An Orientation to the Life of a READING SPECIALIST

There’s a Teacher in the Clinic

Is somebody sick?

The term clinic is used to emphasize that the services offered are specialized and individualized. Despite the term, all services are educational and not medical.

A Reading Clinic is

It is an establishment that provides specialized educational intervention services to children who have literacy learning needs.

The ground we stand on

PRESCHOOL ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL

READING EDUCATION CONTINUUM

REGULAR STREAM

There are cracks on the ground

And children fall through them…

PRESCHOOL ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL

Charlene

JR

Kyle

Alicia

So we can help them go back to the game

We try to catch them

It’s called an ASSESSMENT.

We first try to find out why they are falling.

Exactly what they need to learnIn exactly the way they learn best

It’s called intervention

Then we try to teach them

And we are sometimes called clinicians

Although we’d rather be called TEACHERS

That’s why our center is called a clinic

Here are characteristics of students and how we try helpPrep to Grade 1

studentsLacks early reading

abilityHas difficulty

catching up with formal reading instruction

Major areas of difficulty are word reading and spelling

We show that reading can be fun

We teach them the basics: phonological processing and alphabetic knowledge

We teach them how to decode and spell

We get them to talk about reading and about books

Here are characteristics of students and how we try helpGrade 2 to 4Can read and spell

words but lacks fluency

Has poor reading comprehension

Discouraged reader

We provide structured fluency practice

We teach comprehension skills and strategies

We develop love for reading

Here are characteristics of students and how we try helpGrade 5 to 7Good word reading,

good spellingFairly fluentInconsistent

reading comprehension proficiency

Hates reading

We provide fluency practice

We teach the finer comprehension skills

We teach them to apply these skills to help them study for their different subjects

We still teach love for reading

Here are characteristics of students and how we try helpHigh School Find studying

content materials difficult

Has serious difficulties with writing

Hates reading but wont admit it

We re-teach reading using their school materials

We teach them writing skills

WE still teach them to try to like reading a bit more

What do I like about my jobI get to brag about it with my friends—that

my job is so special, unique, and sophisticated. Teacher na kakaiba!

I get to develop long-term friendships with children.

I get to see results almost right away.I learn new things from my students. Did you know that there 2 kinds of bone

marrow? One is red and one is yellow.

What do I like about my jobIt’s mentally

challenging.The hours are kinda

flexible.The pay is almost

fantastic. Pwede na.

I can do what I love to do best all the time—READ.

Who can be a reading clinician?A degree in

education with specialization in English/Filipino; Language major

Can imagine doing individualized teaching

Good naturedGood languageWilling to unlearn

some things

Somethin’s tellin’ me it might be you

The Path AheadLearn how to be a good clinicianLearn how to teach others how to be

cliniciansLearn how to do assessmentLearn how to train others what you knowLearn how to supervise your own reading

clinic

Ibagsak ang Kumon!

The End