Overview of Reading Recovery

Reading Recovery is a professional development partnership between school districts and universities to prepare teachers to work effectively with first grade students having the most difficulty learning to read. These lowest achieving children are taught daily, on a one-to-one basis by a specially trained Reading Recovery teacher. Evaluation data collected in Ohio over the last 20 years shows that most students served by Reading Recovery make accelerated progress and catch up to their peers within the 12-20 week framework of lessons. Those who do not make accelerated progress are recommended for more specialized long term help.

Teachers preparing to be teacher leaders enroll in 21 graduate credit hours at OSU over the course of an academic year. These courses consist of nine field experience hours, and nine seminar hours. In addition, students take a course that focuses on issues dealing with implementing an educational innovation. Teachers preparing to be Reading Recovery teachers enroll in nine graduate credit hours, three per quarter, and are taught by teacher leaders.
 

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