Douglas R Welch Community Education Center, 830 Harrison St, Ionia, MI 48846, US

HistoryGreat reading skills are necessary for success in school and life, and we noticed many students were struggling with reading. We wanted to be a difference-maker for struggling readers (children, teens and adults), so we searched for the most effective reading instruction curriculum we could find. We found the Academic Associates Reading Program (TM) provided the most effective way to teach reading and thus invested in their very complete training and curriculum. The resulting changes experienced by our students brings us great satisfaction. After numerous requests by parents, we added math tutoring in 2009. It's a privilege to help students learn math concepts that are preventing them from succeeding in their current math class.SpecialtiesStudents and parents love our proven reading instruction system. Struggling readers become great readers, which leads to greater success in school and in life. Students learn how to sound out words they have never seen. Those who need math tutoring learn misunderstood concepts, gain confidence, and are often heard saying,