ILLINOIS READING RECOVERY CENTER FOR LITERACY
- Framework for Literacy uses a workshop approach for meeting the needs of all students within an integrated, inquiry-based curriculum.
- Coaching and Mentoring – using contingent scaffolding, coaching cycles, and a gradual release model for increasing teacher efficiency.
- Model Classrooms--Creating constructivist settings where teachers meet together to apprentice one another in implementing the literacy framework.
- High Standards are based on the Common Core Standards and professional standards that align with specific benchmarks along a literacy continuum.
- Comprehensive Assessment System – includes a school-wide seamless assessment system with multiple measures for evaluating success.
- System Interventions include Reading Recovery and small group interventions in grades K-3 and classroom and supplemental group interventions in grades 4-12.
- Collaborative Learning Teams (Professional Learning Communities) --Uses authentic contexts for learning, including study groups, book clubs, peer observations, cluster conferences, and demonstration lessons.
- Well-Designed Literacy Plan includes short and long-term goals with specific benchmarks for continuous literacy development.
- Technology for Learning Uses technology to learn about the world, including searching for information, communicating with others, and creating new products.
- Spotlighting and Advocacy –includes techniques for disseminating information on the model, school successes, including news releases, articles, school reports, and presentations.
