K12 Comprehensive Reading Plan Overview for Secondary Schools 20052006

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K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan Overview for
Secondary Schools 2005-2006
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Why a K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan?

• Mandated by the Florida Department of Education.

K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan
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What is the K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan?

• A plan that articulates the plan for the teaching
  of reading in Palm Beach Countys Schools.
• It addresses
• Instruction
• Materials
• Staff Development
• Monitoring

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Components of the Comprehensive Reading Plan

• Student Performance
• Quality Reading Instruction
• Reading Block
• Intervention Support
• Role of the Reading Coach
• Quality Professional Development
• Reading Leadership Team
• School Improvement

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Student Performance

• Monitored by
• FCAT results
• Diagnostic Assessments
• Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR)
• Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)
• Fluency Probe
• Common assessments

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Quality Reading Instruction

• Time provided in Reading Block
• Support provided by coaches and professional
  development offerings
• Monitored through Instructional Reviews
• Walk-through
• Instructional Review Forms
• Lesson Plans
• -Fidelity Checks

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Reading Block

• Includes
• Read Aloud
• Independent Reading
• Initial instruction
• Differentiated instruction
• Vocabulary development

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Intervention Support

• Supplemental Education Plans
• Learning Team Meetings

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Master Schedule

• 90 minute uninterrupted intensive reading block
  for Students Scoring in the lowest 25 of Level 1
  on the 2005 FCAT Reading Assessment.
• 55 minute uninterrupted reading block for all
  other students scoring Level 1.
• 55 minute uninterrupted reading block for
  students scoring in the lowest 25 of Level 2.
• Social Studies courses scheduled with a teacher
  who has/will have Content Enhancement Training
  and has/will be reading endorsed within the next
  two years.

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The Role of the Reading Coach

• The primary role of the reading coach is as staff
  developer.
• Coaches analyze and interpret student data to
  train others to design their instructional
  program.
• Coaches are the primary source of staff
  development in reading through modeling in
  classrooms and workshops.

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Quality Professional Development

• Teachers are encouraged to focus their Individual
  Professional Development Plan (IPDP) on reading.
• Professional Development will be tiered
• Basic
• Foundational
• Highly Accomplished

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Reading Endorsement

• Content area teachers who serve students scoring
  in Level 1 or Level 2 will need to be Reading
  Endorsed within two years.
• Information regarding district level training
  will be coming soon.

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Reading Leadership Teams

• The purpose of this team is to create capacity of
  reading knowledge within the school building.
• May be in the form of an existing team.

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School Improvement

• School Improvement Plans are to be aligned with
  Comprehensive Reading Plan.

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