Literacy Liberators

The best reading tutor might live down the street. Literacy Liberators trains parents, grandparents, and neighbors as paid tutors who help first through third graders read with confidence.

What We Deliver

Literacy Liberators fellows meeting and talking in front of a projected presentation during paid fellowship training

Paid Fellowship

A multi-week paid fellowship trains community members in evidence-based literacy strategies and leadership.

A Literacy Liberators tutor and a young student reading together from a book, with a bookshelf behind them

Small-Group Tutoring

Year-round tutoring in small after-school groups, as effective as classroom instruction or more.

Adults and children seated together around a table in a Literacy Liberators small-group tutoring session

Confidence to Thrive

Students and families build agency, reading skills, and the momentum to keep growing.

Students and community members seated on wide wooden steps in a school common space

A Proven Model

Modeled on Oakland REACH’s Liberator Model and piloted in the Reynolds School District.

“I’m finally learning how to read four letter words on my own, I’m getting better everyday.”

— Student, Davis Elementary

Get Involved

Interested in Literacy Liberators?

Students in grades 1–3 join through their Reynolds School District elementary school. Community members can train and get paid to tutor as Liberators.

Prospective Students Become a Liberator

Questions about the program?  Contact us →