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Position Title: Ready to Read Volunteer
Branch: Available at most branches
Department: Children's Department
Supervisor: Children's Staff
Length of Commitment: A year. Must attend and successfully complete a Ready to Read training (provided at a central location in Fairfax County).
Time Involvement: 3 – 4 hours a month
Position Summary:
Using the concepts of the Public
Library Association’s Every Child Ready to Read program, a Ready to
Read volunteer will visit preschools and child care centers in a branch
library’s service area to present story times and share information about
the library. During their story times, Ready to Read volunteers will
model the six pre-reading skills for teachers and caregivers. Preschool
and child care center visits may be made with a volunteer partner or
alone.
Major Responsibilities:
Under the direction of the children’s staff, prepares story time
presentations using books, fingerplays, and songs; schedules monthly
story times visits with preschools and child care centers; drives to
preschools and child care centers; meets school staff; presents story
time(s), modeling six pre-reading skills; talks about neighborhood
library branch and distributes library materials to children and staff.
Qualifications:
Experience working with groups of young children, preferably through
teaching or children's programming, is required; good English skills;
self-motivated; has a valid driver's license and is able to drive to
preschools and child care centers; available during weekday daytime
hours.
Please fill out the Ready to Read Questionnaire and take it to your local library branch. Please send any questions or comments to the Early Literacy Outreach Office. Thank you.
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