The Literacy Trust, Inc. 

Over the three years of an initial adoption, Reading Rescue consultants deliver training and coaching for tutors and for the teacher serving as a school's Reading Rescue Coordinator (aka Literacy Coach) and provide training and support for administrators.  Tutors receive 12 days of intensive training in reading, assessments, and tutoring over the three years. Reading Rescue Coordinators have an optional and additional 15 days of training available for them.  Unlimited technical assistance is provided to schools.

YEAR ONE
Initial Training – Days 1 & 2 (for all tutors)
•    Screening to identify Rescue students
•    Individual Assessments and Easing In
Initial Training – Days 3 & 4 (for all tutors)
•    Analyzing assessments
•    Phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
•    The Rescue lesson
First Follow-up Training – Day 5 (for all tutors)
•    How to build fluency
•    Word study to develop phonological awareness and phonics
•    Graduation criteria and Easing Out
Second Follow-up Training – Day 6 (for all tutors)
•    Tutor conferences
•    Writing to develop phonological awareness, phonics, and comprehension
•    Effective prompting to develop reading strategies
Optional Advanced Institute – 5 Days (usually held in New York City)
•    Advanced training for Literacy Coaches

(Optional because some schools cannot afford to send personnel out-of-state for additional training)

YEAR TWO
Third Follow-up Training – Day 7 (for all tutors)
•    Word recognition: phonological awareness, phonics, and orthographic structure of language
Coordinators As Coaches – Day 8 (for all tutors)
•    Literacy Coach Training: Monitoring for fidelity; observing and coaching tutors
Fourth Follow-up Training – Day 9 (for all tutors)
•    Literacy development in children
•    Prompting for comprehension
•    Written record for instructional planning
Quality Assurance Visit – Day 10 (for all tutors)
•    Tutor observations with feedback
•    Review tutor products for fidelity
Optional Advanced Institute – 5 Days
•    Advanced training for Literacy Coaches

YEAR THREE
Fifth Follow-up Training – Day 11 (for all tutors)
•    Text structure and comprehension
Quality Assurance Visit – Day 12 (for all tutors)
•    Tutor observations with feedback
•    Review tutor products for fidelity
Optional Advanced Institute – 5 Days
•    Advanced training for Literacy Coaches

YEAR FOUR AND BEYOND

Services needed to maintain Reading Rescue within a school beyond the initial three-year adoption contract are negotiate on a per school basis with The Literacy Trust, Inc.