Stair of Birmingham

The Stair program assists first and second grade students enrolled in Birmingham city schools to improve their reading skills. Stair is an after school program using around 300 volunteer tutors/ who teach one-on-one reading lessons to at-risk children. Children are chosen by their teachers in the current tax year. There were 12 sites throughout Birmingham that served177 students. Students met tutors twice per week for two hours during september through april. Students are taught a variety of skills necessary to read at grade level. Students whocompleted the Stair program consistently show an average rate of improvement of 93% in reading fluency.