2005-06 - Reading Recovery Council of North America

THE YEAR IN REVIEW
CONFERENCES ACHIEVEMENTS
Providing exceptional professional development opportunities
2006 National Reading Recovery & K–6
Classroom Literacy Conference
More than 3,500 educators from 46 states and
9 countries attended the 2006 National Reading
Recovery & K–6 Classroom Literacy Conference held
Feb. 4–7, 2006, in Columbus, OH. Keynote speakers
were literacy experts Peter Johnston and Julia Douëtil,
and children’s author Coleen Salley.
The Conference program included 76 Reading
Recovery sessions, 13 implementation sessions, and
78 K–6 classroom literacy sessions. The School
Administrators Institute, held as a part of the
Conference, addressed a variety of issues with a focus
on Reading Recovery implementation.
In 2006, children’s literature sessions were added to the
Conference program. Authors and children’s literature
experts shared children’s books and addressed the roles
they play in children’s lives and in their learning.
Featured authors included Suzanne Bloom, Will
Hillenbrand, Sara Holbrook, J. Patrick Lewis, Barbara
McGrath, Shelley
Pearsall, and
Michael Rosen.
An author
book-signing
session took
place at the
conclusion of
the Conference.
Reading Recovery teacher leaders train and coach the nearly 13,000
Reading Recovery teachers in the U.S. At the 2006 Teacher Leader
Institute, more than 500 teacher leaders worked diligently in small
groups led by 42 Reading Recovery trainers. The Institute provided an
in-depth study of the new material, the opportunity to problem solve
collaboratively, and guidance on how to implement the theory and
practices into their Reading Recovery sites.
2006 Teacher Leader Institute
The 2006 Teacher Leader Institute was held June 14–17,
2006, in Denver, CO. The Institute was devoted to
delving into what has proven to be a “gold standard”
for early intervention—the individualized literacy
lesson. Using Marie Clay’s work, Literacy Lessons
Designed for Individuals Part One and Part Two,
theoretical concepts and rationales relating to
individualized literacy lessons were explored.
The keynote speakers were Mary Anne Doyle and
Carol Lyons.
New Orleans author and storyteller, Coleen
Salley, was a keynote speaker during the 2006
National Conference.
READING RECOVERY COUNCIL OF NORTH AMERICA 2005–2006 ANNUAL REPORT 5