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of North America require that a Reading Recovery teacher "teach at least four children individually for 30 minutes daily in a school setting. " This guideline may be perceived as constrictive or arbitrary, but it was established because of the importance to Reading Recovery teacher training, and the purposes of Reading Recovery as a system intervention to reduce reading failure and to the maintenance of program integrity. The paper first considers training and professional development, and then considers system implementation and program integrity. (NKA) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document