RRCNA's Listening Library
A Professional Development Resource for Members

Recorded audio sessions in both Windows Media file (WMA) and mp3 formats.  New sessions are added each month.   To listen to these recordings, simply log-in using your last name and member ID number. 

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Reading Recovery Sessions:

Talking To Learn, Learning To Talk: Jumpstarting English Language Learners in Literacy (NEW!)
Dottie Best, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Developing Spatial and Sequential Processing in Reading Acceleration
Linda Dorn, Reading Recovery trainer

Getting Children to Say, "This is Like That"
Lee Skandalaris, Reading Recovery trainer emeritus

In the Minds of Teachers:  Sequences of Learning and Powerful Teaching
Judith Chibante Neal, Reading Recovery trainer

The First Reading Tells the Whole Story
Mindy Dablow, former Reading Recovery teacher leader

Literacy for Diverse Learners
Barbara Honchell, Reading Recovery trainer
Melissa Schultz, assistant professor

Learning Journeys
Mary Fried, Reading Recovery trainer

Working With Diverse Students in Reading Recovery Lessons
Catherine Compton Lilly, Reading Recovery trainer

Orientation to the New Book
Patsy Conner, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Learning How to Learn Words
Noel Jones, Reading Recovery trainer emeritus

How Words Work:  Planning for Working with Words in Isolation
Michele Dufresne, retired Reading Recovery teacher leader

Survivor: Teacher's Guide to the Hardest to Teach
Maryann McBride, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Another Look at Making and Breaking Change Over Time
Evelyn Arthur, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Reflection:  Do you See what I See?
Sandra Shavlik, Reading Recovery teacher leader

When Conversations Go Well in Reading Recovery Lessons
Janice Van Dyke, Reading Recovery trainer

Literacy Processing
Mary Fried, Reading Recovery trainer

The "Eyes" Have It
Maryann McBride, Reading Recovery teacher leader

The Hardest to Teach:  7 Habits of Highly Effective Reading Recovery Teachers
Margaret Clark, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Observation Survey Summary:  Observing the Ways of Knowing
Patsy Conner, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Teaching the English Language Learner:  Meeting the Challenge
Linda Randall, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Classroom Literacy Sessions:

Traveling Across the Writing Workshop (NEW!)
Kathi Hoover, 1st Grade Teacher/Literacy Coordinator
Carol Lutz, Instructional Facilitator
Sandi Ednie, Second Grade Teacher

Opportunities for Responding: Guided Reading and Written Response
Jeffrey Williams, K-12 literacy teacher leader
Katie Plesec, literacy teacher leader
Dr. Denise Morgan, literacy professor

Building Bridges for Transitional Readers
Ruth Metcalfe, elementary literacy coordinator
Sarah Mahurt, Literacy Collaborative trainer

Literacy Coaching on a Continuum
Enrique Puig, Director, Morgridge International Rdg. Center

Struggling Readers Need to 'Learn to Look'
Jacquie Hurwitz, teacher

Creating Contexts for Meaningful Independent Reading and Writing
BethAnn Browning, literacy coordinator

Classroom Coaching:  Ensuring a Perfect Fit
Karen James, Reading Recovery teacher leader

20 Kindergarteners--20 Days--Red Hot Gains
Linda Scott, former Reading Recovery teacher leader

Pictures into Stories
Eric Rohmann, author and illustrator

The Art and Science of K-1 Writing Demonstrations
Terry Botsford, retired reading recovery teacher

Moving Up in Guided Reading
Jan Richardson, educational consultant

Joey Won't Read "Caddie Woodlawn?" I Can't Imagine Why?  Helping Boys Become Engaged and Thoughtful Readers
Tony Keefer, literacy coordinator

Integrating the Curriculum and Meeting Academic Content Standards
Sharon Esswein, lead teacher for intervention and professional development

Informational Books and Writing:  Making the Connection
Evelyn Freeman, Ph.D. , professor

Sailing the Craft of Children's Poetry
J. Patrick Lewis, author

Teaching FOR Strategies in a Reading/Writing Workshop
Mona Yoast-Bertino, K-2 reading specialist

Spooky Stories:  They're Not Just About Being Scared
Sally Crandall, storyteller

Implementing Literacy Groups in a First-Grade Classroom
Kristi McCullough, literacy coordinator

Study Skills, Nonfiction, and Small Group Instruction
Gail Saunders-Smith, staff developer, writer, editor

Literacy Coaching: What it Takes to Be Effective
Sarah Mahurt, Literacy Collaborative trainer

Reading and Writing Nonfiction in the Primary Grades
Adria Klein, Reading Recovery trainer

English Language Learners:

Teaching the English Language Learner:  Meeting the Challenge
Linda Randall, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Talking To Learn, Learning To Talk: Jumpstarting English Language Learners in Literacy
Dottie Best, Reading Recovery teacher leader

Session Certificate of Attendance