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Campbell County School District #1
Gillette, Wyoming
Reading Recovery is a highly respected intervention in Campbell
County School District #1. Results for students have been strong
over the past 13 years. Over the past 10 years, 1,889 first graders
have received Reading Recovery lessons. Many teachers were trained
in Reading Recovery and returned to classrooms after several years
to use their training with students in their classrooms. In recent
years, the board of education, administration, classroom teachers,
and parents of former students have reviewed Reading Recovery and
voted unanimously to continue the implementation. For the past 10
years, teacher leader Jerri Mathes has served both the Sheridan and
Gillette training sites. In August 2009, Gillette hired its own
teacher leader, Linda Keech.
Background on the Gillette Reading Recovery Site
The Sheridan and Gillette Reading Recovery sites, members of the
Wyoming Reading Recovery Consortium, were established in 1995-1996
through the efforts of many Wyoming educators including Wyoming
educational leaders Craig Dougherty and Ed Weber, and Nancy Leinius,
a Wyoming Department of Education consultant. Financial support was
provided by Consortium members and by the Wyoming Department of
Education.
The Reading Recovery professional development program for
teachers and teacher leaders in Wyoming began in Riverton during the
1995-1996 school year. Six teacher leaders from around the state
were trained by Dr. Kathleen McDonough and 14 teachers were trained
by Yvonne Gatley, both from Tuscon, AZ. Sheridan teacher, Patsy
Conner, was trained as the teacher leader for the Sheridan site and
served that site until the 1998-1999 school year. Jeri Mathes was
trained as the teacher leader for the Gillette site. When Ms. Conner
moved from Sheridan in 1999, Jeri became the teacher leader for
Sheridan and Gillette.
Reading Recovery teachers
at Gillette include
(front row left to right): Tammy Trouchon, Niki
Mullen, Tami Guesanburu, Kerry Myer, and Ann
Healey; (back row left to right): Jim Nordeen,
Sara Sproul, Trish Camino, Jenny Ketchum,
Rene Burgess, and Toni Praus. |
