Expanding literacy access in Seattle
Reading Partners joined the Seattle educational landscape in 2014, when we first began placing community volunteers in Title 1 schools to help students master fundamental reading skills. Our one-on-one tutoring model empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide individualizedattention to each student in our program.
331
students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring (2023-24)
11
reading centers (2023-24)
515
community tutors (2023-24)
“In the beginning of my tutoring experience, my student often said ‘This is hard!’ I would reply to him, ‘It IS hard, but you can do hard things!’ Last week, after six months of time together, at the end of the lesson, he picked up a book to take home, looked at it, and said, ‘This looks hard, but I’m going to take it, because I can do hard things!’ My heart about broke open!”
– Joanna Beals, tutor in Seattle
88%
of all Reading Partners students meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goal (2023-24)
Core services
Tutoring
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Trains program delivery partners to effectively implement the Reading Partners curriculum and program model beyond the school setting. This includes but is not limited to after school programs, summer programs, tutoring centers, and more. Delivery options include school year, summer, or year-round.
Family engagement
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Provides literacy resources and training, enabling community partners to support families in building strong foundational literacy skills at home. This program also includes an extensive suite of resources available through Reading Partners’ online Resource Hub.
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Learning loss: Tutoring can have transformative impact
