Experience Corps® ~ Marin
Experience Corps in Marin taps the experience of adults 55 years and older in meeting one of the country’s greatest challenges: literacy. Experience Corps Marin members mentor and tutor San Rafael elementary school students struggling to learn to read. Many students are English-language learners. Independent research shows that Experience Corps, located in 22 cities nationwide, boosts student academic progress, helps schools become more successful, and enhances the wellbeing of the adult volunteers in the process. Launched in January 2007, Experience Corps Marin served more than 700 students in the 2009/2010 school year.
Experience Corps members made a difference:
- Students increased one grade level, on average, as a result of the Experience Corps tutoring
- 74% of students achieved significant academic progress
- 100% of principals were satisfied with the Experience Corps program
- 99% of members agree that their service was useful to the school and to the individual students served
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