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Elementary (PreK - 5)
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What is the Goal?
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Accelerate reading achievement so at least 85-90% of ALL students, grades PreK
- 5, are performing on or above grade level.
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How is the Goal accomplished?
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The Literacy First consultant will build the capacity of the teachers and the
leadership team to accomplish the goal. Teachers will strengthen their
knowledge of the reading skills/processes and how to teach them in a systematic
explicit manner. Principals will strengthen their instructional leadership
skills to effectively monitor and support all the critical elements necessary
to achieve the goal.
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The three-year plan to accomplish the goal includes the following:
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A
schedule is developed for students to receive, on a daily basis, 2 hours of
systematic and explicit reading instruction plus up to 20 minutes of monitored
independent reading practice.
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The
Literacy First consultant provides the following services over 3 years.
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Each
teacher participates in 8 days of intensive reading professional development
over two years.
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22 days
of coaching/consulting to reinforce the process, skills and content presented
during the professional development.
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Develops
the capacity of the building leadership team to continue the full and effective
implementation of the Literacy First Process at the completion of the 3 years.
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Content
of the training includes:
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How to
use formative assessment data to drive daily reading instruction.
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How to
form and use flexible skill groups so students are taught at their "zone of
proximal development
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How to
structure reading lessons to ensure that students are taught the reading
process in a systematic and explicit manner
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How to
use literacy centers to provide reinforcement of reading skills and processes
taught in flexible skill groups
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Curriculum
includes phonemic awareness, phonics, advanced decoding, fluency, vocabulary,
comprehension skills, strategic reading tools and metacognitive processes
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Use of
My Data First, a customized data management and analysis system.
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Participation
in the annual Leadership Institute to develop instructional leadership skills.
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What are the results?
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Turi T. Small Elementary, Volusia County, Florida - 85% Free/Reduced,
90% African American - 85% students on grade level on reading FCAT, State Grade
of A
Northern Elementary, Fayette County, Kentucky - 80% Free/Reduced, 89%
students on grade level reading KCCT
29 Literacy First schools in Oklahoma outperformed all schools with
similar demographics and performed better than the state average on nationally
normed reading assessments.
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Summary of Services and Materials - Elementary (PreK - 5)
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Service
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Professional Development
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5 days for K-2 teachers
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3 days for K-2 teachers
5 days for 3-5 teachers
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3 days for 3-5 teachers
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Coaching/Consulting
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6 days per school,
unlimited phone and e-mail
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10 days per school,
unlimited phone and e-mail
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6 days per school,
unlimited phone and e-mail
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Leadership Institute
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EACH YEAR - 2 days in
July for principal, Literacy Resource Specialist and one district level
administrator. No cost other than district responsible for travel expenses
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My Data First
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Data gathering and
analysis system used each year to disaggregate student achievement data and
form flexible skill groups for reading instruction
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Developing Expert Reading Teachers
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20 tape video training
series to be retained by each school
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Materials
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Teacher Manual -
containing criterion referenced, benchmarked, reading curriculum and
instructional reading activities. In addition, each teacher receives 7 resource
books filled with ready to use activities for reading instruction and literacy
centers
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All services and materials are CUSTOMIZED to meet needs of the individual
schools.
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