At-Home Tutoring
Boost your child's reading
Proven 1:1 reading support with a trained professional tutor
- FREE for First Nations and Inuit children who need help reading, through Jordan’s Principle/Inuit Child First Initiative
- Fun, 5-minute sessions on family smartphones, 3-5 times a week
- Original storybooks in the Global Free Library, co-created with local Indigenous communities
Start the school year with strong reading skills!
Our Program In Action
Research and Evidence
The stats speak for themselves
2X+
Our tutored children are more than twice as likely to achieve phonics benchmarks at school than without our support.
35%
By the end of Grade One, students who started with Chapter One in Kindergarten scored 35% higher in reading fluency than those who did not.
100%
All teachers surveyed in 2023-24 said they would run Chapter One tutoring in their classrooms again.
What's Included?
Dedicated one-on-one support
Our tutors understand your community. That’s why they’re experts at building a child’s love for reading while improving their in-school progress.
Virtual learning via smartphone
Access expert tutoring from anywhere. If tech equipment or support is needed, we can provide it.
Regular bursts of learning for maximum impact
Fully flexible five-minute sessions, 3-5 times a week.
Culturally-relevant storybooks
Our exclusive library features original storybooks written and illustrated by Indigenous artists.
Access to our growing community
Join our growing network of schools, families and supporters who are committed to helping even more Indigenous communities across Canada.
Current Locations
We provide at-home tutoring to children in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Ontario, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
If your location isn’t listed here, get in touch: We’re constantly expanding to support even more children.
If you’re a funder keen to help us grow even faster, we’d love to hear from you.
In-classroom Tutoring
At-home tutoring
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GETTING STARTED
Tell us who needs help and we’ll do the rest
Principals, teachers, education leaders and social workers can nominate any First Nations or Inuit student (age 5-12) who needs extra reading support for free, virtual, high-impact tutoring. Our tutored children are more than twice as likely to achieve phonics benchmarks at school than without our support.
Getting students on our program is easy:
Step 1
Identify students who need literacy support and ask their families if they want their child to receive free reading tutoring via a smartphone.
Step 2
Send us the phone numbers of interested families and we'll take it from there.
Step 3
For families who sign up, we’ll need a letter of support from you. We provide a template for this.
For further information contact Sarah Hiscock, Community Outreach Lead
Main contact for community outreach: Sarah Hiscock, Community Outreach Lead. Sarah does most of the outreach to schools to recruit students. She is from Mi’kmaq Nation, works for a school in Alberta, and is doing a PhD in Indigenous Education. We will be hiring more people like Sarah who are well connected to the school system in their communities.
Email address: sarah.hiscock@chapterone.org
Phone number: 780 714 1306
GETTING STARTED
Does your child need extra help with their reading?
We can help. Thousands of children have already benefited from our virtual one-to-one tutoring, which is available for FREE to First nations and Inuit children through Jordan's Principle.
We’ve made the sign up process as simple as possible.
All you need to get your child started on the program is a smartphone.
No tech? No problem. Families without access to technology such as cell phones, data plans, internet and tablets can still get involved – we’ll provide all the support you need.
For further information contact Sarah Hiscock, Community Outreach Lead
Main contact for community outreach: Sarah Hiscock, Community Outreach Lead. Sarah does most of the outreach to schools to recruit students. She is from Mi’kmaq Nation, works for a school in Alberta, and is doing a PhD in Indigenous Education. We will be hiring more people like Sarah who are well connected to the school system in their communities.
Email address: sarah.hiscock@chapterone.org
Phone number: 780 714 1306
future funders
This program needs your support
The impact of this program is real – and it’s growing.
But, while at-home tutoring is free for First Nations and Inuit children through Jordan’s Principle/Inuit Child First Initiative, federal funding only covers the cost of the tutoring itself.
To expand this program to as many children in Canada as possible, we need your support to give families who need it access to tech and digital support, spread the word, process the growing number of applications and keep the program up-to-date.
For further information contact Alessandra McGowan, Operations Manager
Main contact for corporate outreach: Alessandra McGowan, Operations Manager.
Email address: alessandra.mcgowan@chapterone.org
Phone number: 647 875 8325
Sign up for at-home tutoring
Free for First Nations students who are behind in their reading through Jordan's Principle.
