Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Like books? Wants to help kids help kids read?

Become a student2student Mentor Supervisor

The Smith Family's student2student program is aimed at increasing students reading skills. It matches students from Years 3 to 8 who are behind in their reading skills with older student mentors from a different school who have high literacy skills and have been trained to support the reading development of others. Since student mentors do not have the skills of a teacher, we are aiming to create a network of (adult) mentor supervisors who can support and encourage these student mentors. Each mentor supervisor is assigned to approximately 10 student mentors and supports them through fortnightly phone calls for the 18 week program duration between May and September. From October/November 2008 we will be starting our recruitment for Mentor Supervisor volunteers for the 2009 programs, so if you are interested please contact Warunee Nuij on Tel. 02 9895 1205 or warunee.nuij@thesmithfamily.com.au during this time.

NSW, Australia

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