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Volunteer Literacy Tutor

What is Brilliant Detroit? 
In 2015 Brilliant Detroit was created to provide a radically new approach to kindergarten readiness in neighborhoods. The idea was to create a unique delivery model in our approach to early childhood development by using underutilized housing stock to create early child and family centers in neighborhoods. Brilliant Detroit homes provide holistic services for kids 0-8 predicated on evidence-based programs around health, family support, and education. Brilliant Detroit was born to create kid success neighborhoods. Today, in each location, neighbors come together for fellowship, activities and learning to assure school readiness, and provide needed support for families.

Support Kid Success by being a Literacy Tutor!
Brilliant Detroit will offer multiple literacy programs in-person for the summer of 2023. We are seeking new tutors to fill our growing student demand. In-person Volunteer Literacy Tutors will be asked to tutor small groups of 3-5 children, ages 5-8, according to their chosen program’s literacy curriculum. The summer session will start July 10th and end on August 24th. Tutoring sessions will occur Monday - Thursdays between the hours of 10am-2pm. We ask that volunteers commit to tutoring twice a week for 1.5 hours at a time. We will schedule your sessions based on your availability.

Volunteer tutors will be asked to attend a program-specific training and a diversity, equity, and inclusion training and undergo a background check.

Some of the tasks that tutors may perform include the following:
  • Prepare books and materials for each session (materials will be provided)
  • Facilitate group reading games
  • Read aloud to students demonstrating reading fluency
  • Ask students questions about the reading content to assess their understanding
  • Complete a session log summarizing the session after each session

In-person tutoring will be offered at the following Brilliant Detroit sites:
  • Dexter-Linwood (2634 Webb St, Detroit)
  • Littlefield (12789 Indiana Ave, Detroit)
  • Brightmoor (15509 Heyden St, Detroit)
  • Central (803 Hazelwood Street, Detroit)

We will also be looking for a limited number of virtual tutors. If you are interested virtual tutoring, please email volunteer@brilliantdetroit.org to inquire about virtual tutoring availability.