Growing Reading Specialists

Planting the Seeds of Teacher Efficacy and Supporting Struggling Readers Through a University, School, and

Urban Community Partnership

Presenters:

Vickie Alley & Julie Janson Gray

IRA Annual Conference

April 2010

Focus

Supporting future reading specialists

Supporting striving readers

McGuffey Clinic ModelUVA

established in 1946 oldest operating reading clinic in US strong history of clinical instruction graduate students work directly with children in

all courses and especially in clinics long line of research in reading acquisition and

developmental word knowledge McGuffey/TEMPO is the state outreach

Research Base

Rationale

Stanovich (1986), and Juel (1988):

striving readers will fall further behind their peers without intervention.

Morris (1984):

reading affects everything you do.

Research Base

Response to Intervention

Vaughn & Klingner (2007):

A three-tier model in which increasingly more intensive layers of intervention are used.

Research Base

1:1 tutoring

Two intervention models, including Howard Street (Morris, 1999) and Book Buddies (Johnston, Invernizzi, & Juel, 2008), provide a model for 1:1 intervention upon which this clinic is built.

Research Base

Literacy Coaching

Walpole & McKenna, (2008)Research concerning literacy specialists informs this model

Partnership that WorksUVASt. Christopher’s SchoolPeter Paul Development Center

The partnership model is powerful; improving teacher preparedness while addressing the needs of striving readers. In order to effectively meet the needs of individual students it takes the combined efforts of all of the stakeholders in a child’s education (Allington, 1995).

Partnership that Works

Initial set-up (recruitment letter, etc.)Book driveBreakfastSuppliesTransportationTeaching staffGraduate class/studentsChildrenSchool

The Clinic Experience

Supervised practicumDaily feedbackStaffingCollaborative planningBook & article discussionsTeacher NotebooksTeacher Efficacy Parent communication & reportsReaders’ Café & celebration

In their own words…

“For me, this has been one of the most challenging, yet rewarding experiences of my life. I can’t believe that the past four weeks have come and gone so quickly. I can honestly say that I “grew” more than my student….”

Closing

Q & A

Readers’ Café Slideshow