CLASSROOM TEACHER INTERVIEW

Curriculum
How is the Core reading curriculum in your building chosen?
How many minutes do you spend with the general class on reading instruction a day?
(Follow up question: Is it all in one block or multiple blocks of time?)

Intervention
What reading intervention program is used at your school?
What is your ideal reading intervention program? Does your ideal intervention
program/curriculum address the needs of struggling readers?
Are you familiar with the curriculum used in your schools reading intervention?

YES

NO

What impact are you seeing from pull-out or push-in intervention?

If you could change an aspect of your current intervention program, what would you change?

Support
Do you have additional support during your allotted reading periods?
YES NO
If so, what training in reading instruction do they receive? Do you also provide some
introduction to volunteers/aides who work in your classroom?
Is there a source of support for the program from the district level or ESD level or from the
publisher? Do you use any of these supports?

Communication
How do classroom teachers and Reading Specialists collaborate? When is this done?
Are you aware of other school personnel who participate in collaboration on specific
students? Should someone else be involved in the collaboration?
How do you deliver to parents the information the Reading Specialist has on their child?