We Are People Who Care.

We are volunteers committed to improving the lives of others in our communities and city. Retired and from diverse backgrounds, we have found a wonderfully meaningful way to use our experience – helping school children.

We choose to serve in urban public schools because that’s where we’re most needed. And we have the satisfaction of knowing that as tutors of children at risk of developing reading problems, we’re making a lasting difference in young lives.

The Experience Corps is people who want to help others grow. We believe that we can help schoolchildren get the education they deserve by giving them the tools they need. We strive to build a better city, school by school, community by community, by enabling older and younger people to work together.

What You Can Expect

Here's how it works: The Experience Corps Project recruits, trains, and places volunteers. It puts them where they are most needed, in primary schools in their local communities.

Experience Corps volunteers provide one-on-one tutoring to first and second graders who are in danger of failing. Their tutoring helps children at a critical age when learning basic skills can mean the difference between a life outside the margins and a life well spent.

Our volunteers benefit from:

• intensive curriculum-based training
• workshops on providing literacy
• cross-disciplinary instruction
• technical assistance
• shared time with others who care
• a safe and accessible environment
• an opportunity to spend time meaningfully
• a renewed sense of community
  

Where to Volunteer

The Experience Corps currently has a presence in:

• South Bronx, Community School District 7
• Bedford-Stuyvesant, Community School District 16
• Central Harlem, Manhattan Community School District 5

To learn more or to volunteer now, please call Experience Corps Project Director, Kemba Tamar, at (212) 614-5499 or e-mail her at ktamar@cssny.org.