Lisa Stewart trains Reading Corps volunteers

Lisa Stewart trains Reading Corps volunteers

Lisa Stewart, Psychology, trained Minnesota Reading Corps members and teachers last week as part of the Minnesota Reading Corps 2011 week-long training institute. Minnesota Reading Corps is an Americorps program where members volunteer for a year to help reduce the achievement gap in reading. In 2011-2012 there are over 760 members statewide, serving thousands of students.  Many of the schools in our region have MRC members and several MSUM alumni are MRC members, teacher “coaches” and trainers.