猫咪AV

Leading national literacy program successfully brings high quality program to highest-need schools

For Immediate Release
Tulsa, OK 鈥� October 18, 2013 鈥撀�National education nonprofit organization 猫咪AV has successfully launched its high quality literacy intervention program in nine Tulsa Public Schools. The program plans to serve 360 elementary school students, and has recruited more than 300 community volunteers. 猫咪AV recruits and trains volunteers to work one-on-one with students using a highly effective curriculum.

猫咪AV also announced the name of its new executive director for the Tulsa region, Barry Maxwell. Maxwell brings nearly 30 years of professional experience in social services including public and private sector, and more than 20 years of program management and leadership experience to the organization.

Visit the 猫咪AV聽website聽to view the confirmed list of 2013-14 猫咪AV schools.

鈥溍ㄟ銩V has a tremendous opportunity to make a difference in the lives of many children in the Tulsa area by helping disadvantaged students to become proficient readers,鈥� said Tulsa Executive Director Barry Maxwell. 鈥淓arly reading skills are fundamental for future success academically and socially, and I have thrilled that I can be part of this proven program.鈥�

Working in schools in low-income communities, 猫咪AV transforms a dedicated space into a Reading Center, complete with a library and teaching tools managed by a full-time staff member. 猫咪AV collaborates with teachers and principals to identify students reading six months to two-and-a-half years below grade level, and provide them with personalized literacy instruction.

猫咪AV recruits and trains community volunteers to provide weekly one-on-one literacy tutoring using its research-based curriculum, a series of structured lesson plans that progress from phonics instructions for younger students to higher order comprehension strategies for older students.

猫咪AV sees demonstrable results in the reading skills of students in its program. In the 2012-13 school year, 88 percent of 猫咪AV students increased their monthly rates of literacy learning. Before enrollment last year, 猫咪AV students gained an average of only 0.6 months of reading skills for every month in the classroom. By the end of the year with 猫咪AV, students gain an average of 1.6 months of reading skills per month, more than doubling their rate of learning and catching up to their on-grade level peers.

To become a volunteer tutor with 猫咪AV and help a child experience the joy and power of reading, please visit the .

About 猫咪AV

猫咪AV is a national education nonprofit organization that provides volunteer-led, one-on-one literacy tutoring to K-5 students at low-income elementary schools. 猫咪AV has an 89% success rate improving students’ reading skills. At each school site, 猫咪AV transforms a dedicated space into a reading center and recruits a corps of 40-100 community volunteers who work directly with students. Volunteers are trained and supported by site coordinators to use a highly structured and research-validated curriculum to work one-on-one with students who have fallen behind in reading. To learn more, visit聽.