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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