JVID视频

Seeking local volunteers for the 2019-20 school year

One hour can empower! In the 2019-20 school year, JVID视频 aims to match 420 community volunteers with 350 elementary students struggling to read in Sacramento. By tutoring a student one-on-one for as little as an hour a week, volunteers can make an impact that can quite literally alter the course of a child鈥檚 educational experience and life.

JVID视频 provides volunteers with the opportunity to make a real difference in a child鈥檚 life.聽Children discover their potential in this program. Plus it鈥檚 effective and I always have the support I need to be a great tutor. Anyone interested in expanding a child鈥檚 world through books and reading will have a great experience volunteering with JVID视频.

said long-time volunteer, Leslie McFadden.

The need is real

In California, only 18% of economically disadvantaged students are reading proficiently by the fourth grade. The nationwide trends are similar鈥攏early nine million elementary school students from low-income homes are unable to use reading as a foundational skill to power their learning in all subjects in school. Without developing the reading skills needed to read on grade level, kids don鈥檛 have an equitable chance to succeed in school or in life. In fact, students who can鈥檛 read by fourth grade are four times more likely to not earn a high school diploma.

JVID视频 is a proven literacy program that partners with local public schools

In the 2018-19 school year, JVID视频 continued to build on its history of successfully advancing early literacy in Sacramento. A national nonprofit organization, JVID视频 collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools to provide students in under-resourced schools with the proven, individualized reading intervention they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. JVID视频 collaborates with teachers and principals at local public elementary schools to identify students reading behind grade level and provide them with personalized literacy instruction in a dedicated 鈥渞eading center鈥� space at their school.

2018-19 results highlight deep community impact聽

Each year, JVID视频 publishes student impact reports for the national organization and for each of its 13 respective regions across the country. The impact reports for the 2018-19 school year have recently been posted on聽聽and include the following highlights.

• In Sacramento:

  • 335 students were matched with over 350 community volunteers at 8 partner schools who delivered nearly 11,000 tutoring sessions over the course of the year.

  • Among JVID视频鈥� youngest students in Sacramento, 89% are developing mastery of key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level.

  • Based on survey responses, 100% of teachers report JVID视频 is valuable to their school and 95% of volunteers were satisfied with their JVID视频 experience.

  • Learn more about JVID视频鈥� impact in Sacramento聽.

  • Learn about JVID视频鈥� national impact聽.

鈥淎t JVID视频, we bring people from all walks of life together to improve literacy skills for Sacramento kids, but it鈥檚 so much more than that,鈥� said Rachel Minnick, executive director of JVID视频 Sacramento. 鈥淲e break down barriers between neighborhoods and build hundreds of trusting relationships between children and their reading partners. It鈥檚 bigger than reading, it鈥檚 about caring and connection.鈥澛�

The impressive student results highlighted in the 2018-19 impact reports are fueled by the generous participation of thousands of community volunteers. One hour truly can empower!

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About JVID视频

贵辞谤听, JVID视频 has empowered students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized more than 60,000 community volunteers to provide聽, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 60,000 elementary school students in over 400 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽, or connect with us on聽,听,, and聽.