Reading Clinic
The Marie Callahan Reading Clinic, located in Lourdes, is a dedicated space on campus designed to invite school-aged children from the community to receive support in learning to read as well as develop their abilities as life-long readers.
Students in both of the School of Education’s Graduate Literacy Specialist Programs provide one-on-one support to elementary and secondary students in the Reading Clinic as part of their course requirements and fieldwork experiences. These experiences typically occur during the Spring term.
During the Spring semester, a graduate student meets with the same child each week, for one hour, over the 13-week session. Each child has their own personalized tutoring space. In addition to the individual literacy workspaces, there are also communal spaces for small group reading, discussions and presentations.
A primary responsibility of the graduate student is to assess the individual whom they teach to determine strengths as well as needs, design an instructional program to overcome or compensate for those needs, and provide one-to-one instruction catered to the needs of the child. Informal communication occurs with the child’s family over the semester. At the end of the semester, a parent letter is provided as a report detailing their child’s progress.
Students working to complete their Master’s Literacy Specialist Program (MSED) as well as the Post Master’s Literacy Specialist Certification Only Program work in the clinic to complete Literacy specific coursework requirements as well as fieldwork and practicum experiences.
Contact Us
Sessions of the Marie Callahan Reading Clinic are 13 weeks and begin in January each year. We do not currently offer tutoring from August through December.
Please email: mcrc@naz.edu for inquiries about the Marie Callahan Reading Clinic or to request an application for your child to be added to the waitlist.
The Marie Callahan Reading Clinic is located in Lourdes Hall.
