LATEST NEWS AT LITERACY TRUST
An Open Letter to ULit Reading Coaches
Dear Universal Literacy Initiative reading coaches,
We have known some of you since 2016, and have gotten to know each of you in dozens of professional development sessions over subsequent years.
Featured in Chalkbeat: Literacy Trust’s Work in P.S. 111 Q
Check out the article below, which was released by Chalkbeat–a non-profit news organization that reports on education policy and practice! Chalkbeat’s Alex Zimmerman visited P.S. 111 in Queens to get a firsthand look at the reading intervention work P.S. 111 is doing through the Reading Rescue professional development provided by Literacy Trust. Read about Eileen Bramer, a paraprofessional at the school, and her experience with Reading Rescue by visiting the link below.
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month!
As a nonprofit that runs a literacy intervention program for first graders, we’ve been thinking a lot about dyslexia this month. For those newer to the term,
End of Year Celebration 2019
Our End of Year Celebration was a roaring success! We ate, drank, and celebrated our awardees at 26 Bridge in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Instructor Spotlight: Constance Kong
Constance has been working for the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) for about six years. CPC and P.S. 2 in Chinatown have had an ongoing partnership since 1972, which includes CPC staff running after school and summer programming for the school. Constance is their Education Specialist and in 2015, she joined the P.S. 2 Reading Rescue team.
Instructor Spotlight: Denise Pucciarelli
Denise is a Reading Rescue instructor at P.S. 56 in Staten Island, where she has worked as a paraprofessional for 13 years. Prior to her work in a first grade classroom for the past two years, Denise has spent time in a variety of K-5 classrooms.
Instructor Spotlight: Patrick Lindsey
Patrick is a paraprofessional and Reading Rescue program coordinator at P.S./I.S. 54 in the Bronx. We visited him at school to hear about his work as a program coordinator, instructor, and all-around education leader in his community.
Instructor Spotlight: Jessica Alestra
Jessica Alestra is a passionate first year Reading Rescue instructor at P.S. 69 in Jackson Heights, Queens. We are excited to introduce you to her here, and in our Instagram story. Jessica has recently returned to school to become a teacher, as is the case with both of her two Reading Rescue instructor colleagues. She loves being a paraprofessional and is confident that her classroom experience will make her a better teacher.
Instructor Spotlight: Sasha Garcia
Congratulations to the first 2018-2019 Instructor of the Month SASHA GARCIA! Sasha is a paraprofessional at P.S. 106 in Brooklyn in her third year as a Reading Rescue instructor.