Become a Fellow

A Year of Service Can Make a Lifetime of Difference

Become a Reading Assist Fellow and spend a school year working with struggling readers in the highest needs schools.

With your help, one more child can embark on a path to success in reading.

The Fellowship

Reading Assist offers the most intensive literacy training of any AmeriCorps program in the country, and it can be accepted for graduate-level credit. Fellows receive a living allowance, an education award to use toward tuition or education expenses, student loan deferment, and more. Learn more >

Why Serve

By the end of third grade, 74 percent of struggling readers won’t ever catch up, and students with a language-based learning disability are more than twice as likely to drop out of high school. Be the difference-maker for a child.

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Fellow Reflections

Our fellows experiences create life-changing moments for themselves and their students and memories that last a lifetime. Hear from former fellows about their year of service.

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Who Can Make an Impact as a Reading Assist Fellow?

“My year of service is exactly what I needed after I graduated college, even if I did not initially intend on this path. My year of service made me a better person.”

– Bridgette, 2017-18 Reading Assist Fellow

Help a child learn lifelong literacy skills

Apply now as a Reading Assist Fellow to serve struggling readers during the 2024-25 school year!