Our impact reaches students, instructors, and entire school communities

 
 

RESEARCH

Ongoing internal and external data analysis on Sound Partners helps us gauge not only what we are doing well, but how we must improve to better serve our communities, while staying steeped in the science of reading.

 
 
 

STUDENT OUTCOMES

Despite immense challenges in school year 2020-2021 due to COVID-19, the Literacy Trust team worked with over 140 partners to ensure students received critical literacy intervention.

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Literacy Trust staff provided 1098 support sessions to our school and community-organization partners.

 

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Book sets were provided to our school and community-organization partners.

SCHOOL PARTNERS

 
 

TESTIMONIALS

  • Literacy Trust's Reading Rescue is an amazing partnership and an incredible tiered intervention for students. Our collaboration with Literacy Trust has helped us support teachers with the conceptual, holistic approach to reading and has made stronger, effective reading instructors. Drawing from their extensive reading research, we have strengthened our tier 1 instruction and are able to provide targeted support to students that need specific supports in learning. Together, we are one step closer in reaching our instructional focus: Every Student, Every Day.

    WALTER G. JR., PRINCIPAL AT PS 304 X

  • I will admit that I was unsure on how I would be able to continue working with my student during this pandemic. However, remote Reading Rescue allowed me to continue supporting him. The digital books were great. The digital slides containing the phonics mat, magnetic letters, and sentence writing were all equally important in helping me support him. I am very thankful for all the resources that (Literacy Trust) made available.

    PATRICK L., EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT AND THIRD YEAR READING RESCUE INSTRUCTOR/PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT PS 54 X

  • Reading Rescue is a wonderful program and resource to help strengthen readers’ fluency and comprehension. It also increases students' interest in reading because it improves their self confidence as readers.

    KAREN G., INSTRUCTOR AT PS 42 X

  • The Reading Rescue Program has changed the lives of many of our students at PS 705. The program has helped our struggling students improve their reading, writing, and comprehension skills. Our students are exuding a sense of confidence and love of reading that is gratifying. Our students are happy and eager to learn. I would like us to keep Reading Rescue at PS 705 because the program works!

    MARCIA C., PARAPROFESSIONAL AND READING RESCUE PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT PS 705 K

  • Reading Rescue has given our students a way of catching up before it's too late. It has also empowered our para educators to take a lead role in the education of students at PS 20. We hope to continue our partnership for years to come.

    SARAH P., PRINCIPAL AT PS 20 M

  • Reading Rescue is a fantastic program. Thanks to all the virtual tools and resources, I can continue providing my student Reading Rescue lessons even through a pandemic. During the switch from classroom to virtual, I have been supporting and reading with my student consistently. These daily remote lessons have helped her maintain some normalcy after these uncertain times. We are both happy to be able to continue the program and track her incredible reading growth.

    MASSIEL S., FIRST GRADE TEACHER ASSISTANT AND FIRST YEAR READING RESCUE INSTRUCTOR AT PS 458 X

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES

Students are successful when their educators are knowledgeable, well prepared, and passionate about their work. Through professional development, we build community leaders in literacy.

 

87% of instructors felt equipped with the reading science knowledge to teach students in Reading Rescue.

 

95% were able to apply the skills they learned in professional development to their other areas of work as an educator.

 

Reading Rescue training impacts our instructors beyond their RR student instruction skills. As a result of our professional development training, 90% of instructors felt better at their role in their school or organization beyond their work as a Reading Rescue Instructor.

 Literacy Trust supports schools in making systematic change.

 1. GIVING EDUCATORS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD.

Each of our partner schools selects a Program Coordinator who oversees the onsite literacy intervention. For many individuals selected to be Program Coordinators, this role is the first time they have been given the opportunity to be a leader within their school contexts.

Program Coordinators are key to galvanizing
a strong intervention team. These key leaders make consistent programming possible.

 
 

2. Promoting an all-hands on deck approach.

In a typical school building, only certified teachers would work with struggling students. Our school partnerships are unique. At Literacy Trust, we believe that any adult—with the appropriate development—can successfully teach a child how to read and write. Literacy Trust works with school administrators to strategically select staff members who are able to contribute to academic instruction in unconventional ways.

Out of over 550 Reading Rescue instructors who are actively serving New York City children through school partnerships, 54% are paraprofessionals and school aides. Our staff works with these individuals to ensure they know how to implement research-based strategies to accelerate student reading growth.