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Reading Recovery Council of North America

Rochester Hills, MI, US • 20 - 49 Employees
Education/Training

The Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA) is a not-for-profit association dedicated to serving Reading Recovery and early literacy professionals throughout North America. RRCNA joins educators and administrators to expand teacher training and increase children's reading achievement.Established in 1996, the RRCNA is the only professional organization devoted to serving the priorities of the Reading Recovery community. Governed by a volunteer board of directors, membership is open to anyone interested in Reading Recovery and early literacy. The more than 5,000 members of RRCNA work to develop professional resources, advocate for Reading Recovery, participate in professional development opportunities, and support research.Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of one-to-one tutoring for lowest-achieving first graders. Reading Recovery's student results are rooted in a three-tiered professional development model for teachers, teacher leaders, and university trainers. Since Reading Recovery began in North America in 1984, it has reached more than 2.2 million first graders and trained tens of thousands of teachers. VisionWe ensure the competencies necessary for a literaMissionWe construct collaborative partnerships to change the trajectory of literacy achievement by:implementing Reading Recovery® in English, Spanish, or French as an essential, research-based early literacy intervention within a comprehensive literacy systemexpanding the application of literacy processing theory through Literacy Lessons™ with special education students and English learnersdelivering expert teaching that is equitable and responsive to children's strengths and needsproviding sustained, specialized professional development focused on continuous improvement and literacy leadershipadvancing the development of knowledge and practice based on research, data, and the theoretical framework that has underpinned Reading Recovery® since its founding.