Angela DesBarres, Director of Instructional Programs, Grande Prairie Public School District

“There are strategies, Professional Development and Professional Learning Community implications that ALL teachers benefit from when Reading Recovery is implemented. The strength in this intervention is in how teachers observe and change their teaching to suit the needs of the students they are working with. Another strength is in how teachers meet regularly to WATCH each other teach, ask questions about the strategies they are using, ask each other what they think they can change or adjust to assist their students to learn more effectively. The question is………… Why can’t we all do that? IMAGINE where our students might go?”