Reading Liberia
Reading Liberia – with support from the Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE) developed and operates a comprehensive readership program that trains teachers in 26 public elementary schools in strategies for student-centered activities and cooperative learning across the curriculum with strong focus on skills in reading and writing for critical thinking. Teachers are regularly monitored, assessed and certificated. Under its book production program which has a goal of producing 10 titles a year, writers and illustrators are trained to write and illustrate culture relevant and engaging children books for the primary level. This program has trained over 900 teachers that have impacted the lives of more than 20,000 students. Twenty-Five writers and 10 illustrators have been trained; 8 titles have been published, 8 titles are in the production process and 50 manuscripts are being vetted to select 10 titles for the next 2012- 2013 round of production.
Reading Liberia is a comprehensive readership program that trains teachers in best teaching practices that encourage participatory learning and provides an opportunity where students can examine, interpret, debate and analyze materials as they learn.
This training is biased on the RWCT format of teaching ABC or ERR .
Reading Liberia is a comprehensive readership program that trains teachers in best teaching practices that encourage participatory learning and provides an opportunity where students can examine, interpret, debate and analyze materials as they learn.
This training is biased on the RWCT format of teaching ABC or ERR .