NYU Steinhardt Literacy Clinic
82 Washington Square East
Pless Hall, 7th Floor
NY, NY 10003
Contact:
Katherine Stahl, Ed.D.
Literacy Program Director
kay.stahl@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5204
Fax: 212.995.4564
New York University is welcoming back an important community institution, the NYU Literacy Clinic. The clinic was originally established in 1937 by Stella Center as the New York University Reading Clinic and directed by leaders in the field of reading, including Nila Banton Smith and Alan Robinson. We are proud to be continuing this important tradition in service to our local New York City community.
We see first grade children through high school adolescents. Our clients may need intensive tutoring in reading and writing skills or they may be students who just need a little additional help. We focus on word recognition skills (including decoding using phonics), reading and writing fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension.
All tutors are completing their Master's degree in Literacy Education or they are involved in a doctoral program in Teaching and Learning. Tutoring generally begins with an assessment of the child’s reading abilities. Informal and formal measures may focus on such areas as oral reading, word recognition, reading comprehension, spelling, composition, vocabulary, and other related areas. Using the assessment data as a basis, an individual tutoring plan targeted to the child’s needs, is developed. Tutoring is conducted either one-on-one or within a small group. The tutoring sessions are scheduled in alignment with the university calendar and are typically offered during the spring and summer semesters.
You can download the "Brochure" for more information on the Literacy Clinic and the services we provide. For the application process to be considered complete, the child's parent and teacher must each submit the electronic application found in the menu bar on this page. Candidates are selected based on a variety of factors including highest need, date of application submission, and availability of tutors. The application deadline for Spring 2010 is December 31, 2009.