Touch a Life,
Be Changed for Life
Our caring volunteer tutors are meeting the needs of struggling elementary school students in several central Ohio school districts. The weekly tutoring sessions provide the individualized literacy support that help students whose reading skills fall below grade level.
About CTI
19 Years of Tutoring
The Charleys Kids Foundation began working with the Columbus Tutoring initiative in 2022. Our goal has been to expand the focus and tutoring services by broadening the scope beyond Columbus and diversifying the tutoring services to include a broader range of implementation options.
Thus, we have made the decision to modify the name from the Columbus Tutoring Initiative to the Children’s Tutoring Initiative. The re-brand better reflects the Charleys Kids Foundation’s mission, values, and goals of supporting children.
The Children's Tutoring Initiative began in 2004 as the Avondale Tutoring Program with just a few tutors and an eager administrator. One program in one Franklinton neighborhood elementary school has now expanded to several school districts and hundreds of volunteers! This growth is a result of concerned individuals recognizing the need and working collaboratively with CTI to create a program in their local school.
“The trained tutors not only provide excellent academic interventions for students in need, but the tutors also serve as mentors and friends to the students. The children are so excited for tutoring each week.”
How It Works
Volunteers are the glue
CTI works in partnership with churches, businesses, and organizations to recruit volunteers and tutors to lead programs in their local schools.
Volunteers don’t need to have an education background to serve students. Instead, CTI provides initial training and ongoing support to equip caring adults to meet the students’ literacy needs.
Consider joining us to help a struggling reader reach their reading goals this year.
Our track record
Almost two decades of reading improvement
In our program's history we have served the students that need it the most and have seen impressive results.
- Students Served
- 2,000+
- Volunteers
- 1500+
- Schools
- 29
- Districts
- 5