December Envision Equity
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Diversity, <strong>Equity</strong>, and Poverty Department<br />
The Model<br />
Recognizing Culturally Responsive and Innovative Classroom Teachers<br />
Name: Analese Cravens & Molly Hollister<br />
School: Engelhard Elementary School<br />
As Reading Recovery teachers,<br />
we have a wealth of best<br />
practice knowledge regarding<br />
early literacy. We realized that by not<br />
sharing our knowledge we were<br />
doing a disservice to the kids we<br />
served directly, the first grade kids<br />
we didn’t get to work with, and their<br />
teachers.<br />
About a year ago, our school was<br />
trying to figure out a way to help first<br />
graders combat the summer reading<br />
loss and help support first grade<br />
teachers so they could not only catch<br />
the students up but also teach their<br />
core content. We knew we needed to<br />
think “out of the box”.<br />
The combination of the two led us to<br />
create the First Grade Reading Lab.<br />
Click here for video story.<br />
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Analese Cravens, left, and Molly Hollister, right. Photo by Abdul Sharif
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