The Office for Community Involvement (OCI) serves as a community service resource to MSU students, faculty and staff. OCI administers and oversees the MSU America Reads* America Counts (MSU AR*AC) program which engages college students as work-study employees and volunteers as well as community member volunteers in work tutoring pre-k through 8th grade students in Bozeman area schools. The mission of the MSU AR*AC program is to work with and support area children to achieve and succeed academically. In any given program year the OCI recruits, screens, selects, trains and places 45 to 120 tutors in area schools serving 200 to 350 children referred to the program by concerned teachers or specialists. In the school setting the tutors are supervised by and accountable to the referring teachers of each student with whom they work.
The MSU America Reads*America Counts tutors are responsible to work with the students to whom they have been assigned, assisting them in meaningful and constructive ways to embrace and experience success with literacy or math skill development. The tutors are consistent and reliable adults in the lives of the children referred to this program and they are looked up to and seen as role models by their tutees. Each tutor is responsible to work cooperatively with all supervising teachers and maintain ongoing communication with those teachers so that the referred students can receive the most timely and relevant instruction possible.
Work-Study Tutors
If you have been awarded work-study as part of your financial aid package you can choose MSU America Reads*America Counts as the way to earn your work-study award. We pay work-study students $11.00/hr and we will work around your schedule to make sure that you earn as much of your award as you can and also have a schedule that works for you. Two of the schools in which we serve are located close to campus so for those students who do not have their own transportation we strive to place you in a nearby school or we can work with you to allow time in your schedule to ride the Streamline bus system.
Volunteer Tutors
We love volunteers!! This is a great way to get involved in our community. You can choose how much time you would like to volunteer, if it's taking on one child for one hour a week or tutoring seven children, we would love to have you involved. We do ask that your commitment be for at least one full semester so that we can provide some stability in the student's tutoring experience.
Returning Tutors
Want to return as a Work Study or Volunteer Tutor? Please wait for an updated application!
