Two Librarians & A Microphone

When San Francisco Public Library recognized approximately 50% of 3rd and 4th graders in their community were not reading at grade level they decided to step up immediately. Tapping into the need across their community to assist struggling young readers with developing learning and reading strategies, they developed the FOG (Free Orton-Gillingham) Readers program. Led by their learning differences librarian, Laura Lay, and built upon the expansions of their adult literacy learning programs, the FOG Readers program recruits volunteers to work with students 45 minutes every week and currently has over 120 active learner-tutor pairs. Tune in to hear how they have not only assisted students in increasing their reading competencies, but how the library has also engaged millennials in their volunteer programming to meet an urgent need in their community.