NEWS

Register for the 2022 Teacher Leader Institute
TLI registration is open. We are so excited to see everyone back in person June 21-24 in legendary Louisville, KY.  TLI is required professional development for active, certified teacher leaders, and teacher leaders-in-training in the United States; Reading Recovery trainers, trainers-in-training, and site coordinators are also encouraged to attend the Institute. The early registration deadline is May 17. Register HERE.

Open Positions for Reading Recovery Professionals

Oshkosh Area School District in Wisconsin
has an opening for a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader/OASD District Literacy Intervention Coach. View the full job description and application details.

Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery & Literacy Collaborative has an opening for a Literacy Staff Developer 3-8, K-5, or K-8. They are looking for individuals with a record of successful experience teaching literacy and working with adults. If you would enjoy a dynamic professional role working on a team in the Cambridge Massachusetts area, email Irene Fountas.

What Works Clearinghouse Reviews AIR’s DLL Trial
First-year results from the American Institutes for Research’s national randomized controlled trial of Descubriendo La Lectura have been reviewed by WWC. Read the full details HERE.

High-Quality Tutoring Strategies to Facilitate Acceleration Not Remediation
The latest in a webinar series hosted by the AASA, The School Superintendents Association and Learning Policy Institute features effective, high-quality tutoring strategies to accelerate, not remediate student gains during this COVID-19 school year and beyond. Dr. Jill Baker, Superintendent of Long Beach Unified School District in California discusses how Reading Recovery is an integral part of the district’s comprehensive literacy plan.

Exclusive Member Resource — The Community Forum
In the Community Forum, you will find resources that allow you to connect with members across North America, engage in important initiatives, take action, grow yourself and others while making the world a better place.

Gay Su Pinnell has committed $7.5 million to The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology
The gift will support an endowed professorship in reading, the first endowed clinical professorship at Ohio State, also for reading, and a fund for literacy education. Pinnell has named the Mary Fried Endowed Clinical Professorship in honor of her colleague and friend who joined Ohio State in 1984 to take part in the original Reading Recovery pilot study. Read more about Gay’s Reading Recovery journey in the latest edition of Inspire Magazine.

The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Reading Recovery and the MSV Myth
“Perhaps because of the myth of the three-cueing system, critics have often supposed that visual information is not emphasized or taught in Reading Recovery lessons. This is quite untrue and is supported by nearly four decades of empirical research which show Reading Recovery’s strong effects across all domains, including phonics, phonemic awareness, and comprehension.” – Jeffery Williams

Literacy scholars express concern about PBS segment on dyslexia
A distinguished group of literacy academics – all are members of the Reading Hall of Fame – express their deep concern with the April 30 PBS NewsHour’s segment on dyslexia. RRCNA is sharing the content of the letter, with permission from the primary authors.

New resources in support of struggling readers
An extensive list of resources that address dyslexia, specific learning disabilities, and Reading Recovery is now available in one location. In addition, we’re pleased to add two new resources that we hope will be helpful—one for parents and one for school administrators.

RRCNA e-Learning Center – customize and track your online development.
Designed to offer you more opportunities for individual professional development online, this free resource is an ever-expanding video library on Reading Recovery and classroom literacy topics. Earn professional development credit for sessions completed. View a video, complete a quiz, and print a certificate of completion. Keep track of all the sessions you complete within your own Learning Profile online.

Research shows impact of Reading Recovery in the UK
Results from two independent research reports commissioned by the KPMG Foundation reveal dramatic long-term effects and significant economic benefits of Reading Recovery. Additionally, a study by ILC researchers reveals Reading Recovery’s positive impact on pupils’ phonics screening check scores.

Read more on the KPMG website.

Download the reports and track social media feeds on this University College London webpage.

Learning Disabilities journal publishes RRCNA response to false claims
“The Truth About Reading Recovery” has been included in both the online and print editions (Volume 23, Number 2, pages 102-118, np) of Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. RRCNA prepared and distributed this resource in response to “The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know” published in the LD journal in August 2017, in which the authors make misleading, misguided, and blatantly false claims about Reading Recovery.

RRCNA press releases and advisories

The Reading Recovery Council of North America is pleased to announce Billy Molasso as its next Executive Director. 8-1-19 

For media information email KT Hughes.

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