Chapter One NFP
It all starts with literacy! At Chapter One, we want to create a world where all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive. So do classroom teachers! Many classroom teachers are unable, on their own, to teach all students to read. They simply don’t have the time during the school day to provide the kind of individual instruction that struggling readers need to succeed. If students don’t develop a strong phonics foundation and reading fluency by the end of second grade, it is very unlikely that they will be proficient readers in later grades. We provide 1:1 reading support at the time students need it most: grades K-5. Our high impact tutoring helps children develop core phonics, word attack, and fluency skills ensuring they have a strong literacy foundation. Our high impact tutoring helps students develop a strong phonics foundation and build a level of fluency necessary for comprehension of the texts they will be reading in middle and high school. Our program uniquely leverages technology while providing short-burst tutoring sessions, making our program more affordable and reducing the disruption caused by lengthy pull out programs. In addition to 1:1 in-person instruction, students receive daily independent practice in our student platform, where they receive timely and immediate reinforcement of the skills assigned during conferencing with their tutor. Chapter One is also proud to partner with over 200 global corporations who recruit employees as online reading volunteers helping students build reading confidence, self-esteem, and a love of reading. This program supplements our high impact tutoring to provide students with an additional 30 minutes of one-to-one supported reading each week. Our international team and network of volunteers make up the world's largest virtual reading program for children, and we're still growing! Our Global Free Library offers online stories at no cost to the world. We commission authors and illustrators from around the globe to create original stories, told in their authentic voices, that will inspire the children and adults who read them. We believe that learning to read is a basic civil right. That right has been denied to millions of children in past generations. Together, we can ensure the next generation is better served.