Reading Rescue is...
a professional development program and a one-on-one research-based literacy intervention geared towards struggling first and second graders.
Our Impact
Reading Rescue is the largest growing literacy intervention program in New York City public schools. Elementary schools in need of support bring in Reading Rescue to ensure that staff members use research-based strategies to accelerate reading and writing growth for its most struggling students.
1000+
Students receiving daily services
Reading Rescue targets first and second graders who are below grade-level and pairs them with skilled instructors.
850+
instructors actively enrolled
Reading Rescue works with teachers, paraprofessionals, and school aides to ensure they know how to teach reading.
300+
schools with reading rescue
Reading Rescue is in hundreds of public schools where teams of instructors work together to promote literacy.
Our Workshops
Reading Rescue professional development consists of ten full-day workshops. Each workshop is led by a Reading Rescue expert who guides participants through discussions and activities. All participants are expected to take the best practices learned in Reading Rescue workshops back to their schools and implement said practices in daily one-on-one instruction with eligible students.
incorporating all FIVe pillars of literacy
Reading Rescue professional development incorporates all five pillars of literacy--phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
a strengths-based approach to teaching
Reading Rescue instruction is entirely data-driven, based solely on what individual students need to practice as determined through individualized assessments at the start of the program.
a multi-sensory approach to phonics
Reading Rescue promotes teaching phonics through a multi-sensory approach that uses multiple modalities, including visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactical.
incorporating both reading and writing daily
Reading Rescue covers both reading and writing to ensure a holistic approach to literacy development that acknowledges the reciprocal development of both skills simultaneously.
January 2018
"Reading Rescue has made a significant impact at our school as evidenced by students entering 2nd grade with solid foundational reading skills."
Principal Talukdar, PS 236 X
Get Involved
There are many ways to support Reading Rescue. We hope you join our movement to ensure that all New York City children are reading on grade level. Whether you are an elementary school staff member, faculty, administrator, non-profit employee, or general lover of reading, there is a way for you to get involved.
Further your knowledge
Are you already a Reading Rescue instructor, looking for further professional development? Sign up now.
Bring us to your school
Want to bring Reading Rescue into your school? Contact us to see if your school is eligible for a Reading Rescue program.
Make a Donation
Do you want to become a part of bringing research-based literacy intervention to more students? Donate now.