We're so excited to welcome our volunteers, team leaders, and students back this fall! It's hard to believe, but our coaching sessions are almost here.

This year we have 119 returning coaches and 69 new coaches at 15 sites in Boston and Framingham, and we'll be launching an additional 2 new Framingham sites in December!

Our sincere thanks for all you've done so far to prepare for meeting and supporting students.

Are you ready? Go to THE LINK to review your onboarding steps.

• Have you completed pre-service training?
• Have you completed your onboarding paperwork?
• Have you completed your necessary background check?

If you haven't completed training

Our final live virtual series starts next week. The live training is more impactful, so we encourage you to attend if you haven't attended training yet. Please connect with Liz Y, our Literations trainer, to get the training recordings if you are unable to attend virtually next week. She will also set up a time to connect afterward to answer questions and provide further training support.

Live Virtual Training

Tues-Thurs, Oct 10-12, 10:30am-1:00pm

• New coaches:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82759784070
• Returning coaches: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82099476690

Emergent Reader Program (ERP) Town Hall (OPTIONAL)

If you're serving an ERP student this year, we encourage you to join this Town Hall for a refresher on running the ERP program plus a deep dive into ERP best practices. We promise a fun and engaging time!

• Fri, Nov 17 at 10am
• REGISTER HERE

Zoom Literacy Coach Drop-Ins (OPTIONAL)

Have questions about book levels? Have a student who has been hard to engage? Not sure how long is "just right" for sticking with one RAZ book before moving on? You're not alone! 

Please join members of the Literations Program Team for drop-in hours to get advice on any program-related questions that may have popped up in the first weeks of sessions and have some great discussions with other coaches and Literations staff.

• Fri, Nov 3 at 9am
• Wed, Nov 8 at 1pm
• Fri, Dec 1 at 9am
• Mon, Dec 11 at 1pm 

Zoom link for all Drop-Ins: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84150577396

Understanding Learning Styles Workshop (OPTIONAL)

The first in a series of literacy coach volunteer workshops this school year hosted by AARP Experience Corps.

• Wed, Oct 18 at 4pm
• REGISTER HERE

Reminder - No Sessions

• Mon, Oct 9 - Indigenous People's Day
• Fri, Nov 10 - Veterans Day Observed
• Nov 22-24 - Thanksgiving Break

District Calendars

• Boston Public Schools
• Framingham Public Schools

Reminder

Volunteer Time and Session Tracking

This year Literations coaches will use the EC HUB to record both your volunteer hours and your sessions with students.

The EC HUB is a digital platform that will be available in early November.

Please keep track of your hours and sessions on the paper tools provided at your site until we train all coaches on the EC HUB and announce that the system is ready to go.

Thank you!

New Faces

Dr. Sandras Barnes

Ellis, King, Winship

Coordinator

Ms. Estella Mabrey

Boys & Girls Clubs

Co-Coordinator

Ms. Ginny Bridgeman

Boys & Girls Clubs

Co-Coordinator

We are excited to share that we have three new Boston program staff supporting our team leaders and coaches this year. Please join us in welcoming Sandras, Estella, and Ginny!

New Partnership

We're proud to be partnering with Frugal Bookstore, a Black-owned, local bookstore only a few blocks from the Yawkey Boys & Girls Club, to purchase Literations books this year. You will see 14 new gorgeous and engaging read-aloud titles at each site this fall.

Check out all the books we've added to site read-aloud libraries since Fall 2022!