Our Facilities

Once located in the basement of Baldy Hall, CLaRI has relocated our unique center to the lower level of Foster Hall, the home of the Graduate School of Education. Here, each child has their own personalized tutoring area that is collaboratively made between the student and their tutor with resources to support their reading and writing needs. These carrels are also outfitted with state of the art audio/visual recording devices that we utilize as we conduct research to develop best practices in literacy education. We pride ourselves in offering a center that is family friendly, containing a coffee bar for parents to grab a pick-me-up while their children are in lessons, and offering a warm atmosphere to comfort young readers by offering beanbag chairs, stuffed animals, and other comforts for the children we support. We consider CLaRI a “community of learners” – a place where children learn to be good readers and writers, parents can feel comfortable that their children are being supported in our care, and where clinicians learn about developmentally appropriate literacy instruction. Click through our images to see our facilities.

Zoom image: Our motto is a “community of learners.” Photo of bulletin board.

Our motto is a “community of learners.”

Zoom image: This tutoring carrel reflects the interests and literacy needs of a third-grade student. This child loves her mom and wrote a story, with the help of her clinicians, to explain why. Tutoring space.

This tutoring carrel reflects the interests and literacy needs of a third-grade student. This child loves her mom and wrote a story, with the help of her clinicians, to explain why.

Zoom image: Students and clinicians work together to personalize the work space for each student. Personalized work space.

Students and clinicians work together to personalize the work space for each student.

Zoom image: Tutoring carrel of a first grader who is learning to read and write lots of vocabulary words. Tutoring carrel.

Tutoring carrel of a first grader who is learning to read and write lots of vocabulary words.

Zoom image: Tutoring carrel of a second grader. The clinicians and child spend time every tutoring session solidifying his knowledge of common ending sounds and letters. Tutoring carrel of a second grader.

Tutoring carrel of a second grader. The clinicians and child spend time every tutoring session solidifying his knowledge of common ending sounds and letters.

Zoom image: This tutoring area is home to an 8th grader who loves football. His clinicians not only decorated the area with football pictures, but also incorporated a football theme to many activities. Tutoring area.

This tutoring area is home to an 8th grader who loves football. His clinicians not only decorated the area with football pictures, but also incorporated a football theme to many activities.

Zoom image: Clinicians use the CLaRI library to find appropriate text for instruction. CLaRI library.

Clinicians use the CLaRI library to find appropriate text for instruction.

Zoom image: Children can check out books from the CLaRI library to read at home. CLaRI library.

Children can check out books from the CLaRI library to read at home.

Zoom image: Kids enjoy sitting in the beanbag chairs and reading a book from the CLaRI library. Reading area.

Kids enjoy sitting in the beanbag chairs and reading a book from the CLaRI library.

Zoom image: Tutoring takes place in a large room and is closely supervised by literacy faculty. Instruction of future reading teachers also takes place at CLaRI. Large tutoring space.

Tutoring takes place in a large room and is closely supervised by literacy faculty. Instruction of future reading teachers also takes place at CLaRI.

Zoom image: CLaRI waiting room for parents and children. Waiting room.

CLaRI waiting room for parents and children.

Zoom image: CLaRI waiting room for parents and children. CLaRO waiting space.

CLaRI waiting room for parents and children.