Reading is a core element for learning and development. One college has gone the extra mile in teaching, as well as providing a valuable community service that enhancing reading skills. McDaniel College is working in conjunction with Carroll County Public Schools to providing valuable teaching experience for the college’s students and learning experiences for the Carroll County Public school students.
Olympic-Themed Reading Clinic Earns Gold Medal in Boosting Disadvantaged Students’ Academic Growth.
McDaniel College is stepping up to support students with reading difficulties.
Towards the end of the Master’s degree program at McDaniel College, the graduate students put into action what they have learned and teach a summer reading program to support the academic achievement of disadvantaged students within the Carrol County Public Schools and they are seeing progress with the students in reading comprehension.
[The reading clinic] is a federal program “that provides financial assistance to local school systems and schools with high percentages of poor children to support the academic achievement of disadvantaged students,” according to the Maryland State Department of Education.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Graduate students from McDaniel College work with Carroll County Public Schools to gain credits by working with the children on reading and writing skills.
- The theme of the reading clinic was based on the Summer Olympics.
- The Summer Olympics was the inspiration for many of the reading and writing programs held at the McDaniel College Reading Clinic.
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