TRAINING THE READING RESOURCE TEACHER

The importance of the selection process involved in setting up a reading resource teacher training program _s stressed. Mentioned are three factors found to be crucial in selection: assignment to the program must be voluntary, the volunteers selected must be persons highly respected by their colleagues, and each potential reading resource teacher must have the strong personal support and confidence of the local building principal. In describing the general overall structure of the reading resource teacher training program these three major goals are named: the extending of trainees ' theoretical knowledge of the reading process and reading pedagogy, the sharpening of trainees ' diagnostic and remediational skills for working with individual readers, and the examination and evaluation of various methods of informal supervision and help for other classroom teachers. References are included. (Author/NH