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If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity that will make an impact on our Casa Grande community, the AARP Experience Corps is for you.  If you are a snow bird and are worried about committing to a volunteer program, this one is on Zoom and works from anywhere.  The AARP Experience Corps is a research based, nationwide, structured tutoring program that had previously featured an older tutor in the classroom with 2-3 children at a time.  Casa Grande was selected as the community to try the pandemic response program on Zoom.  We are tutoring third graders (sone 2nd graders) in reading fluency, because it is with fluency that reading comprehension is gained.  Through several reading "games," students repeat the sentences in the non fiction books provided.  At the end of the 30 minute session is 5 minutes or so to do Read Aloud from a story book.  Each tutored child needs an adult volunteer to monitor the session.  Most tutoring is done between 8 am and 11 am, on Zoom Mon-Wed or Tues-Thurs, thus usually two 30 minute sessions twice a week (2 hrs/wk).  With school schedules changing, it is possible that after school tutoring might be available in the future.  Extensive training in tutoring, Zoom, and reading theory is provided.  A 1 hour Zoom meeting of all volunteers on Fridays keeps us all informed and up to date with each other, our students, and their schools.

Contact Caryl Chase, AARP Experience Corps, at the Casa Grande Main Library at Caryl@achievepinal.org or caryl@pinalalliance.org.  You may not get an immediate response because of holiday vacation, but if you have any questions about the program, feel free to contact Lee or Bobbi Seabolt at bobbiseabolt@yahoo.com.