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Reader Leader Program Burnett Elementary School . Why are Reader Leaders Valuable?. Reading is one of the most important and fundamental skills that a child will ever learn. It is used throughout one’s entire academic career and is used across all content areas.
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Why are Reader Leaders Valuable? • Reading is one of the most important and fundamental skills that a child will ever learn. It is used throughout one’s entire academic career and is used across all content areas. • In grades Kindergarten through 2nd students learn to read. In grades 3rd on up students read to learn. • Reading is necessary to prepare students to be lifelong learners.
Continued: • Reading is the key to knowledge. • Burnett is striving to help all students meet grade level standards in reading. • Burnett wants to instill an enthusiasm and excitement for reading in our students.
History • The Reader Leader Program, at Burnett Elementary School, began in September 2009, as a method to involve parents, family members and community in modeling reading to students.
Program Specifics • Parents, family members and Community volunteers are recruited, at the beginning of each school year, from face to face contact, school newsletter, PTA Meetings and from Burnett’s Partners in Education. • Potential Reader Leaders are then scheduled for a 45 minute Orientation/Training. • In the training, the mission and goals of the programare reviewed.
Continued: • Also, support is provided to program participants by Burnett’s Assistant Principal, the Title I Parent Outreach Facilitator and the Media Center staff.
Training • Before You Read – Participants are trained in Reading preparation techniques. Such as; Pre-reading a book, using stick notes, etc. • While you Read – Reader Leaders are given techniques to keep students actively involved such as; asking “What do you think will happen nest” • After you Read – R.L.’s are given summarizing strategies such as; reviewing the story with students.
Modeling • The Assistant Principal or POF will, during the training, select a book and read it thus “modeling” before volunteers the techniques of Reading.
Research and statistical information is provided to Reader Leader volunteers. • Research facts based from the book , “Ten Facts Parents Should Know About Reading” by Jim Trelease, is provided to R.L. volunteers. • Facts such as; “Across the world, children who read the most read the best.” • Listening Comprehension comes before reading comprehension.
Program Basics • The POF provides the classrooms and schedules the R.L.’s to read. • The Media Center assists the volunteers in book selection. They also may provide additional coaching. • Each R.L. reads at their own convenience. Some read every week, some once a month, some once a semester. • The average reading time is 20 minutes.
