Barbara, 76, a former schoolteacher, never truly retired.
Barbara wasnt at all surprised by the move.
“When I saw that, I knew he had the discipline to be a teacher.”
When a teacher shortage opened up an opportunity, Noah took the big step.
Barbaras passion for teaching remains as strong as a volunteer as it ever was.
“Teaching is my vocation, my calling,” she explains.
She loves watching the children grow not only in reading ability but also in confidence both academically and socially.
“I have one little boy who gets excited to sound out words on his own.
He tells me, ‘Don’t tell me!’
and tries to figure it out himself.”
“There’s nothing that will ever beat a one-to-one tutor,” he said.
“The volunteers are willing and able to help kids get that special attention.”
Blaine Caron, the school’s instructional coach, agrees.
As an instructional coach, its what you want to see in your students.
Test results back up the progress.
Barbara, who is of European descent, has strong ties to the community.
For Barbara, literacy is about more than just reading words on a page.
“Without being able to read and think,” she said, “what will our society be?
We need people who are thinkers, and that only comes from reading and comprehending.”
I’ve been to the end of the world on the wings of words.
It’s a philosophy both mother and son live by that reading opens up endless possibilities.
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