Close the Gap with the Literacy First
Intensive Reading Solution
and accelerate reading achievement
3 or more years in 1 year
If you are like many of your peers across the country, you have probably found a need to accelerate reading achievement with goals and expectations requiring multiple years of improvement in a single year. Surprising as it may seem, these goals are very realistic!
Learn more about Literacy First for Middle School and High School:
Such lofty goals were not out of reach by many schools much like yours, and they are well within the reach of your students, teachers and leadership teams as well. Literacy First can show you how it can be accomplished in your environment with existing resources, faster than you would have ever imagined. Skeptical? Want to know the secret behind these proven claims?
Quite simply, the Literacy First Process builds a systemic outreach into all Content Areas, refining every teachers’ instructional skills. This in turn promotes faster comprehension for all students.
From the very start, Literacy First establishes teacher capability and confidence as well as strong supportive instructional leadership as critical success factors that are set in place with easy to follow step-by-step procedures that:
- Provide instructional strategies the drive students to clearer and quicker understanding of content
- Strengthen teachers’ instructional skills, regardless of content area and
- Enrich principal’s instructional leadership skills and ability to provide on-going supportive growth environment.
Literacy First provides a comprehensive 3-year Middle School - High School plan to Accelerated Reading and Content Area Achievement, which includes the following: a concise structured daily plan for struggling readers to receive 2 hours of systematic and explicit reading instruction plus up to 20 minutes of monitored independent reading practice; a customized schedule for school-wide achievement across all grades and content areas; on-going on-site professional development, coaching and consultation for teachers and administrators; an online data collection, management and analysis system; and registration in our annual Leadership Institute.
Secondary Closing the Achievement Gap
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Summary of Services and Materials - Middle / High School
| Service | Year One | Year Two | Year Three |
|---|---|---|---|
Professional Development | Content Area5 days for approximately 1/3 of Content Area Teachers Intensive Reading5 days for Intensive Reading Teachers working with struggling readers |
Content Area5 days for approximately 1/3 of Content Area Teachers Intensive Reading5 days for Intensive Reading Teachers working with struggling readers |
Content Area5 days for remaining 1/3 of Content Area Teachers Intensive Reading3 days for Intensive Reading Teachers working with struggling readers |
Coaching / Consulting |
8 days in-building, 10 hours phone and unlimited phone and email per school |
8 days in-building, 10 hours phone and unlimited phone and email per school |
8 days in-building, 10 hours phone and unlimited phone and email per school |
Leadership Institute |
3 Registrations Annually - 2 days in July for principal, literary resource specialist and district-level administrator |
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My Data First |
Unlimited online access to My Date First online data gathering and analysis system |
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Teacher Materials and Resources |
Content Area200 page Teacher Manual & 2 Teacher Resource Books per teacher Intensive Reading500 page Teacher Manual & 5 Teacher Resource Books per teacher |
Content Area200 page Teacher Manual & 2 Teacher Resource Books per teacher Intensive ReadingNo Additional Materials Required |
Content Area200 page Teacher Manual & 2 Teacher Resource Books per teacher Intensive ReadingNo Additional Materials Required |