Mississippi Bend AEA is Awarded Two Scholarships
The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency received two scholarships for training Shanna Robinson as a Reading Recovery teacher leader at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Robinson is a Reading Recovery teacher, reading specialist, and has supported Reading First professional development in her building for the Davenport Community School District.
The two scholarships are as follows:
$50,000 from the Reading Recovery Council of Iowa
<!- $10,000 from the Deluxe Corporation Foundation
Robinson will be recognized at the 2010 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on February 6-9, 2010.The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency has been a Reading Recovery training site since 1993 and currently supports 41 Reading Recovery teachers.