Award Recipients Attended the 2010 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference

TEACHER LEADER SCHOLARSHIPS
Deluxe Corporation Foundation Teacher Leader Scholarships
The Deluxe Corporation Foundation is a grant-giving institution that has partnered with educational, cultural, and human service nonprofit organizations for more than 50 years to enrich the communities of Deluxe Corporation employees. An independent 501(c) (3) organization, the Deluxe Corporation Foundation receives funding from Deluxe Corporation to support its mission of giving back to the communities it serves. The Foundation’s support for Reading Recovery professional development has benefited children, teachers, and schools in many communities where Deluxe Corporation employees live and work.

 
(L-R standing) Carole Girdler, Ontario, Canada; Nicki McGowan, Nashville, TN; Esther Bergman, Ontario, Canada; (seated) Paul Brown, Deluxe Corporation Foundation.  Not pictured: Shanna Robinson, Bettendorf, IA.

Hameray/Yuen Family Foundation Teacher Leader Scholarships
The Hameray Publishing Group is dedicated to publishing innovative literacy materials for today’s educators. Combining a sound research-based approach with cutting-edge classroom solutions, Hameray Publishing Group has developed literacy materials for struggling readers as well as those reading at grade level. The Yuen Family Foundation, a private charitable organization, in conjunction with the Hameray Publishing Group, funded two $15,000 teacher leader scholarships and donated books ($1,000 value) to the newly trained teacher leaders for use in their teaching.

Pictured are: (L-R standing) Christine and Raymond Yuen of the Hameray Publishing Group; (seated) Jacqueline Grenier, Lewiston, ME.  Not pictured: Michelle O’Shea.

Pioneer Valley Educational Press Teacher Leader Scholarship
Pioneer Valley Educational Press, based in Amherst, MA, is an educational publishing company offering quality books to help children gain fluency in their reading. Pioneer Valley Educational Press funded one $15,000 teacher leader scholarship and donated Pioneer Valley books ($1,000 value) to the newly trained teacher leader for use in teaching or training.

Pictured are: (L-R) Alice Ruth Bennett, Jersey City, NJ and Michelle Dufresne, Pioneer Valley Educational Press.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
Geri Stone Memorial Fund Grants and Scholarship Program
Family members and friends established this fund in memory of Geri Stone’s leadership and work as a Michigan Reading Recovery teacher leader. Grants and scholarships are awarded to Reading Recovery teachers to help offset the cost of training, professional development, or other literacy efforts.

Pictured are: (L-R standing) Michaela Moore, Hillsdale, MI; Julia Wolfe, Hillsdale, MI; (Seated) Greta Zaring, Loveland, CO.

Kaeden Books Professional Development Grant
Kaeden Books was founded in Rocky River, OH, to provide quality reading materials for primary teachers to use with children in their first years of the reading experience. Kaeden Books sponsored a $1,000 grant for attendance to the 2010 National Conference. 

Pictured are (L-R) Laura Harrington, Churchville, PA and Craig Urmston of Kaeden Books.

The Minnesota Literacy Scholarship Fund
In memory of Reading Recovery teacher leader Diane Holum, the fund provides scholarships for Minnesota Reading Recovery teachers, teacher leaders, university trainers, and others who support the implementation of Reading Recovery to attend the National Conference. 

(L-R) Tonya Person, Minnesota Literacy Scholarship Representative; Kathleen Sloan, Bagley, MN

Townsend Press
Townsend Press is an educational publisher of an acclaimed series of reading, vocabulary, and writing textbooks for the school and college markets. They also publish, through their nonprofit foundation, an affordable library of original and classic paperbacks.

Townsend Press Professional Development Scholars are: (L-R standing) Debby Wood, Capitol Heights, MD; Bridget Kelly, Brooklyn, NY; Laura Takata, Manassas, VA; Sharon Bounds, Boaz, AL; (L-R seated) George Henry, Townsend Press; George Holland, Dubuque, IA

Zaner-Bloser Professional Development Grant
The mission of Zaner-Bloser, the Language Arts and Reading Company, is to make a significant contribution to the education of children in prekindergarten through eighth grade by publishing materials of the highest quality.

 
(L-R standing) Kathleen Wright and Patricia Bailey, Zaner-Bloser; (seated) Dena True, Kirksville, MO.