The Jewish Coalition for Literacy, which helps Bay Area elementary school children learn to read, has announced its spring lineup of training sessions for new tutors.
Volunteer reading tutors are asked to work one hour a week, helping a disadvantaged student in a local public school learn to read. JCL recruits, trains, places and supports tutors in public elementary schools and after-school programs in grades K-3 throughout the Bay Area.
Each training session lasts three hours. People can register at www.jclread.org or by calling one of the numbers below.
San Francisco schedule: 1 p.m. April 20 at Congregation Emanu-El (2 Lake St.) and 1 p.m. May 25 at Congregation Beth Israel Judea (625 Brotherhood Way). For information, call (415) 977-7437.
Peninsula schedule: 1 p.m. April 26 at Peninsula JCC (800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City). For information, call (415) 977-7439.
East Bay schedule: 1 p.m. May 4 at Congregation B’nai Tikvah (25 Hillcroft Way, Walnut Creek) and 1 p.m. May 18 at Jewish Federation of the East Bay office (2121 Allston Way, Berkeley). For information, call (510) 809-4904.
Inspired by Jewish values of social justice, the JCL is a joint project of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Relations Council and the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation. The Bay Area JCL, which began 16 years ago and mobilizes some 350 volunteer reading tutors each year, is one of 27 independent affiliates of the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy.