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A Principal's Guide to Reading Recovery.

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Title: A Principal's Guide to Reading Recovery.
Language: English
Authors: Smith-Burke, M. Trika, Pinnell, Gay Su, Jackson, Mary, Wey, Susan, Askew, Billie J., Hambright-Brown, Eloise, Reading Recovery Council of North America, Columbus, OH.
Availability: Reading Recovery Council of North America, Inc., Suite 100, 1929 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1069. Tel: 614-292-7111; Fax: 614-292-4404; Web site: http://www.readingrecovery.org.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 109
Publication Date: 2002
Intended Audience: Practitioners; Administrators
Document Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Instructional Leadership, Literacy, Principals, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction
Abstract: This guide, requested by principals across the nation, is intended to help them successfully implement Reading Recovery in their schools. The guide is organized by topics that experienced principals have said are important to ongoing program operation. To help access information quickly, a detailed table of contents is provided, as well as an index, a glossary, and a troubleshooting section to answer frequently asked questions. Throughout the guide are cross references designed to help principals get immediate information. Following an Introduction, the guide is divided into these chapters: (1) The Principal's Key Role in Reading Recovery; (2) What Is Reading Recovery/Descubriendo la Lectura?; (3) Getting Started; (4) Funding and Budgeting; (5) Personnel; (6) How Reading Recovery Operates in an Elementary School; (7) Professional Development; (8) Monitoring and Evaluating Reading Recovery; (9) Generating and Sustaining Support for Reading Recovery; (10) Working with Parents; (11) Troubleshooting; and (12) The Reading Recovery Council of North America: How the Council Can Help. Appendixes contain sample interview questions, agendas, reports, report forms, lesson record, book graph, and a writing vocabulary chart. A 48-item glossary and an index are also included. (Contains 24 references and 25 figures.) (NKA)
Entry Date: 2003
Accession Number: ED471826
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This guide, requested by principals across the nation, is intended to help them successfully implement Reading Recovery in their schools. The guide is organized by topics that experienced principals have said are important to ongoing program operation. To help access information quickly, a detailed table of contents is provided, as well as an index, a glossary, and a troubleshooting section to answer frequently asked questions. Throughout the guide are cross references designed to help principals get immediate information. Following an Introduction, the guide is divided into these chapters: (1) The Principal's Key Role in Reading Recovery; (2) What Is Reading Recovery/Descubriendo la Lectura?; (3) Getting Started; (4) Funding and Budgeting; (5) Personnel; (6) How Reading Recovery Operates in an Elementary School; (7) Professional Development; (8) Monitoring and Evaluating Reading Recovery; (9) Generating and Sustaining Support for Reading Recovery; (10) Working with Parents; (11) Troubleshooting; and (12) The Reading Recovery Council of North America: How the Council Can Help. Appendixes contain sample interview questions, agendas, reports, report forms, lesson record, book graph, and a writing vocabulary chart. A 48-item glossary and an index are also included. (Contains 24 references and 25 figures.) (NKA)