WHAT IS CPR?

Community Partners in Reading, is a program of the Monroe County Community School Corporation's Literacy Services that helps struggling 2nd-graders in learning to read. Research says that children who cannot read at grade level by the 3rd grde continue to fall behind and never reach their academic potential. CPR is designed to aid such students, who benefit from the extra instruction and personal attention.

WHO HELPS THESE KIDS WITH THEIR LEARNING? YOU DO!

CPR pairs two students with one community partner from a local business or organization. The partner then spends 30 minutes a week with each student reading and working on vocabulary and comprehension. As students become successful readers, they graduate from CPR and continue on the path of academic success.

HOW DOES CPR WORK?

• Partners give 75 minutes of their time a week: 15 minutes for a mini-lesson, 30 minutes with each of their two student partners.
• The first week is spent in a 75-minute initial training session that is then reinforced each week during the mini-lesson.
• A Teacher Coordinator at each site completes the daily, individualized lesson plan, provides the mini-lesson, and stays to help out as needed.
• Students are served by different partners each day: a Monday partner, a Tuesday partner, a Wednesday partner, and a Thursday partner.
• Many firms have found “partner pairs” successful, having two employees cover one CPR spot. Thus, each partner can commit to 75 minutes every other week.

WHEN AND WHERE DOES CPR HAPPEN?

The current CPR schedule is:
October 2-5: 75 minutes training
Oct 9 - Dec 7: Implementation of CRP
February 12-15: 75-minute training session
Feb 19-Apr 26: Implementation of CPR

Sites and Times:
Fairview 9:45-11:00
Grandview 12:45-2:00
Summit 8:55-10:10 (beginning in February)
Templeton 9:30-10:45

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED IN CPR?
Fill out one of these Personal Information Sheets
[PDF®] or [Word®]
and e-mail to: Deb Prenkert

Some of our CPR partner agencies include: