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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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