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Frequently Asked Questions
Following are some frequently asked questions
about Reading Recovery professional development.
How do I get trained as a Reading Recovery teacher?
Reading Recovery is a system intervention, designed to help
first graders who are having difficulty with literacy learning at
school. That means your school or your district must make a
commitment to implement Reading Recovery according to the
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States
or the
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in Canada.
If your school or district is part of a registered Reading
Recovery site, teachers are selected according to local procedures
for open positions. Teachers must meet Reading Recovery standards
for selection of teachers.
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What if my school doesn’t have Reading Recovery?
If your district has Reading Recovery, but your school does not,
you will want to talk with your principal about the possibility of
bringing Reading Recovery to the school. This action requires that
the principal and faculty members are knowledgeable about the
intervention and support adding it to the comprehensive literacy
plan for the school. If appropriate support and adequate resources
are provided, the teacher(s) will be selected according to Reading
Recovery
standards for selection of teachers and local personnel
procedures.
If your district does not have Reading Recovery, but your school
wants to study the possibilities, the first thing to consider is
whether there is a nearby Reading Recovery teacher training site
that would make contractual arrangements for including your school
in that site. With school support, the principal would contact the
teacher leader in that site for specific information about
possibilities for implementing Reading Recovery in the school.
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How can I find the locations of Reading Recovery teacher
training sites?
United States teacher training sites are listed in the Reading
Recovery Teacher Leader Registry (Search by State, Province, or
Country).
In Canada, a map and list of current training center locations
is also available.
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What is involved in the training of a Reading Recovery
teacher?
Detailed information is available at these links:
Professional Development for
Reading Recovery Teachers
Ongoing Professional
Development
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in Canada
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How do I get trained as a Reading Recovery teacher leader?
Because Reading Recovery is a system intervention, your district
or a consortium of districts (called a Reading Recovery teacher
training site) must make a commitment to implement Reading Recovery
according to the
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States
or the
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in Canada.
Site administrators select teacher leaders according to local
procedures for open positions. They must meet standard Reading
Recovery criteria for
selection of teacher leaders.
Initial training of
teacher leaders involves a full academic year of study at a
recognized
university training center in the United States or a regional
institute in Canada. All teacher leaders continue to participate in
ongoing professional
development.
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How can I find out which universities or regional institutes
provide training/ professional development for teacher leaders?
A list of recognized training centers for teacher leaders is
available at these links.
Reading
Recovery University Training Centers
Canadian Regional Institutes
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What is involved in the training of a Reading Recovery teacher
leader?
These links provide information about the training of a Reading
Recovery teacher leader.
Professional
Development for Reading Recovery Teacher Leaders
Ongoing Professional
Development
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in Canada
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Where is training available for Descubriendo la Lectura
(Reading Recovery in Spanish) and Intervention préventive en
lecture-écriture (Reading Recovery in French)?
Currently, training of
Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL) trainers and teacher leaders is
available only at Texas Woman’s University. However, teacher leaders
can receive initial training in English at another university
training center and go through additional professional development
to ‘bridge’ to Spanish. Link to
Descubriendo la Lectura Overview and
Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States
for detailed information.
To become a Descubriendo la Lectura teacher, a registered DLL
teacher leader must be available for initial training or ‘bridging’
to Spanish and for ongoing support of the teacher’s work in Spanish.
Link to the
DLL Overview and
Standards and Guidelines for the U.S. for detailed information.
A list of registered
DLL
teacher leaders is provided on this website.
Training for a teacher leader in Intervention préventive en
lecture-écriture (IPLE) is possible through arrangements with the
Eastern Canadian Regional Institute of Reading Recovery and with
the trainer for IPLE. To become an IPLE teacher, a registered IPLE
teacher leader must be available for training and ongoing support.
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What if my Reading Recovery site would like to have
Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL) but does not have a DLL teacher
leader?
Selecting and training a DLL teacher leader for your site is one
option. If your district is geographically near a teacher training
site with a registered DLL teacher leader, it may be possible to
make contractual arrangements with that site for their DLL teacher
leader to support your site. Some districts form a consortium to
engage a DLL teacher leader to implement and support DLL.
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Why is graduate credit required?
All levels of Reading Recovery professional development
(teachers, teacher leaders, and trainers) are tied to university
graduate-level credits. The quality and intensity of sessions over a
full academic year merit recognition through university standards.
An academic environment and university resources support the quality
of the professional learning. Successful completion of course work
is required for recognition as a Reading Recovery teacher, teacher
leader, or trainer.
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Why is ongoing professional development required after the
initial training for teachers, teacher leaders, and trainers?
A plan for ongoing professional learning of all Reading Recovery
professionals is built into the structures of implementation. For
rationales and specific details, link to
ongoing professional
development.
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