Tutor 1-5 Graders at Rising Star Elementary! Help our Firebirds become confident in reading and math

Join our diverse school community to advance academic achievement for every Seattle kid!

Donate 1-2 hours every week to help a student get closer to meeting academic goals, gain confidence, and feel more excited to come to school. By tutoring at Rising Star, you help strengthen academic supports for elementary-grade students in public schools. 

Your regular duties may include:

• Support students in reading and writing
• Tutor students 1:1 and/or in small groups
• Support student attendance by building positive relationships and creating safe and welcoming environment for students.

Training

• You will receive training and materials tailored to your student's needs to help you succeed in your tutoring role. Your supervisor will also provide ongoing training, modeling and coaching in reading and math programs.
• You will benefit from working with experienced mentors, educators, and school leaders.
• You will work with our incredible students, meet many multilingual families, and have opportunities to learn about diverse cultures represented in our school community.

Skills needed

• Academically confident in Language Arts and Math.
• Willingness to see, support, and build on student strengths - patience and compassion for students as they develop skills and improve their performance.
• Commitment to educational justice.
• Punctuality, integrity.
  

Rising Star Elementary is located on Beacon Hill and serves nearly 350 students. Join our vibrant, multicultural community as a volunteer! 

At Seattle Public Schools, we celebrate diversity, nurture cultural and ethnic pride in our students, and honor home languages. Rising Star Elementary is a neighborhood school with a rich and diverse population of students:
- 65% of our students identify as Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Latinx. 
- 40% of students are English Language Learners.

Interested? Click the "respond" button, and we will follow up with you within two business days. 

Academic Support in Reading

Reading support volunteers focus on filling critical gaps that students have in foundational reading skills. Each week, volunteers will work with the (same) student on important concepts in both reading literature and non-fiction texts, including decoding skills, fluency skills, and reading comprehension. The content used within this role is provided by the classroom teacher in collaboration with the English Language Development teacher.

Our goals

• Students will have more confidence and concrete foundational skills in reading from which to build on.
• Within five months, students will progress in their fluency and comprehension skills in reading, as evidenced by a minimum of two levels of growth (higher than average mid-year growth) on their Reading Assessment.
• By end of the school year, students who receive this support throughout the year will progress in their fluency and comprehension skills in reading, as evidenced by a minimum of four levels of growth (higher than average annual growth) on their Spring Reading Assessment.

Schedule
Choose one or more shifts per week Monday through Friday
Volunteer for 90 or 120 minutes per shift (30 minutes per student)

Flexible shifts:

• Mornings between 8 am and 11:15 am
• Afternoons between 12:30 pm and 2 pm

(Wednesday is an early release day - no 1:00 pm or 1:30 pm shifts)

Learn more about our school at https://risingstares.seattleschools.org/