I have been interested in the discussion on early reading interventions because
I am chairing a district committee that is reviewing our early reading
intervention programs. Currently our early reading intervention centers around
Reading Recovery consistently throughout the district. Our elementary schools
have other various intervention programs. The committee is just beginning.
Early this week we had our first meeting where different members of the group
presented brief overviews of 8 programs or frameworks. Here is what we looked
at:
1. Our district uses MacMillan/McGraw's Treasures reading series as the core
reading instruction. There are two intervention pieces that compliment
Treasures - Treasures Chest and Triumphs (www.macmillanmh.com)
2. Literacy 1 - This is a commercial form of Reading First
(www.literacyfirst.com)
3. Reading Recovery
4. Beverly Tyner (www.smallgroupreading.com)
5. Leveled Literacy Intervention - The new intervention program from Fountas
and Pinnell (www.fountasandpinnellleveledliteracyintervention.com)
6. Comprehensive Literacy Model from the University of Arkansas and Linda
Dorn (www.arliteracymodel.com)
7. Susan Barton
8. CLIP - a knock-off of Reading Recovery
Even though we are early in the process, I think Linda Dorn's model or
framework is the most comprehensive plan for intervention and RTI. I purchased
the presentation she made at the Reading Recovery national conference (through
the RR website) and thought it was excellent. If you go to the website (listed
in #6) the handouts are posted under the presentation tab. Linda Dorn's model
is a framework. For our district to adopt the model, I feel it would require
systemic change at all levels.
Fountas and Pinnell's new intervention program would fit nicely into Linda
Dorn's model. It is the materials for purchase that Linda Dorn doesn't have.
As I learn more about intervention and RTI, especially after hearing the
Dorn presentation, I think that many teachers, at least in our district, do not
understand the concept of intervention, especially that it should happen before
referral for special ed. For our district, it just isn't about picking an
intervention program, or writing an early reading intervention plan. It is
going to be important that we educate and train our teachers and support them
in this change for how we service our struggling readers.
Thank you,
Barb Parry
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