Writopia Lab-posted about 13 hours ago
Hybrid • New York, NY

Volunteer for Writopia Lab’s Write to Recognition program! What Is Write to Recognition? Write-to-Recognition enables 30 low literacy writers to attend three semesters of creative writing workshops on full scholarship. In addition to their workshops, these writers also receive 30 one-hour long private sessions with volunteer tutoring mentors. In the private sessions, volunteer mentors work one-on-one with our low literacy writers on improving their grammar and mechanics through individualized, revision-based lessons. Each week during a private session, mentors read the piece their writer is working on and identify a skill they need to improve. Every writer has a different level of literacy and different technical aspects they need help with. It is our hope that in private sessions with Write to Recognition mentors, each writer will gain a command of their writing style and voice as well as the confidence to submit their work for publication.

  • Read the piece their writer is working on and identify a skill they need to improve.
  • Work one-on-one with our low literacy writers on improving their grammar and mechanics through individualized, revision-based lessons.
  • Volunteers who find it easy to be supportive and enthusiastic about young writers' work and who can learn to be thoughtful mentors and guides.
  • Applicants on track for a degree in English or Education, or from those who have already completed this degree.
  • Volunteers with experience in Regents and standardized test prep, high school equivalency tests, resume building, and admissions essays who feel confident in working with our oldest teens who are transitioning out of foster care or treatment facilities for incarcerated youth.
  • Nine-month commitment
  • Commit to 1-3 hours per week (1 hour per student you are matched with) throughout the school year
  • Participate in an initial 1.5-hour training session as well as scheduled check-in meetings.
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