These interventions may include structural differentiation — providing resources beyond the immediate classroom, such
as reading specialists, cluster groups, gifted education services, and so on.
Many of our students have worked as teachers and
reading specialists in K - 12 public schools, often in urban areas.
Schools must provide classroom teachers
with reading specialist services, including resource support and current research on literacy and learning.
Before I share strategies and activities for struggling readers, lets discuss the role
of reading specialists and literacy specialists.
The educational leadership and
reading specialist programs are more rigorous, requiring at least three years of experience as a teacher.
To successfully land an academic interview, you will need a targeted resume and cover letter focused on the value you will bring to a school as a literacy or
reading specialist position.
I am a Literacy and Technology researcher and
former reading specialist with a decade of experience working with striving readers.
It may be true that efforts to assign more and
more reading specialists to students have done little besides keep motivation and proficiency levels at low rates.
She quoted a recent survey that found 18 percent of districts
cut reading specialists and 25 percent cut library staff this year.
The school also has a county
literacy reading specialist and reading / writing coach work with students on different activities, such as reading articles and highlighting important text.
I'm wondering if some schools who take these standards very seriously will see the need for science specialists, in the same way they have
reading specialists in some schools.
First, in order
for reading specialists to be effective, they must discover the struggling readers in the classes they cover.
It's important to note that the roles
of reading specialists and of literacy coaches have become very similar in recent time.
This is my third year with FPCS and I currently serve as
Reading Specialist at Friendship Chamberlain and Reading Interventions (Read 180) Coordinator Friendship - wide.
Lara Speights Language and Literacy,
Reading Specialist strand Hometown: Mexia, Texas Then: Middle school English teacher at IDEA Public Schools; dean of instruction at YES Prep Public Schools Now: Literacy specialist with YES Prep Public Schools
Not only did the PTA protect jobs, it expanded Grattan's academic programs by
hiring reading specialists and a technology teacher, and adding a bilingual clerk and a parent liaison to the staff.
Families Share the Reading Experience, Bolster Reading
Skills Reading specialists at one Illinois school approached their parent group and proposed a new project.