A Coherent Plan for Literacy – Mercer Elementary School

 

Building Name           Mercer Elementary School                                     District       Shaker Heights City School District                                    

CIP Literacy Goal       Students will become skilled readers at their respective developmental levels

Performance Indicator 1   Increase proficiency test reading passage rate from 73% to 78% in 2001-2002______________

Performance Indicator 2    80% of students will pass grade level benchmark assessments in reading by 6/02

Performance Indicator 3    80% of students will pass grade level benchmark assessments in writing by 6/02

 

 

 

 

KEY COMPONENTS/STRATEGIES

SUPPORT/

RESOURCES

PRINCIPAL

RESPONSIBILITY

TEACHER

RESPONSIBILITY

TIMELINE

EVALUATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching/Learning/Effective Core Programs

 

Increase the volume of students’ independent reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use research based strategies consistent with Ohio’s Literacy Framework

 

 

 

Create classroom environment with organized reading area

 

 

 

 

 

Read aloud, while modeling reading strategies, occurs daily utilizing a variety of genres

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adequate selection of books in the building and classroom libraries WEB room – building and district funds

 

 

 

OPLN, Literacy Specialist, REA grant, building literacy specialist, building funds

 

Adequate collections in the WEB room, classroom, building and public libraries

 

Building funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To budget $$ for libraries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule for daily uninterrupted literacy block(s)

 

 

 

Budget $$ for building and classroom libraries

 

 

 

 

Provide forum for sharing great read aloud books

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To periodically ask children to state the titles of what they are reading and their next read [support staff also]

 

 

 

 

Planning and teaching reflect best practices

 

 

 

Organize and continually evaluate the classroom reading area

 

 

 

Read aloud while modeling reading strategies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001-2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

 

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

 

 

Every student can verbalize the title of the book he/she is currently reading and also the title of his/her next read.

 

 

 

Observations of classroom lessons, lesson plans

 

 

 

Reading areas exist in all classrooms

 

 

 

 

Evidence of read aloud lessons included in teacher lesson plans/daily schedule

 

Professional Practice/Ongoing P.D.

 

Opportunities are provided for staff to dialogue about what they are doing, form study groups and engage in other learning related to literacy.

 

 

 

Building and district literacy staff, local funds, District Literacy Specialist

 

REA grant

 

 

 

Monthly faculty meeting devoted to literacy.  Purchase professional reading materials for staff.

 

 

 

To participate in faculty meetings devoted to literacy, to read professional development materials [to participate in discussions groups whenever possible]

 

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

 

 

Attendance at faculty meetings and voluntary literacy discussions

Assessment/Accountability/Safety Nets

 

The assessment process is systematic, providing a complete history of a child’s literacy development from K through grade 4

 

 

 

 

Each child’s progress is continually monitored to spot problems as soon as they surface and interventions are provided in a timely manner

 

Extended learning opportunities will be provided to students performing below grade level expectations

 

 

 

Portfolios will be provided for every student and passed to successive teachers

 

 

 

KRP/SIP tutors assigned to grade levels K-4

 

 

 

District funds,

grant funds

 

 

 

To discuss portfolios with staff members and periodically collect the data.

 

 

 

 

 

Informs parent that the child is receiving tutoring

 

 

 

Assist staff in identifying students in need of extended opportunities, contact parents

 

 

 

Conduct ongoing assessments, record results, and file assessments in the students’ portfolios

 

 

 

 

Teachers will identify students performing below grade level and notify parent

 

Identify students performing below grade level, communicate this to parents

 

 

 

Ongoing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing

 

 

 

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

 

Portfolios and common tools recording sheets are current

 

 

 

 

 

Results from QRI and kindergarten test protocols

 

 

 

Attendance, performance on grade level benchmark assessments

Home/School/Community Partnerships

 

Ohio Reads volunteer readers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building and classroom newsletters will include information about literacy

 

 

 

Ohio Reads/PTO grant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply for an Ohio Reads Community continuation grant/ local PTO grant

 

 

 

 

 

Write weekly building newsletter, provide editing and duplicating for classroom newsletters

 

 

 

 

Identify children in grades 1 and 2 who would benefit from the Ohio Reads program

 

 

 

 

Write twice monthly newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001-2002, ongoing

 

 

 

Numbers of children participating in program and the number of books they are given, Ohio Reads Evaluation

 

Newsletters are sent home from classrooms every other week, from the building weekly