mec_about_1_7_16

Michigan Education Corps is an AmeriCorps program that has provided reading or math Intervention (often referred to as tutoring) to over 26,000 Michigan children since 2012.

Our Mission

Empower Michigan kids to reach their highest level of academic achievement in reading and math.

Asset 5@4x
Asset 1@4x

Our Mission

Empower Michigan kids to reach their highest level of academic achievement in reading and math.

Asset 5@4x

here's how we make reading and math

less of a challenge.

HOW MEC STANDS OUT Seven Compelling Factors

1. MEC's tutoring interventions are tailored for individual students or small groups of up to four.

Power of Service

2. AmeriCorps Members Building powerful relationships as consistent tutors throughout the school year.

We show up

3. Daily Interventions

Up to 20-minute sessions, collaboratively scheduled with the student's teacher.

Expertise

4. Ongoing Training & Coaching for AmeriCorps Interventionists. Ensuring they deliver evidence-based, high-impact interventions, utilizing research-backed strategies aligned with state academic standards.

efficacy

5. Data-Driven Tutoring

Incorporating formative assessments and peer-reviewed practices.

The right thing, the right way, every time

6. Ensuring Tutoring Fidelity. Established through direct observation, employing a checklist, and offering immediate performance feedback from our expert internal coaches and coaching specialists.

We serve with you, not independently of you.

7. MEC programming is supplemental to core academic instruction and not a replacement.

No matter the program model, our team focuses on data-driven decision-making and evidence-based intervention. These characteristics, in combination with our training and coaching model, ensures that Michigan children can be successful in school and life.

We actively seek applicants who desire to make a difference in their community, while working alongside people from all walks of life. Hope Network is committed to fostering environments where everyone feels valued and respected, regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital or family status, national origin, ability status, age or veteran status. Make a difference while working for an organization that values who you are.

here's how we make reading and math

less of a challenge.

HOW MEC STANDS OUT Seven Compelling Factors

1. MEC's tutoring interventions are tailored for individual students or small groups of up to four.

Power of Service

2. AmeriCorps Members Building powerful relationships as consistent tutors throughout the school year.

We show up

3. Daily Interventions

Up to 20-minute sessions, collaboratively scheduled with the student's teacher.

Expertise

4. Ongoing Training & Coaching for AmeriCorps Interventionists. Ensuring they deliver evidence-based, high-impact interventions, utilizing research-backed strategies aligned with state academic standards.

efficacy

5. Data-Driven Tutoring

Incorporating formative assessments and peer-reviewed practices.

The right thing, the right way, every time

6. Ensuring Tutoring Fidelity. Established through direct observation, employing a checklist, and offering immediate performance feedback from our expert internal coaches and coaching specialists.

We serve with you, not independently of you.

7. MEC programming is supplemental to core academic instruction and not a replacement.

supporting our interventionists

Interventionists begin their AmeriCorps service with training from education experts who give them the knowledge and tools they need to be effective and confident. Additional training is provided throughout the school year. Through a multi-layer support system, interventionists receive ongoing coaching and feedback to ensure that our interventions are delivered in the same way across the state.

THE PATH TO PROFICIENCY

Students in our program receive individualized attention in their own school, five days per week, over the course of the school year. We isolate each child’s challenges and create a tutoring schedule to help them catch up to their peers.

OUR MEMBERS MAKE IT POSSIBLE

To get students back on track, we partner with AmeriCorps members—individuals on the front lines of our service. We call them “interventionists,” but students know them as role models and trustworthy friends.

“WE DO SO MUCH MORE THAN TEACH KIDS TO READ. WE BECOME A CONSTANT IN THEIR LIVES AND SHOW THEM DAILY THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.”

— BRITTANY COX, AMERICORPS MEMBER