UTSA Reading Place: Plaza de Lectura offers assistance in reading and writing to San Antonio area children.  In addition, UTSA Reading Place provides training for university students through teaching experiences and conducts research on problems in literacy learning.  UTSA Reading Place is located at the downtown campus of UTSA on the third floor of the Buena Vista Building (BV 3.350).  UTSA faculty from the College of Education and Human Development supervise tutors at the center.  The UTSA Reading Place contains books and instructional material for use during the tutoring sessions.

Upper level undergraduate students pursuing teacher certification and graduate students working toward reading specialist certification provide assessment in reading and writing to students from grades PreK through sixth grade.  Following assessment, individual instruction is provided to address areas of need.  Parents are provided information regarding assessment results and tutorial goals.  Students are tutored one-on-one for one evening a week for approximately one hour (During summer sessions, students are tutored during the daytime).  At the close of the semester, parents are given information about their child’s progress.