Make a difference from any device, anywhere
The Vello program is a 1-on-1 online tutoring program that makes volunteering easy. It connects passionate professionals with kids in their community to collaborate on reading growth in real-time. Here’s how it works!
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Connect to a classroom in your community
Local Companies Sponsor a classroom and form a tutor team of passionate professionals. Vello provides a background check, training, and full-time support so everything stays simple and easy.
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The Vello Portal Makes Everything Easy!
Teachers post schedules and access teaching tools on the Portal. Then, tutors login to the classroom schedule and sign up for a 30 min reading session. Volunteers commit to one session each week. The Vello Portal provides ongoing support, data tracking, and simple cancellation and notification settings for all Vello users.
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1-on-1 online tutoring magic
Tutors click a link to connect to sessions from their email or calendar – just like a webinar conference. The assigned Vello students will join from a secure computer inside their classroom. Through this simple screen share and audio, tutors and students read e-books, complete comprehension quizzes, and write summaries.
Tutoring for the future, tutoring for success
Did you know that kids who are reading below grade level in third grade are almost 4 times more likely to drop out of high school than their on-level peers? There are passionate professionals in the community ready and willing to help, but a lot of times the barrier of commutes and schedules make it nearly impossible. The Vello program is making a difference in three key ways.
Tutoring that works
Studies show that purposeful, 1-on-1 tutoring is one of the most reliable ways to improve reading outcomes. The Vello program brings the magic of real-time, online guided reading to more kids.
Flexible volunteering
Nearly 30% of millennial volunteers would participate more often if there were easier ways to find opportunities and more flexibility. Online tutoring gives them both.
The power of practice
When kids become confident readers, they start reading more frequently. Studies show that the amount of time a student reads directly correlates to how well they do school overall.