| Description: | Providing summer tutoring for children at Amherst Central Schools who are reading below grade level, particularly for families in need of assistance. Supervised off-campus classroom-based experience teaching children with reading/writing difficulties; evaluation of year-end school assessments; design and implement instruction for small groups of struggling readers/writers; weekly seminars; collaboration with instructor, mentor, and other practicum teachers; communication of students’ progress through parent reports. |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Mary McVee, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction; Liz Tynan, Clinical Assistant Professor, Literacy Education |
| Unit: | Graduate School of Education |
| Department: | Learning and Instruction |
| City: | Amherst |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| External Funding: | No |
| Start Date: | 2012-07 |
| End Date: | 2015-08 |
| Internal Partners: | Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction |
| External Partners: | Amherst Central School District |
| Are UB students involved? | Yes |
