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Mavericks READ pairs highly-trained college students with preschool children in early learning programs for one-to-one tutoring in school readiness skills. Mavericks READ provides a high-quality, comprehensive program that focuses on the development of the child, his or her family, and the college student serving as an AmeriCorps member.

The Mavericks READ model is designed to achieve three primary goals:

School Success:

The one-to-one relationships at the core of the Mavericks READ model build literacy in combination with social and emotional readiness. Time and again, we’ve seen how consistent, committed, and caring relationships prepare children for school and help to create a lifelong love of learning.

Family Involvement:

Mavericks READ's focuses on three areas of family involvement: building strong relationships, ongoing and consistent communication, and the Mavericks READ-home learning connection. Mavericks READ provides learning activities for the home, thereby reinforcing the learning that takes place during Mavericks READ sessions.

Future Teachers:

By working with college students, we are also helping to create new generations that are not only excited about early childhood education, but also have developed the skills to make a difference. In partnership with Pearson, we’ve also started the Pearson Teacher Fellowship, which supports select college graduates teaching in low-income early education centers for two years.