LiteracyCorps Programs

Adult Literacy Tutor

Members support adult learners as they build reading, writing, and English language skills to reach personal and professional goals. Members provide free one-on-one or small group tutoring, using supportive, culturally responsive methods in libraries, community centers, and other community spaces.

Summer Support

Members work with partner community organizations in mitigating summer learning loss and building a love of reading for elementary students during the summer months.

Powered by Reading Partners Tutoring

Members support elementary students with proven, one-on-one tutoring during afterschool and summer programs powered by our national partner—Reading Partners.

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Adult Literacy Tutor

  • Members work with LMS & partner staff to recruit and place learners looking to improve their English-language or literacy skills.

  • Members use LMS’s long-standing methods to provide weeks-long classes to adults seeking to improve their English-language skills

  • Adults working to improve their literacy are supporting with reading strategies using materials relevant to their interests or needs.

  • Members use LMS-provided assessments and surveys so learners can track their progress over time

  • Memphis Public Libraries

    Memphis Parks Community Centers

    Steel Warehouse

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Summer Support

  • Members conduct literacy activities and provide one-on-one support to children.

  • Members engage children in interactive read-alouds, storytelling, and other activities that promote a love of reading.

  • Members provide general program support to low-to-no cost summer partner programs serving elementary students.

  • Low-to-no free summer programs for elementary students.

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Powered by Reading Partners Support

  • Reading Partners is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that delivers one-on-one, evidence-based literacy tutoring to elementary students using a structured, research-backed curriculum.

  • AmeriCorps members serve as tutors, providing individualized 45-minute sessions twice per week to the same students. Each session follows a structured lesson plan targeting key literacy skills like phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

  • Students are assessed using the STAR Reading assessment at the start and end of the program term. These scores guide individualized instruction and help track student growth over time.

  • Tutors lead interactive read-alouds—a literacy practice that builds vocabulary, comprehension, and engagement by encouraging students to respond and discuss texts during reading.