This course provides pre-service teachers and non-education majors with an opportunity to engage with local elementary and high schools in the surrounding community. This effort is focused on addressing the early literacy needs of K-4th graders where the gap in performance often begins and on the needs of 9th grade students in a project-based learning school. Similar to service learning, students in this course will serve as assistants or tutors and make a weekly visit to either two elementary schools located adjacent to main campus or one high school located in North Philadelphia. The course instructor will provide students with strategies for how to provide assistance to individuals and small groups of students. This variable-credit course presents an opportunity for meaningful on-going community engagement through the practical application of academic, behavioral, and creative support in kindergarten through fourth grade classrooms or 9th grade classrooms. Students will spend between 2 to 5 hours per week in the field depending on the number of credits selected for this course.