Programs

  • Augustine Literacy Project - Charlotte

    Augustine Literacy Project - Charlotte (ALP) was originally founded in 2005 as a mission of St. Peters Episcopal Church and became a separate and independent organization in 2018. Following our mission, we improve the reading, writing and spelling skills of low-income students significantly behind grade level in literacy skills. We train and support volunteer tutors who provide free, long-term, one-to-one instruction to students using a research-based phonics curriculum. Our volunteers tutor primarily in Charlotte-Mecklenburg area elementary schools, working with first- through third-graders at Title I schools. Volunteer tutors receive 20+ hours of training, and each tutor provides one-on-one tutoring two times per week to a child during the school day or in an after-school enrichment program. Our long-term, one-on-one tutoring approach provides benefits to both the children and the tutors: Tutor one child, change two lives.In order to maximize our ability to connect volunteers and students, ALP offers both in-person and virtual mode to deliver our lesson plan. As Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, our community and our other partners rise to meet the challenge of a large percentage of first through third grade students testing significantly behind in reading skills, we continue to offer virtual programming as a way to maximize the number of students served. Our 2021-2022 results include over 8,000 tutoring sessions, around 20% of which were conducted using the virtual method; 228 students received tutoring. 94% of students who received tutoring improved in letter/sound correspondence, word attack and spelling skills. Average improvement, for students with pre and post assessment, in word decoding is 1.2 grades and spelling is 1.3 grades.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1M

  • Program 1 [2025]

    Augustine Literacy Project Charlotte (ALP) was originally founded in 2005 as a mission of St. Peters Episcopal Church and became a separate and independent organization in 2018. Following our mission, we improve the reading, writing and spelling skills of under resourced students significantly behind grade level in literacy skills. We train and support volunteer tutors who provide free, long-term, one-to-one instruction to students using a research-based phonics curriculum. Our volunteers tutor primarily in Charlotte-Mecklenburg area elementary schools, working with first- through third-graders at Title I schools. Volunteer tutors receive training and ALP materials, and each tutor provides one-on-one tutoring two times per week to a child during the school day or in an after school enrichment program. The relationships that develop during our long-term, one-on-one tutoring approach provides benefits to both the children and the tutors: In order to maximize our ability to connect volunteers and students, ALP offers both in-person and virtual mode to deliver our lesson plan. As Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, our community and our other partners rise to meet the challenge of a large percentage of first through third grade students testing significantly behind in reading skills, we are striving to expand our virtual programming, where tutors meet one-on-one with students via video conference. Video conference tutoring offers the opportunity to expand the volunteer tutor base significantly to maximize the number of students ALP can serve.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.8M