Team Read

“Draft tax return distributed and reviewed by the entire board and executive director for approval, before filing with the irs.”

“AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.”

“Team read is a year-round (after school and summer) tutoring and youth development/employment program with the mission of "teens tutoring kids to achieve reading success." our goal is for all our 2nd and 3rd grade students to read at grade level after a year of one-on-one tutoring, and for teen reading coaches to gain critical work and life skills. We serve elementary and k-8 schools where assessments show that 2nd and 3rd graders need intensive reading support beyond the classroom. Our year-round support gives vulnerable children the opportunity to regain reading traction, for an equitable chance to succeed in school and life. Our unique model pairs carefully screened and trained teen reading coaches one-on-one with 2nd and 3rd grade students who enter the program reading a year to two years below grade level. The program provides significant benefits for the teen reading coaches who can earn hourly pay (minimum wage), or service learning hours, or save money for college. Team read effectively leverages partnerships with seattle public schools and seattle public libraries to provide reading support for at-risk students and meaningful work experience for teens. In 2015, team read adopted a five-year strategic plan that outlines our path to doubling the number of students that we serve by 2020. Summary of the program and services provided: every child deserves to be, and needs to be a great reader. Team read provides one-on-one reading tutoring for struggling 2nd and 3rd grade readers in 11 of seattle's lowest-performing elementary schools. The elementary schools we partner with consider team read to be a key strategy in providing effective literacy interventions to their students outside of the school day. The innovative program model taps into the skills and commitment of teenagers, training them to become great reading coaches, mentors and role models. Tutoring pairs meet after school, two days a week to build essential reading skills--vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. In the summer, team read provides 4 hours of reading support a week for 6 weeks to team read students and students in the community. Team read extends the learning time after school and in the summer, for students who might not otherwise receive reading support during out of school time. The curriculum is designed in partnership with literacy experts at seattle public schools (sps) and is aligned with classroom instruction and literacy best practices. Team read works with district administrators and literacy specialists to identify those elementary and k-8 schools most in need of additional literacy support services outside the school day. Second and third grade teachers refer their student to team read at the beginning of the school year. Typically, the students referred to team read are reading a year or more below grade level. The teen reading coaches are recruited from 15 local middle and high schools. Every tutor completes a thorough screening and training process, participating in 6 hours of literacy training before they begin working with their elementary reader. The close bond that forms between the teens and their young readers lays the foundation for the program's success. Principals report that students "run to team read" after school for the chance to spend time with a "cool" teenager. The goal of every tutor is to help their student improve their reading skills so they are reading at grade level by the end of the school year. In the summer of 2016, team read partnered with seattle public library (spl) to provide a summer reading program in the summer at 4 library branches. Research has documented the reading loss that low-income students experience over the summer and team read is committed to working with spl to provide summer reading support for the 2nd and 3rd grade students who need the most support and summer jobs for teens. By partnering with spl in this effort, students and families learn about the wide array of free resources availabl”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 8,575. Management and general expenses 2,250. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 10,825. Consultants: program service expenses 6,085. Management and general expenses 8,852. Fundraising expenses 10,995. Total expenses 25,932. Grant writer: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 4,036. Fundraising expenses 16,591. Total expenses 20,627. Program services: program service expenses 1,309. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,309.”

“Primary expenses included in team read's allocation to fundraising includes the full wages and benefits of our .75 fte fund development and marketing coordinator and 40% of the executive director's time. It also includes the cost of contract grant writers ($11,000).”

“A committee of the board assumes responsibility for oversight of the independent accountant. This process has not changed from the prior year.”