Operation ABC Volunteers
A group for volunteers for the Operation ABC children's literacy initiative, helping make Every Child a Reader By Grade 3.
I would like to provide an update on Operation ABC, an early education initiative United Way launched in January. There are now 43 schools in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties participating in the program! And that's not the only good news: Operation ABC is evolving to better serve the needs of schools and their students.
Operation ABC was originally designed as a pull-out program in which children in grades K-2 would receive one-on-one literacy tutoring from a contingent of United Way volunteers. However, the program has become more flexible to allow schools to implement it in the way that works best for them. An Operation ABC program can operate as a pull-out program, a push-in program (in which the school sets specific times during regular school hours for an entire class to work on a literacy activity), and/or an after-school program
For Operation ABC to continue expanding, however, we must overcome two challenges that school districts in all counties face: 1) providing transportation to all children interested in participating in Operation ABC during after-school hours, and 2) increasing our volunteer pool across the region.
Operation ABC will play a vital role in educational preparedness--one of the three components of UWSEM's Agenda for Change. It is essential that we work hard to remove any barriers that prevent schools from participating in this wonderful program. Get involved today by visiting www.uwsem.org/operationabc.
Operation ABC was originally designed as a pull-out program in which children in grades K-2 would receive one-on-one literacy tutoring from a contingent of United Way volunteers. However, the program has become more flexible to allow schools to implement it in the way that works best for them. An Operation ABC program can operate as a pull-out program, a push-in program (in which the school sets specific times during regular school hours for an entire class to work on a literacy activity), and/or an after-school program
For Operation ABC to continue expanding, however, we must overcome two challenges that school districts in all counties face: 1) providing transportation to all children interested in participating in Operation ABC during after-school hours, and 2) increasing our volunteer pool across the region.
Operation ABC will play a vital role in educational preparedness--one of the three components of UWSEM's Agenda for Change. It is essential that we work hard to remove any barriers that prevent schools from participating in this wonderful program. Get involved today by visiting www.uwsem.org/operationabc.
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