成人快播

鈥淎re you my teacher today?,鈥� asked my little pupil from across the city (and through his screen).

I am that little one鈥檚 teacher. And a teacher of teachers. I, who averted any suggestion of a career in education in the traditional sense. Mom鈥檚 much-repeated admonition as I first boarded a plane to teach English far, far away that 鈥淭here are plenty of people right here that could use all that passion and education鈥� got very real with the twenty little faces and the virtual portals into their families as I鈥檝e served this year.聽

Right here, for me, means San Francisco, where I am raising my own family. In these two years as site coordinator, being a teacher meant educating myself and others in ways I didn鈥檛 sign up for.聽 I鈥檝e found a new and present calling, and have pledged to channel passion and learning into a program to fast track me into the classroom for the next few years. I am very hopeful it will be at 鈥渕y鈥� school- a little building south of Market Street, serving 鈥渕y鈥� kids, in our city, our home.

Teachers, by any other name, lead their communities to better lives. A year (or two!) serving with Americorps at 成人快播 can be an incredible segway to a new vocation, a new call to serve. I love being 鈥淭eacher.鈥� I hope you鈥檒l embrace all that it can mean for you.聽

Whether you are thinking about joining the field of education, or rather it鈥檚 been your role for years, 成人快播 offers an opportunity to support children and families as we work with communities to close the literacy gap in a most novel way.聽

A year and a half ago, in an unconventional time of life, I became a 成人快播 site coordinator in a downtown San Francisco school. Three months into my service term, we found ourselves on the brink of an unprecedented time in contemporary history. It was challenging. It was frustrating. It was rewarding. You might say I found my (teacher joke!).

I became part of a community of educators across the Bay Area, state, and country that believe in the power of educational equity to interrupt systemic racism, poverty, and social inequality鈥攁ll systems exacerbated by the pandemic. I became a colleague, teammate, then a friend, of those whose paths I may not have otherwise crossed, concluding together that reading empowers, and a little imagination goes a long way.聽聽聽

This past year, a burgeoning idea evolved into timely action. 成人快播 proudly rolled out 成人快播 Connects, a virtual response to providing individualized reading instruction to elementary school children via volunteers and community engagement. On the ground, Americorps members worked closer than ever before with 成人快播 staff, classroom teachers, literacy interventionists, and volunteers. Most significantly, we worked directly with families to provide students the literacy intervention they needed, when and where they needed it: at home.聽

The future of traditional education may be uncertain, but what is certain is that students and communities are in need of dedicated educators willing to take on the amorphous but very real challenge of closing the literacy gap in the midst of the pandemic. You can be those educators in a year of service with Reading Partners. Click here to read more about school-based roles.

Serving with Americorps will put you at the heart of the cause of educational equity. You鈥檒l find yourself in a vibrant and diverse community of passionate people, learning more about how and what you want to do to build better futures. 成人快播 staff and service year cohorts are made up of tech professionals, PeaceCorps alumni, curriculum experts, world travelers, first-generation college graduates, social activists, former teachers, new parents, grandparents, all levels of students and yes, at least one DJ.聽聽

A 成人快播 service year is entering a community in which your voice, and your rather unique experience, are enthusiastically welcomed. 成人快播 can use your talents to transform lives and change outcomes for children and entire communities. You might find your own life changed along the way.聽

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