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MARIE M. CLAY Reading Recovery

Background:. 1926 Born in Wellington, New Zealand1945 - Primary Teacher's Certificate awarded from Wellington College of EducationMaster's Thesis: The Teaching of Reading to Special Class Children"1950 US on a grant to study developmental and clinical child psychology at the University of Mi

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MARIE M. CLAY Reading Recovery

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    1. MARIE M. CLAY Reading Recovery Teresa Sarduy TAL565 Dr. Melinda Prague

    2. Background: 1926 – Born in Wellington, New Zealand 1945 - Primary Teacher’s Certificate awarded from Wellington College of Education Master’s Thesis: “The Teaching of Reading to Special Class Children” 1950 – US on a grant to study developmental and clinical child psychology at the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Welfare. 1950 – Turning point in her understanding of how to study children’s learning.1950 – Turning point in her understanding of how to study children’s learning.

    3. Cont. 1963 Doctoral Question: Can We See the process of learning to read and write going astray close to the onset of instruction? Dissertation: Emergent Reading Behavior 1975 - First woman professor at the University of Auckland 1982 – Inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame 1992 – First non-American President of the IRA 1963 - In dissertation she describes the week by week progress of 100 children during their first year of school. 1963 - In dissertation she describes the week by week progress of 100 children during their first year of school.

    4. What is Reading Recovery? A reading intervention program that originated from a project carried out in 1976-1977 by Dr. Clay and a team of six individuals. Team included teachers, supervising teachers, reading advisers and senior university students. They conducted observations of each other teaching and tweaked their instruction as needed after conferencing as a team.Team included teachers, supervising teachers, reading advisers and senior university students. They conducted observations of each other teaching and tweaked their instruction as needed after conferencing as a team.

    5. Implementation:

    6. 23 Centers in the US Over 700 Teacher Leaders 18,000 Teachers in 10,664 Schools 3,268 School Districts Over 150,000 Students Receive Annual Instruction In the spring of 2001 reading recovery served its one millionth student

    7. Typical Lesson Plan Read small, slightly more challenging books Teacher keeps a running record Focus on moment-to-moment responding to children’s actions and behaviors Writing is as critical as reading

    8. Teacher’s Role Training is essential Learn to observe, analyze and interpret the reading and writing of individual students Design and implement an individual program Engage in social interaction with colleagues and mentors

    9. Effective Program: Yes or No? - Studies show that the program is successful in accelerating 3 out of 4 students up to their level of their peers (Pollock, 1994). Areas of Concern Cost Program differs somewhat in development, implementation and assessment Coordinating Reading Recovery with regular classroom Cost – As costly to hold students back. Also, having to place them in special programs and ultimately labeling them.Cost – As costly to hold students back. Also, having to place them in special programs and ultimately labeling them.

    10. References Clay, Marie M. (1991). Becoming literate: the construction of inner control. Heinemann. Auckland. Clay, Marie M. (1993). Reading recovery: a guidebook for teachers in training. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Dyer, Philip C. (1992). Reading Recovery: a cost-effectiveness and educational outcomes analysis. ERS Spectrum, 10(1), 10-19. [EJ 442 889]. Pollack, John S. (1994). “Reading Recovery Program 1992-93. Elementary and Secondary Education Act –Chapter 1. Final Evaluation Report.” Columbus Public Schools, Ohio. Department of Program Evaluation. [ED 376 437].

    11. “What is possible when we change the design and delivery of traditional education for the children that teachers find hard to teach?” -Marie M. Clay Reading Recovery for Clay has been an exciting exploration of the question.Reading Recovery for Clay has been an exciting exploration of the question.

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