Thank you for signing up to become a WITS Mentor! Please select one of the orientations below to attend. If your schedule changes and you need to select a different orientation, you can sign up again using this page without canceling your original sign-up.
After signing up, you'll be prompted to add the orientation to your calendar. You'll also get a reminder the day before the orientation. Zoom links will be included in the calendar invitation and reminder email.
Please contact Ellen Werner at ellen@witschicago.org with any questions.
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Eighty-four percent of students agreed that participating in WITS made them want to read for fun more often. Reading for fun leads to more reading engagement and better reading comprehension.
One hundred percent of our partner teachers are satisfied with student participation in WITS. Teachers value that our programs promote a love of reading and support social-emotional development in students.
Started in 2005, Mid-Day Mentoring (MDM) is a year-long literacy mentorship program for second-third grade Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students. Once a week, mentors are transported from their workplaces to a neighborhood school where they meet with their student each week for forty-five minutes, enjoying shared reading, conversation, and relationship building activities.
Started in 1999, Workplace Mentoring (WPM) is a year-long literacy mentorship program for fourth-eighth grade Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students. Once a week after school, students are transported to a corporate office to meet one-on-one with their mentor for shared reading and homework support.
