EDUC 626 - Early Literacy Classroom Tutoring Procedures

Prerequisites
Acceptance into Early Literacy Classroom Teacher Training Program at selected school districts or agencies throughout states affiliated with the Reading Recovery Training Center at Saint Mary’s College; successful completion of EDUC 3XX.

The purposes of this outcome-based course are to enable Early Literacy Classroom Teachers to: develop skill in the teaching of children identified for one on one intervention; acquire observational expertise for determining children’s on-going literacy development; maintain and utilize records of student progress to inform instruction; demonstrate teaching children for peer observations and critique; and develop reflection of teaching through self-analysis of teaching. In addition, teachers will be able to: understand the theoretical base of early literacy developed by Dr. Marie Clay; develop their own theoretical understandings of literacy, of the reading/writing processes, and learning in general; and compare and contrast theoretical positions regarding learning and literacy.

Additional Notes
This course is taught off campus at selected school districts/agencies by trained Reading Recovery Teacher Leaders affiliated with the Reading Recovery Training Center at Saint Mary’s College.

Course credits: 3