成人快播

Critical Academic Reading Class

It鈥檚 often said that the best way to learn something is to teach it. Students from Tulsa Community College ( live into this philosophy聽serving as volunteers to 成人快播, with more than 100 participating annually since 2015.

Educators such as Dr. Kristen Marangoni have played a significant role in sending students to 成人快播 to complete their service-learning course requirements while supporting our mission.

The partnership between her Critical Academic Reading students and 成人快播 highlights the learning through teaching model.

鈥淪tudents in my class are learning reading strategies that will help them succeed in college, and one way they are able to reinforce those strategies is to tutor an elementary school student in the reading strategies that make them successful,鈥� Dr. Marangoni said.聽

While the content between the books ready by college students and the ones assigned to elementary students is very different, many of the strategies are the same: Find the main idea. Look for supporting points. Review the information you read. Ask good questions.

鈥淪ometimes when a student can see these strategies in action in a picture book, it suddenly makes sense why they are being asked to use them with a college-level reading assignment,鈥� Dr. Marangoni said.

Another benefit of this partnership? Her students appreciate the chance to learn in a real-world setting. 鈥淚t breaks up the monotony of the classroom, and it helps students develop relationships in the community, showing them they can make a difference. And when students see they鈥檙e making a difference, they tend to stay in college longer and succeed in college at higher rates than those who don鈥檛. It鈥檚 a win-win-win for elementary students, college students, and the community.鈥�

It also helps that Tulsa Community College and 成人快播 share similar missions focused on reducing opportunity gaps in education, and increasing student success and academic outcomes. A college degree is one of the prime indicators of economic mobility, so just as 成人快播 is fighting to reduce the equity gap among elementary students, Tulsa Community College is working to reduce equity gaps among college-aged students.

Dr. Marangoni credits how quickly 成人快播 pivoted from in-person tutoring to virtual tutoring in order to meet the needs of the community. This pivot was necessary not only for the K-3 students in the 成人快播 program but also for TCC in providing quality virtual volunteer experiences.

鈥淭he COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the number of volunteer opportunities for our students, many who needed hours for scholarships and coursework,鈥� Dr. Marangoni said. 鈥淚t was a huge relief to see 成人快播 Connects, the great online tutoring platform 成人快播 developed, and to know our students had a safe way to continue making a difference in their communities.鈥�

In addition to crediting this service-learning project between her class and 成人快播 for allowing her to develop deeper relationships with her students, Dr. Marangoni says the biggest gains from this partnership have been witnessing her students achieve confidence in their own reading abilities, digital literacy skills, as well as gaining a true sense of what it means to make a difference in their communities.聽

Sarah Blackwood and Ryan Anaya are just two of the 15 volunteers from Dr. Marangoni鈥檚 Critical Academic Reading class this semester, who particularly took their service learning projects to heart.聽

鈥淚 am a shy person, but being with my reading partner opened me up,鈥� Sarah said. 鈥淓very session is so much fun, and [my student] showed me it was okay to make a few mistakes or mispronounce a word. This experience has been an eye-opener for me, and I love being able to tutor a young student in my community!鈥�

The 成人快播 team is so glad to give students from TCC and our other student volunteers from around the community opportunities to experience mentorship and to grow their skills in becoming great models for future generations of leaders and readers.聽

鈥淢y perspective has evolved since volunteering with 成人快播,鈥� Ryan said. 鈥淣ow I know there is an opportunity gap. Before, I had no idea some students didn’t have the opportunity to have access to books.鈥澛�

If you would like to support 成人快播 with additional volunteer recruitment efforts, please contact Haley Biram, community engagement manager of recruitment, at haley.biram@readingpartners.org or (918) 949-1979.