Find more groups Volunteer Opportunities Volunteer Options Literacy tutors are needed throughout the Miami Valley to improve the reading skills of adults and children in the Dayton area. In the most recent Ohio Adult Literacy Survey, nearly half of the sampled population age 16 and older are at a disadvantage due to their inadequate reading, writing, and math skills. Based on these results, local adult educators believe that as many as 170,000 adults in Montgomery County are having trouble performing literacy tasks of even moderate complexity, such as reading a bus schedule or responding in writing to an error in a bill. Adult reading tutors meet with their student once or twice a week for an hour or two to work on their reading skills.
Most reading tutors find that they get as much out of tutoring as the student does.
More than 100 adults are on the waiting list to receive a reading tutor to improve their reading skills. For over 10 years Project READ has been the clearinghouse for volunteers who want to help adults learn to read. Now Project READ is expanding its services to include children's literacy as well. Beginning in 2002, those students that do not pass the proficiency test will not be promoted to the fifth grade. Miami Valley Reads tutors meet with their student during or after school hours once or twice a week for an hour to work on the reading basics.