Reading Recovery project at OSU

Reading Recovery® is a professional development project with a two-tier level of curriculum: faculty in universities train and provide professional development to teacher leaders who work at the site level and provide professional development to Reading Recovery teachers. This professional development project for teachers was initiated in the United States by faculty at The Ohio State University (OSU), but it was first implemented in New Zealand as a result of research conducted at the University of Auckland by Dr. Marie Clay.

Teachers preparing to be teacher leaders enroll in 21 graduate credit hours at OSU over the course of an academic year. These courses consist of nine field experience hours, and nine seminar hours. In addition, students take a course that focuses on issues dealing with implementing an educational innovation. Teachers preparing to be Reading Recovery teachers enroll in nine graduate credit hours, three per quarter, and are taught by teacher leaders. Following the initial year of training, teachers continue to participate in ongoing professional development sessions called continuing contact sessions. Continuing contact sessions provide collaborative opportuni-ties for teachers to question the effectiveness of their instructional practices, to get help from peers on particularly hard-to-teach children, and to consider how new knowledge in the field may influence their practice.

Contact RR at OSU

Emily M. Rodgers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

College of Education,
The Ohio State University

Contact Info:

• E-mail: rodgers.42@osu.edu
• Phone: 614-292-9288
• Fax: 614-292-4260

Mailing Address:

• 29 W. Woodruff Ave.
• 200 Ramseyer Hall
• Columbus, Ohio 43210