{"id":318,"date":"2026-09-13T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidliteracy.com\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2026-09-14T01:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T01:47:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rapidliteracy.com\/?page_id=318","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rapid Literacy is the idea of David Sievers, a Mild\/Moderate Special Education Teacher. His goal is to simplify effective reading instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 20 years David has taught Special Education on the elementary and high school levels, in both public and charter schools, as a classroom teacher, co-teacher, and virtual teacher. He has taught General Education and Moderate\/Severe students in addition to Mild\/Moderate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has had training in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonlanguage.com\/programs\/wilson-reading-system\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonlanguage.com\/programs\/wilson-reading-system\/\">Wilson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ortonacademy.org\/resources\/what-is-the-orton-gillingham-approach\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ortonacademy.org\/resources\/what-is-the-orton-gillingham-approach\/\">Orton-Gillingham<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmhco.com\/programs\/read-180?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23936340210&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD9h9PSXqRVaQB8tP-Rw2wFlN5ET2&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwk5nVBhDiARIsAHNGqadKvyt744xEI1LTLTXYptguOSZiq5jHpZLSjeCvJms3DTCyLL8J6a8aApUAEALw_wcB\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hmhco.com\/programs\/read-180?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23936340210&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAD9h9PSXqRVaQB8tP-Rw2wFlN5ET2&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwk5nVBhDiARIsAHNGqadKvyt744xEI1LTLTXYptguOSZiq5jHpZLSjeCvJms3DTCyLL8J6a8aApUAEALw_wcB\">Read 180<\/a> reading programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rapid Literacy is designed as a bridge between phonics and whole-language reading instruction, where students not only see their skills grow every day, but also discover the joy of creativity and self-expression while rapidly learning how to read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid Literacy is the idea of David Sievers, a Mild\/Moderate Special Education Teacher. 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