Benefits for AFGE Members

When you join the union, you have access to these AFGE benefits. These benefits are backed by the collective strength of over 10-million members of AFL-CIO unions. By using one or two of the programs, many members save as much as their annual dues.

These Money-Saving Benefits are Available Only to AFGE Members:

MINDsprinting Tutoring Program

The Key to Educational Success is in Your Hands:

MINDsprinting provides FREE K-12 Math and Reading tutoring programs. Comprehensive Assessment Tests provide immediate diagnostic results and create programs tailored to each student's needs. Students learn at their own pace and advance only when they have mastered the skill being studied (constant evaluation occurs to ensure mastery). MINDsprinting assigns the lessons (unless you opt to select them yourself) from its proven curriculum and they are printed for students to complete. Answer Keys are provided to correct lessons, and upon entering the results MINDsprinting assigns the next one!

MATH PROGRAMS:

Students receive two math programs tailored to their individual skill level, which they may use as you deem appropriate: Personal Math addresses math skills (and skill gaps) in a proven, logically sequenced order that is not limited by grade; and State Standards Math addresses all the skills, by grade, required for your state's annual proficiency exam. State Standards Math follows the exact order set forth in the state's published standards (a copy of which is available to you on the site). Both programs are tailored from the results of the math Assessment Test and they are coordinated so that completed lessons in one program are not re-assigned in the other. Lessons may be taken and re-taken as often as you like.

READING PROGRAMS

MINDsprinting also provides two Reading programs. Reading Excellence (K-3), which teaches children how to read and write (K-3); and Reading Comprehension (4-12), which improves students' understanding of what they read.

MINDsprinting is easy to use and has many convenient features. No training is required - complete a quick registration and you're ready to start. Parents can manage multiple students from one page - their Dashboard - where they can: print lessons; access Answer Keys; enter results; and access detailed Transcripts or custom reports (all of which are easily printed and emailed to others). Everything you need is readily available at the click of a button.

AFGE polled experienced teachers about the merits of this program.  As in any endeavor in a child’s growth, the level of success a child will attain using this program will depend upon the level of involvement of the parent.

MINDsprinting had previously provided this program at a significant discount to AFGE members. When the decision was made to provide this as a free service by relying on advertising, this program was no longer exclusive to AFGE members. However, we will continue to promote this program because we believe it provides members a significant benefit.

Available outside the US?

Answer: Yes

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