Reading ASSIST Institute - Unlocking the written word... one sound at a time

Click each category to read what educators who have participated in the following RAI training programs are saying:

> Early Literacy Workshop
> LETRS
> RAPS
> DIBELS and DIBELS Grouping
> Modules

Early Literacy Workshop:
“Presenter was very good. Good PowerPoint. Enjoyed the make and take activties.” (Delaware Early Education provider)
“I learned new ideas for alphabet building skills and phonetic connection ideas.” (Delaware Early Education provider)
“There were a lot of hands-on activities. Great ideas to take back to classroom. Wonderful to pass on to our parents.” (Delaware Early Education provider)

LETRS:
“I found that the methods to getting students to be more word conscious were most helpful. While they are not difficult to implement, they are not known by many educators.”(Delaware Teacher)
“The topics I found most helpful were how to involve first grade ELL students in learning vocabulary. The Spanish/English correlation was eye opening!” (Delaware Teacher)
“Thank you for your time. I enjoyed my Saturday. I cannot wait to try things in my classroom next week!” (Delaware Teacher)
“LETRS is a great foundation for reading instruction. If we could require LETRS, which gives the theory, and RAPS, which gives the teachers the nuts and bolts to implement the theory, for all primary reading teachers, we would have quality reading instruction available to all students.” (Teacher, Brandywine School District)
“Thank you, thank you!! Excellent presentation. Some new activities to use with my students. I got a much better understanding of why I do certain things. You assured my 52 year old brain can still learn new things.” (Teacher, Brandywine School District)

RAPS:
“I found the repetition of things we were learning helpful and appreciated the manual for preparation of our own tutoring. I appreciated reading “Educating Andrew” in order to really see the impact of tutoring on kids.” (RAI Volunteer)
“Reading Assist training was a very rewarding and valuable experience! Even as a teacher with many years of experience, there are many nuances of our language that I never truly understood as “rules”, rather than exceptions. During the training, I had a number of “aha!” moments when there were rules that I had always been able to instinctively read, but never really understood until they were presented.“ (Delaware Teacher)

DIBELS and DIBELS Grouping:
“This provided the assessment tool needed to pinpoint the areas of concern for my students.” (Teacher, Deerfield Township School)
“I really enjoyed seeing all directions and questions broken down into steps. It was helpful to have a step-by-step review and practice, in addition to a resource booklet. I am looking forward to using this in the classroom.” (Teacher, West Deptford School District)
“We are given the strategies to assess and the tools to help our students.” (Teacher, West Deptford School District)
“I liked the fact that we were able to utilize our class lists for grouping.” (Teacher, West Deptford School District)
“I like that we had a chance to look at a class list and group them according to instructional needs.” (Teacher, West Deptford School District)
“There was a full explanation/training for using DIBELS.” (Delaware Teacher)

Modules:
“I will use these activities in the classroom to promote phonological awareness.” (Delaware Teacher)
“I will use the materials/activities on the CD to help my children identify, recognize and familiarized with phonemes.” (Delaware Teacher)
“I plan to use many of the phonological activities provided during the session in my own future classroom.” (Delaware Teacher)
“I learned that Fluency activities alone do not create fluency.”
“I will use this information to help student’s gain better understanding of English rules/language that they can apply to decode unknown words. Will use activities during both whole and small group instruction.” (Teacher, Christina School District)