households and who are reading below grade level. We recruit and train hundreds of community volunteers each year to implement tutoring.
About Emily Kirven: Emily began teaching in the New York City public school system in 1997. As an English Language Arts teacher in a Brooklyn public middle school, Emily faced a particular challenge: many of her middle school students were reading far below grade level and her training as a secondary English teacher did not help her address these students’ needs. Frustrated by her inability to help the students efficiently and directly, and recognizing the problem as widespread, Emily returned to TeachersCollege, Columbia University to earn an MA and state certification as a Reading Specialist to better understand the problem of how to help to struggle middle-grade and adolescent readers. After graduating from Columbia, Emily worked to develop and build READ 718, opening the reading center doors to the community in January 2015. Since then, READ 718 has provided thousands of hours of targeted, 1:1 instruction to over 500 children.
Organization: READ 718, Inc.
Website: www.read718.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/read718
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/read718/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/read-718/
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