Publisher's Synopsis
Help your adolescent students improve their reading and writing skills while supporting literacy throughout the school and community. Teens for Literacy is a unique program that one of the authors established to involve students directly in promoting literacy through read-alouds, tutoring peers and elementary age children, reading contests, and promotional posters. The program also encourages students to go on to college and acquaints them with teaching as a possible career. Learn how you can put this rewarding program in place at your school, establish an effective tutoring component within a larger program, and evaluate and publicize the program's success.