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Prince George's County Public Schools
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
The Reading Recovery site in Prince George’s County began in 1993,
when Janet Richardson taught the first training class of 12 reading
specialists. Maryann McBride, one of those 12, subsequently trained
and served as a teacher leader in the county for 10 years, providing
leadership as Prince George’s grew to be one of the largest Reading
Recovery teacher training sites in the nation. The site has trained
434 Reading Recovery teachers and currently employs almost 100 of
these teachers in over 100 schools.
Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) is a large, urban
site located just outside Washington, DC. It is a diverse community
containing both suburban and urban schools. Approximately 65% of the
student population is African American and 30% are English language
learners.
Since Reading Recovery began in PGCPS, more than 18,000
lowest-achieving first graders have had Reading Recovery lessons.
Student results are excellent. After a full series of 12 to 20-week
lessons, 80% of students reach grade-level expectations. Besides the
students in Reading Recovery lessons, Reading Recovery teachers also
reach about 2,800 additional children in the course of a school year
through their roles as ESOL teachers, special educators, Reading
specialists, reading intervention teachers, or coaches.
Reading Recovery is a critical Tier 2 response to intervention in
PGCPS. Schools use Reading Recovery to prevent nearly 1,000 children
each year from requiring special education services. Reading
Recovery also serves as an early warning system to alert schools
about children who might need long-term support services because
they do not successfully discontinue their series of lessons.
Reading Recovery teachers are able to provide detailed data for the
school’s instructional team and work in conjunction with the
classroom teachers.
Successful results and strong advocacy have led Reading Recovery
to become deeply ingrained in Prince George’s County. Reading
Recovery has continued despite economic ups and downs because it is
supported by parents, teachers, principals, eight superintendents,
system administrators, and the board of education.
Because Prince George’s site is large, Reading Recovery teachers
and teacher leaders have had the opportunity to participate in
longitudinal studies and writings. The Reading Recovery teacher
leaders are included in Dr. Carol Lyons’ book, Teaching Struggling
Readers. The site is affiliated with The Ohio State University and
has hosted visits with Marie Clay, Carol Lyons, Diane DeFord, Mary
Fried, and Lea McGee.
A large, urban site located just
outside Washington,
DC, Prince Georges County is a diverse community
containing both suburban and urban schools.
Approximately 65% of the student population is
African American and 30% are English language
learners.
In 1999 Prince George's County
hosted Dr. Marie
M. Clay at the Martin's Crosswinds. Reading
Recovery teachers, teacher leaders, and site
coordinators from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
Virginia attended the event.
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