REAP 10 Years – REAP: Reading is Essential for All People

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With your help, REAP can keep going strong.
We can provide many more years of life-changing Structured Literacy instruction for public school students.

A decade of making a difference

68% of Georgia 4th graders can’t read proficiently. 39% can’t read at a basic level.

REAP is fighting this childhood illiteracy epidemic by training teachers (and future teachers) in Structured Literacy. We unlock each child’s potential by giving teachers a better way to teach reading so all children can learn to read.

Teachers Trained

Public Schools

Students Benefited

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There are many thousands of Georgia children who need this special kind of teaching to become successful readers and confident learners. We rely on donations and grants to accomplish our work in schools that desperately need our help.

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10 years of positive change

We’re humbled by the number of teachers and administrators who have sought out REAP’s Structured Literacy training, and we’re thrilled by how many students have benefited!

2013

Goal: train 1 teacher in Orton Gillingham

REAP is born

Jen & Jeremy Rhett and Carla Stanford devised a plan to help struggling readers. The Goal: Provide Orton-Gillingham training for 1 public school teacher.

Received 35 applications for teacher training

Trained 1st cohort of 12 public school teachers in Orton-Gillingham

2014

Crushed our 1st-year goal!

Kids need it. Teachers want it.

Received 100+ teacher applications

Trained 2nd cohort of 74 public school teachers

2015

180 teachers trained so far

Coaching + modeling = better training

Received 200+ teacher applications
Trained 3rd cohort of 94 public school teachers in SL
Added in-school coaching and modeling to help trained teachers implement SL in the classroom

2016

260 teachers trained benefitting 8,000+ students

Training a whole school!

Tailored the training to meet the needs of the public school setting
Held the 1st REAP Summer Reading Camp for struggling readers and advanced teachers
Trained 1st cohort of Cobb County teachers

Trained 1st entire school: Burgess-Peterson Academy

2017

Total of 460 teachers trained

Summer camp boosts struggling readers

Held 2nd Summer Reading Camp to quickly boost the critical reading skills of struggling readers

Held the 6th cohort of 10-Day SL training for public school teachers

2018

600+ teachers trained

Teachers ask for advanced training

25 teachers jumped into advanced training while providing much-needed intensive remediation for dozens of struggling readers

2019

840 teachers trained benefitting 30,000+ students

Let's train the college students!

Partnered with Georgia College to launch a ground-breaking 10-Day Structured Literacy training program for pre-service teachers

2020

40,000+ readers have benefitted from 960 REAP-trained teachers

Did someone say "virtual training"?

Pivoted to virtual delivery of the training program
Trained 1st group of Georgia College junior and senior education students

2021

1,370 teachers trained

REAP-trained teachers at 100+ schools

Trained multiple cohorts of Cobb County teachers
Trained 2nd cohort of Georgia College students
Helped schools assess reading skills with Acadience Reading Asessment

2022

We're up to 1,555 trained teachers

College grads: ready to teach reading!

Trained an unprecedented 4 cohorts of teachers from 18 schools in APS, Cobb, Dekalb, and Fulton

The Georgia College class of 2023 was the first group seniors to graduate with the full 10-Day REAP Structured Literacy training

2023

1,735 teachers trained at 120+ schools

New programs by popular demand

Training 6 cohorts of REAP 10-Day Structured Literacy
Hosted the 1st REAP Revisits webinar for past REAP-trained teachers
Hosted the 1st REAP Word Awareness Workshop
Hosted the 1st REAP SL Training for School Administrators

About REAP

Reading is Essential for All People is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving reading proficiency in public school students through teacher training and enrichment. REAP provides public school teachers with specialized training that reinforces the foundations of reading. These training approaches are helpful for any child, in any classroom, small group, or one-on-one situation, and are especially critical for struggling readers. REAP is located in Decatur, Georgia.

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You helped us accomplish all this great stuff!

A decade of making a difference

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10 years of positive change