Bowling Green State University has tapped into this resource and developed two different tutoring and mentoring programs that are at work in Toledo Public Schools. AmericaReads recruits the majority of their volunteers through the University's work study program. There are currently 115 employed and 21 volunteer tutors working at nine sites, reading with over 300 students. AmericaReads tutors are recruited through advertisements in the school newspaper or because they are enrolled in one of a variety of classes that require service hours.
Graduate students are responsible for coordinating and supervising the programs.
First year tutors are required to take a two credit hour training class and must commit to one semester. AmericaReads also participates in the summer reading programs that are currently in place at local schools and libraries. Literacy, Serve and Learn is part of a one credit hour class that has recruited 117 college students who are currently tutoring over 200 children in six different Toledo Public Schools. Recruiting is done in the course catalog each semester, in person during the first week of classes and advertised on many e-mail listservs. Mentors participate in a three week training class, where they learn about diversity, reading skills, reading models, proficiency tests, and working with children.