Chapter One

Highly Engaged Employees

At Chapter One, the company want to create a world where all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive. So do classroom teachers! But many classroom teachers are unable, on their own, to teach all students to read. They simply dont have the time during the school day to provide the kind of individual instruction that struggling readers nee... d to succeed. And if students dont develop a strong phonics foundation and reading fluency by the end of second grade, it is very unlikely that they will be proficient readers in later grades. Thats why the company provides 1:1 reading support at the time students need it most: kindergarten, first, and second grade. The company's high impact tutoring helps children develop core phonics, word attack, and fluency skills ensuring students have a strong literacy foundation. The company's program uniquely leverages technology to shorten the tutoring sessions, which not only make the company's program more affordable, but also reduces the disruption caused by lengthy pull out programs. Each day, students practice on tablets the company supply with the company's software that precisely aligns with the tutored session that school day. To supplement the company's high impact tutoring, the company also match student with online reading volunteers who read with students 30 minutes per week. Chapter One is proud to partner with over 200 global corporations to recruit an army of volunteers to help students build reading confidence, self-esteem, and a love of reading and writing. The company's international team and network of volunteers already make up the world's largest virtual reading program for children. And were still growing. The company also provide free to the world the company's stories online in the company's Global Free Library. The company commission authors and illustrators from around the globe to create original stories, told in their authentic voices, that will inspire the children and adults who read them. The company believes that learning to read is a basic ...Read More