Reading Recovery

Reading Recovery is a short-term, early literacy intervention, which provides an opportunity for students in Year 1 who have not yet established effective reading and writing processes. Students receive a series of daily, individual, thirty minute Reading Recovery lessons from a specially trained teacher in addition to the regular classroom reading and writing program. The Intervention builds on students’ strengths, encouraging success and independence, strengthens self esteem and students’ natural desire to learn. Students continue until they have developed strategies that will allow them to participate in the reading and writing activities in their classroom, usually between twelve to twenty weeks

Reading Recovery is a school-based one-to-one intervention literacy program and is a key element of the Loddon Mallee Literacy Strategy. Reading

Recovery provides a second chance for Year One children who need individual assistance to get underway with reading and writing.

Reading Recovery Guidelines.pdf

You will find more information about Reading Recovery on the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Reading Recovery web page

Training and Ongoing Professional Support

Loddon Mallee Region Tutors conduct training of Reading Recovery teachers in Bendigo and Mildura. Ongoing Professional Development is conducted for all trained Reading Recovery Teachers who are currently working as Reading Recovery Teachers in the region. Depending on numbers, the sessions may be held in Bendigo, Mildura, Swan Hill and Romsey.

Tutors in the region in 2009 are Marilyn Frederiksen, Jane St Clair and Maria Tzaros.

Expressions of interest are requested for those schools who which to participate in the Ongoing Professional Development (Continuing Contact) each year. Expressions of interested to train teachers are all called for when training occurs. Schools will be asked to complete the Expression of Interest Form in term 4 each year.

For information on Reading Recovery and training a teacher read the Reading Recovery Teacher in Training Year and for more detailed information view the Reading Recovery Guidelines and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Reading Recovery web page.

All enquiries should be directed to Marilyn Frederiksen. 5440 3115.

Venues for Reading Recovery Training & Ongoing Professional Learning

Bendigo Loddon Mallee Regional Office 37-43 Havlin Street East Bendigo, Victoria 3550.	Mildura Mildura West Primary School Ninth Street Mildura, Victoria 3500.
Romsey Romsey Primary School Station Street Romsey, Victoria 3434.	Swan Hill Swan Hill North Primary School Chapman Street Swan Hill, Victoria 3585.

Dates of Reading Recovery Ongoing Professional Development for 2009

Reading Recovery dates for Training Sessions 2009

Find out more about Reading Recovery

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Reading Recovery web page
Reading Recovery New Zealand
Reading Recovery New South Wales
Reading Recovery Queensland Education Department
Reading Recovery USA site
Research articles on Reading Recovery
Reading Recovery UK and evaluation- including the long term costs of literacy difficulties

Other Loddon Mallee Region Reading Recovery pages:
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