Volunteer with us!

Volunteers are extremely important to what we do. The more volunteers reading to children, the more students can participate with Read-On Young Readers.

Volunteers read virtually to children in 1st and 2nd grades once or twice a week in 1-on-1 settings to support language and literacy growth. In some cases, children may read book with or to the volunteers in addition to the typical read-aloud.

Each volunteer will be screened and provided training before engaging with a child. The training will include guidelines and routines for reading books aloud and engaging a child in discussion.

All volunteers must be fingerprinted at the FCPS Gatehouse in Fairfax, VA, and pass a Fairfax County Public School background check. Volunteers will complete a 2-hr virtual mentorship training session with the FCPS Office of Mentoring and a 1-hr virtual training session with Read-On Young Readers.