Real people, real books, real results.
At the John C. Boyd Literacy Foundation, literacy support begins with people: students developing as readers, staff strengthening their instruction, and organizations serving their communities. We work with schools, nonprofits, and community organizations to plan services around their literacy goals, offering one-on-one and small-group tutoring—in person and live online—along with professional development for literacy staff.
We also help organizations explore grant opportunities and plan literacy services, with a priority on expanding access for underserved communities. Whether you are considering tutoring for students, training for your team, or a new community literacy initiative, we begin by listening to your needs. Together, we can identify a practical next step toward supporting the readers you serve.
Tell us about your community, the students and staff you support, and your literacy goals. We begin by understanding your priorities and the resources available.
Together, we consider how tutoring, professional development, and literacy planning could support your goals. When relevant, we also help explore potential grant opportunities.
Before moving forward, we discuss the proposed services, responsibilities, scheduling, and costs so your organization can make an informed decision.
We offer one-on-one and small-group tutoring, in person and live online. Individual tutoring provides focused attention, while small groups create opportunities for shared learning and interaction. We work with your school or organization to understand students’ reading needs and explore a tutoring plan that fits your literacy goals, schedule, and setting.
Support the people who support your readers. We provide professional development for literacy staff, beginning with the instructional needs and questions that matter to your organization. Whether you are planning staff training or connecting professional development with student tutoring, we can discuss your priorities and develop an appropriate plan together.
Our Leadership Institute provides training for the educators who teach and develop teacher supervisors. We work with your organization to understand these trainers’ learning priorities and plan professional development focused on how they prepare supervisors to guide and support teachers’ literacy instruction. The focus is on strengthening the people who develop instructional leadership across your organization.
We help schools, nonprofits, and community organizations explore grant opportunities that may support their literacy goals. We also help consider how tutoring or professional development could fit within a potential funding request. Your organization leads its application, while we help clarify the proposed literacy services and their role in your plan.
A practical literacy plan starts with understanding whom you want to serve and what you hope to accomplish. We work with your organization to explore tutoring and professional development options, discuss priorities and available resources, and identify a manageable next step for your school or community program.
Schools, nonprofits, and community organizations play an important role in connecting people with literacy support. We welcome partnerships that bring your knowledge of the community together with our tutoring, professional development, and literacy planning. Expanding access for underserved communities is a priority as we explore opportunities to work together.
Tell us about the students, staff, and community you serve. We’ll discuss your priorities, explore how reading tutoring or professional development could fit your organization’s needs, and consider potential grant opportunities. It’s an opportunity to ask questions, share ideas, and identify a practical next step together.
Join us in changing lives through literacy!
Founder and Chief Instructional Officer John guides the foundation’s instructional approach and leads reading tutoring and professional development for literacy staff. His work focuses on helping students build essential reading skills and confidence while equipping educators with practical strategies to support each student’s growth as a reader.
Director of Partnerships
Lynda leads the foundation’s sales and partnerships with schools, nonprofits, and community organizations. She works with prospective partners to understand their literacy goals and explore how our tutoring, professional development, and grant-opportunity guidance can support the students and educators they serve.
Director of Operations and Implementation
Robert coordinates the foundation’s operations and implementation of literacy services. He works with our team and partners to organize program logistics, communication, and systems, helping turn shared goals into practical plans and keeping programs running smoothly for the students, educators, and communities we serve.
