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Gwinnett County Public Schools
Atlanta, Georgia
Located in metro Atlanta, the largest diverse school system in
Georgia, Gwinnett County Public Schools enrolled 157,600 students in
2008-09. In the 2009-2010 school year, 88 Reading Recovery teachers
will serve in 36 schools.
Committed to world-class standards, Gwinnett implemented Reading
Recovery in 1994. Georgia State University trained teacher leaders
Carole Barnhart and Pat Turner. In 1999, Angie Bennett trained as
the third teacher leader. Lisa Lang and Crystie Flynt replaced Pat
and Carole upon retirements in 2001 and 2003. Throughout 15 years,
this program has trained one or two training classes every year—a
total of 220 trained Reading Recovery teachers. Many have gone on to
serve in state, county, and local school leadership roles.
Gwinnett’s Reading Recovery teachers successfully changed the
trajectory of progress for 9,970 students including many who have
received reading and writing honor awards in subsequent years. These
teachers serve 8–16 Reading Recovery students a year and an average
of 81 non-Reading Recovery students across grade levels throughout
their school days.
A large number of Reading Recovery students are English language
learners; 55% spoke a language other than English in 2008-2009.
Gwinnett consistently performs above the national average in the
percent of students who successfully complete a full series of
lessons (the discontinuing rate). In 2008-09, 91% of full program
students successfully completed lessons.
Reading Recovery results in Gwinnett stand the test of time.
Follow up studies in second through fifth grade document about 80%
of all Reading Recovery students ever served are on or above grade
level.
“No one can whistle a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra.”
The reciprocal support for success comes from our Gwinnett
County Public School Board of Education and superintendent; site
coordinators; trainers at Georgia State University (GSU), Clifford
Johnson, Sue Duncan, and Floretta Thornton-Reid; teacher leaders
affiliated with GSU; principals who have implemented Reading
Recovery in their elementary schools; and our teachers who work so
hard every day.
Left to right: Sue Duncan, Angie Bennett,
Marie Clay, Crystie Flynt, Lisa Lang
This year's clinical class of
teachers-in-training (left to right): Deloris Harlan,
Cora Baker, Cathy Goetz, Kelly Hyun,
Tamara Thomas, Martha Vazquez, Halima
Gray, Renie Schreiner, Wendy Wilson, and
teacher leader Lisa Lang.
Reading Recovery teacher Gale Phillips
with
her student Brandon, originally from
Louisiana.
Originally from Mexico, Litzy shares a
smile with Reading Recovery teacher
Danielle Hilaski.
Hugo, originally from Mexico, with his
Reading Recovery teacher Sharifa Knowles.
Reading Recovery teacher Victoria
Johnston
is all smiles with students Edgar and Blake,
whose families were originally from Ecuador.
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