JVID视频

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Brenna Peterson

Senior External Relations Manager, JVID视频 Tulsa

(713) 208-9694 |聽brenna.peterson@readingpartners.org

Local nonprofit鈥檚 2021-22 impact results show critical support for students, schools, and communities

TULSA, Okla. – September 19, 2022聽聽鈥� As highlighted over the weekend on聽, JVID视频 has continued to provide critical literacy support to students, schools, and communities despite COVID-19 variants having created major disruptions in schools. In fact, the nonprofit provided literacy tutoring to 36% more Tulsa-area students in the 2021-22 school year than the year before.

鈥淭he previous years of school interruptions have impacted the already existing inequitable educational opportunities for students. At JVID视频, we provide high-quality individualized literacy instruction for students in the Tulsa community that transforms lives.鈥� – Robin Emerson, JVID视频 Tulsa Interim Executive Director

2021-22 results show that JVID视频 continued to positively impact students

Each year, JVID视频 publishes reports highlighting student performance for the national organization and for each of its 12 respective regions across the country. The Impact & Innovation reports for the 2021-22 school year have recently been posted on聽聽and include the following highlights in Tulsa.

• 863聽students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring

• 26,223聽total tutoring sessions were delivered to those same students

• 15%聽of sessions were delivered online via JVID视频 Connects

• 872聽community tutors supported students

• 98%聽of volunteers were satisfied with their experience

• 2,167聽additional students received take-home books and literacy packets

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

• Learn about JVID视频鈥� national impact聽.

In addition to reaching a lot of students, JVID视频 Tulsa achieved impressive student performance. In 2021-22, 70% of all JVID视频 students finished the year meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goals, while 70% of K-2 JVID视频 students were developing mastery of key foundational reading skills needed to read and grade level.

鈥淲e鈥檝e continued to see positive outcomes. Last school year, 89% of the students involved in JVID视频 experienced measurable growth.鈥� – Courtney Rodebush, JVID视频 Tulsa Program Director.

Heading into the new school year, JVID视频 Tulsa anticipates needing approximately 1,300 community volunteers to support students’ literacy development. Follow聽聽if you鈥檙e interested in investing one hour a week to help empower a student through reading.

JVID视频 also gets help from AmeriCorps members to train and provide ongoing support to literacy volunteers. Please聽聽if you鈥檙e interested in becoming an AmeriCorps member at JVID视频.

A volunteer tutor and a student in a reading center engaging in JVID视频鈥� traditional tutoring program (Photo Credit: JVID视频)

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About JVID视频

For over 20 years, JVID视频 has helped empower students to succeed in school and beyond by engaging community volunteers to provide聽, one-on-one literacy tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized over 75,000 community volunteers to provide more than 2.5 million individualized literacy tutoring sessions to more than 70,000 elementary school students in nearly 470 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽and our聽online program innovation, or connect with us on,,, and. JVID视频 is a proud聽service partner and has been endorsed by聽The New York Times.