Wayne Teachers Honored For Implementing New Reading Intervention Program

WAYNE, N.J. — The Board of Education honored several teachers recently for implementing a district-wide initiative to help students who are struggling learning how to read.

This summer, officials established a goal of developing an early intervention program for elementary school students who were struggling with reading.

The Wilson Reading System was implemented. The system is designed to help students with Dyslexia or language-based learning disabilities.

The district's reading specialists completed a certification program and implemented the system.

Superintendent Mark Toback said students tutored under this, "multi-sensory" program achieved "great gains" and "exceeded the reading improvement goals established by their teachers."

Thirty more teachers will attend a three-day training program and another 10 will complete the full-year training program, Toback said, bringing the total number of educators trained to use the system to 75.

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Photo: From left, Assistant Director of Student Support Services Erica Cerilli-Levine, Director of Elementary Education Donna Reichman, John F. Kennedy reading specialist Elizabeth Sponenburg, John F. Kennedy Principal Kolleen Myers, Packanack Elementary reading specialist Debra Nussbaum, Packanack Elementary Principal Roger Rogalin, Albert Payson Terhune reading specialist Suzana Adamo, Albert Payson Terhune Principal Dawn Auerbach, Theunis Dey reading specialist Margaret Pisani, and Theunis Dey Principal Necole Jadick. — Wayne Township Public Schools