America Reads & America Counts Tutoring Program

The in-class experience of tutors is very varied depending upon the needs of teachers and students. Some things tutors have done:

• Conducted a weekly reading group for 4th graders
• Delivered a lesson on the Hardy-Weinberg Principle
• Supported students who were conducting research projects for the first time
• Graded homework assignments and exams
• Administered math games to small groups of students
• Assisted students in organizing their writing
• Assisted with classroom behavior management
• Facilitated discussions within literature circles
• Read aloud side-by-side with young readers to improve phonics and fluency
• Guided students through reading comprehension and timed math facts worksheets

Resources

• Student Employment Website
• Workday
• Brunswick School District
• MSAD75 School District
• RSU 5 School District

I feel this program is helpful because it provides us with students who not only help in our classroom, but also serve as role models to young students for continuing their education and helping in the community. - Bowdoinham Community School teacher

The best program we have! Thanks for all your work to help support our local schools! – Brunswick Junior High School teacher 

I have used your program for many years, and I will continue to do so because of the rich exchange between the "young and old" students. I love the comradery of older students in my classroom working along next to me! – Harriet Beecher Stowe teacher

 ARAC is such a gift for me and for my students. – Woodside Elementary School teacher

I very much enjoyed tutoring this semester. It was a nice way to make connections outside of the Bowdoin community and I loved making connections with the students! It made me happy to see how happy they were to see me and how much I was helping them. I can't wait to tutor again next semester! – 3^rd grade Counts tutor 

I really enjoyed being an ARAC tutor - it was honestly one of my favorite things I've done since coming to Bowdoin. It was amazing to put what I was learning in my education class into action and see it play out in the classroom. – 3^rd grade Reads tutor

Over this past semester I have seen myself grow as a leader in the classroom and as a learner myself. I have gained a greater appreciation for what teachers do and how education fits into the growth and development of children. I am very happy that I was given the opportunity to be a tutor and cannot wait to continue to work within ARAC. – 6^th grade Counts tutor