This paper explores the professional preparation of remedial reading specialists for the community college. Various sections of the paper discuss the following topics: (1) the need for more reading specialists at the community college level, (2) the past training of college reading specialists, (3) undergraduate training of college reading specialists, (4) personal characteristics of such specialists, (5) reading related skills of the specialist, (6) nonreading related skills, (7) specialized knowledge and competencies of the community college instructor, (8) internship experiences, (9) training programs described in the literature, (10) degrees required for employment, (11) problems for the reading specialist in the community college, and (12) characteristics of quality teacher training courses. (FL)