Dennis Quinn of the
Amherst-based literacy organization Reader to Reader has been named a Mass
Literacy Champion by Mass Literacy.
Mass Literacy, a non-profit
organization supporting literacy education in Massachusetts, recently announced
the six winners of the 2016 Mass Literacy Champions Awards.
The program publicly recognizes and rewards Massachusetts' educators who have shown exceptional commitment and results through their work in literacy education.
Award winners will receive a $1000 grant for program development and a professionally produced video to promote the work of their organization valued at $1000.
Mass Literacy selected six Mass Literacy Champions, including Springfield resident Dennis Quinn. Dennis is the Director of Mentoring Programs and supervises the Read, Think, Share program for Reader to Reader, which is based in Amherst on the campus of Amherst College.
Read, Think, Share is a web-based initiative that partners students from low-income backgrounds with college student mentors, to improve reading and writing skills and foster a love of reading.
Dennis has grown the program from serving 22 students to over 1,300 in West Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and surrounding towns.
For his Mass Literacy Grant project, Quinn will bring the Read, Think, Share program to a brand new school, serving 30 more students. The grant covers all books, supplies and training for the program.
The Mass Literacy Champions Awards program enables literacy providers to share their most promising practices with their peers and serve as ambassadors for literacy.
Each 2016 Mass Literacy Champion will complete an innovative literacy project that will be shared with the statewide literacy community. Seventy-six Mass Literacy Champions have been recognized since 2003, and together they represent the diverse literacy community that makes Massachusetts a national leader in education.
The program publicly recognizes and rewards Massachusetts' educators who have shown exceptional commitment and results through their work in literacy education.
Award winners will receive a $1000 grant for program development and a professionally produced video to promote the work of their organization valued at $1000.
Mass Literacy selected six Mass Literacy Champions, including Springfield resident Dennis Quinn. Dennis is the Director of Mentoring Programs and supervises the Read, Think, Share program for Reader to Reader, which is based in Amherst on the campus of Amherst College.
Read, Think, Share is a web-based initiative that partners students from low-income backgrounds with college student mentors, to improve reading and writing skills and foster a love of reading.
Dennis has grown the program from serving 22 students to over 1,300 in West Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and surrounding towns.
For his Mass Literacy Grant project, Quinn will bring the Read, Think, Share program to a brand new school, serving 30 more students. The grant covers all books, supplies and training for the program.
The Mass Literacy Champions Awards program enables literacy providers to share their most promising practices with their peers and serve as ambassadors for literacy.
Each 2016 Mass Literacy Champion will complete an innovative literacy project that will be shared with the statewide literacy community. Seventy-six Mass Literacy Champions have been recognized since 2003, and together they represent the diverse literacy community that makes Massachusetts a national leader in education.
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