Become a Reading Recovery Teacher or Teacher Leader

Reading Recovery will help you become a better teacher and help your students become better readers.

Teacher Training

Here's what you will experience as a Reading Recovery teacher-in-training:

• Participate in a weekly graduate-level course taught by a registered teacher leader for a full academic year at an approved district-level training site.
• Work with at least four Reading Recovery children daily and fulfill other district-prescribed roles.
• Teach for your peers during weekly class sessions, gaining experience observing and describing teacher-student behaviors and developing moment-to-moment decisionmaking skills to inform your instruction.
• Work with your school principal and other teachers to establish school teams to monitor the Reading Recovery implementation.

As a Reading Recovery teacher you will continue to teach a minimum of four children per day and participate in ongoing professional development. including observation and discussion of teaching sessions.

Teacher Leader Training

As a teacher leader in-training you will:

• Take part in an 18-credit, graduate residential program for an academic year at Lesley University, an accredited Reading Recovery training center.
• Study Reading Recovery procedures, which includes working with four children daily.
• Engage in an in-depth study of literacy theories and research, including the theoretical foundations of the Reading Recovery program.
• Learn how to train and support Reading Recovery teachers.
• Prepare to work with your site coordinator and other administrators to implement the program at your site.

As a Reading Recovery teacher leader you will continue to teach children, train and support Reading Recovery teachers, collect data on children, ensure a quality implementation of the program at your site and school level and participate in ongoing professional development.

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