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This information is designed to help you understand how the program works, what your commitment would be, etc. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY!!! Doing so will help you decide if this program is right for you. You will, of course, get additional orientation about the program before you start to work. The more you know about the program before attending an orientation and training session, the better your chances of qualifying for one of these jobs.
Details of the America Reads/America Counts Program:
- All America Reads/America Counts (AR/AC) tutoring is done in local public school classrooms during school hours, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Some schools offer the opportunity to work in afterschool programs, but there is no work on weekends or evenings.
- The schools are all located in Nassau County, close to the Adelphi Garden City campus. You can see where all the schools are by going to our website, but you may not request a specific school. You must go where you are assigned.
- We will give you Orientation and Training before you start working at a school.
- You are paid for the time you do literacy work with children, either in the classroom, in the lunchroom or on the playground, or the time you spend with your teacher or other teachers in your school receiving training, planning lessons, etc. The teacher will supervise your work, tell you what to do, which students to work with, etc. You will do a variety of things: work one-on-one with children; work with small and large groups, etc.
- You can begin work shortly after you have completed Orientation. You can work until you exhaust your Federal Work Study (FWS) allowance. If your FWS allowance for the year is $2500, you could work 7 hours per week for 35 weeks at $10/hour. However, if you work more you could earn the full amount sooner; if you work less, you may not earn all of your FWS.
- You will stay at the same school for both semesters (or until you run out of money). You can request a different school in subsequent years (but few tutors do so). You can work in this program as long as you are an Adelphi student with a FWS allotment and your work is satisfactory.
In short, we give you maximum flexibility in making this job fit with your schedule. But once you make the schedule, we expect you to keep it.
What does this mean for now?:
- Make sure you have a FWS award for the current school year. You can check this by calling the Office of Financial Aid at 516.877.3080 or by logging in to the C.L.A.S.S. system.
- Look at your schedule and see if you have time to participate in the program. There is a work schedule on the website that you can look at to see how scheduling is done. Remember to leave 30 minutes on each side for travel.
If you have other specific questions that you cannot find answered here, send them to us at areads@adelphi.edu.
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For additional information, please contact:
America Reads/America Counts
Center for Career Development
Post Hall, Adelphi University
P.O. Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
p - 516.877.3130
f - 516.877.3136
e - areads@adelphi.edu
This page last modified on August 6, 2009.
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