My name is Brooke and I have been teaching for the past 6 years at an elementary school. My first year teaching I was trained as a Reading Recovery teacher. I worked as a Reading Recovery teacher for 5 years and also provided support for classroom teachers by teaching guided reading groups as well. Now, I am a reading intervention teacher and teach small guided reading & acceleration groups all day. I work in grades 1-4 this school year. My main focus is supporting classrooms by pushing in or pulling out during the guided reading block. My partner and I each teach 10 groups per day and usually work with the struggling students. We also help to coordinate the RTI process.
I feel so lucky to have had Reading Recovery training. It was really intense and a year long process to become certified. Once I was trained, I was able to participate in monthly Continuing Contact meetings with my trainer and all of the other trained teachers. These meetings were so amazing and where I really learned to determine the specific needs of an at-risk reader and learn how to specifically teach them the strategies they would need to accelerate. I was able to watch live lessons each month and learn from my colleagues. I take what I learned from those five years, along with the many workshops I received while working in an at-risk school, and apply it to my teaching now. I recently finished my masters' degree in elementary education over the summer, with a focus on reading as well.
Teaching children to read is a passion of mine. It is clear to me how much I love it and how much I think about it when I'm not at work!! I hope to share this passion with all of my readers and followers!
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