The Need to Read
"It all began with the oa friends"
About The Need to Read
by Lori Herrick
Teachers want to use their time and expertise to teach, not to spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours on professional training courses and prep work!
The Need to Read was founded as a way to keep the momentum going. The Need to Read is a culmination of the skills and ideas I've been developing and refining, for many years. My colleagues and I have seen what The Stevenson Reading program can do to change students’ lives and we are bringing Nancy Richard Stevenson's brilliant reading program to a whole new level!
Our goal is to create the online presence, platform, training, and curriculum that today's teachers and learners want and need. One that is comprehensive, creative, engaging, affordable, and designed to work with a minimal amount of preparation and training. Teachers want to use their time and expertise to teach, not to spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours on professional training courses and prep work!
Reading interventions, based on the science of reading, are being implemented in schools across the country. This is a great step forward, yet I still receive frequent calls from frustrated parents and colleagues because their students' reading skills are not progressing. Our goal at The Need to Read is to create the most effective, efficient, comprehensive, and affordable reading instruction platform possible!
We founded the Need to Read because of the immense need for schools, teachers, tutors, and parents to have access to excellent training and highly effective reading programs. Our programs are based on the Stevenson Reading Programs. They are fun, engaging, evidence based, phonic based, sequential, and explicit. The Need to Read curriculum includes all of the qualities of the science of reading plus other evidence based strategies such as storytelling, mnemonics, fun visualizations and so much more!
As we continue to develop our programs, all of the existing levels of Stevenson will continue to be available through our website and at StevensonLearning.com. If at any time you require assistance or have questions, call us at (937) 532-0772. We are glad to help!