Our mission is to provide individualized, structured literacy instruction to Baltimore City elementary school students to build their skills, gain confidence, and awaken a love of reading.
The Brown Memorial Tutoring Program focuses on literacy because of the transformational effect reading has on children’s lives. We believe reading competency provides a child with life skills and opens their world to opportunities. We work in partnership with Baltimore City elementary schools on a shared goal of educational equity for all students.
At a unique intersection of history and innovation, BMTP has always been aligned with the research on how kids learn to read and write.
BMTP works in partnership with three local elementary schools. School leadership, including classroom teachers and the literacy team, refer 1st to 5th graders to the tutoring program. With parent permission, we enroll these children and work with them each week from October through May. We do not accept direct enrollments from interested parents.
All of our volunteers commit to 30 weekly tutoring sessions from October through May. They receive up to 21 hours of training in implementing intensive reading interventions based on the Science of Reading.
BMTP had its beginnings in 1963 when a group of Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church members began a Saturday children’s program at Mount Royal Elementary School. Since that time, the Tutoring Program has grown in both scope and mission, becoming a valued partner of Baltimore City Public Schools.
Our mission is to provide individualized, structured literacy instruction to Baltimore City elementary school students to build their skills, gain confidence, and awaken a love of reading.
