| District 11 Educational Support Services |
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| Literacy Resource Teachers |
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WelcomeLiteracy Resource Teachers / Standards Coaches |
"Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity.
For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right. ... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.” ~ Kofi Annan Diplomat, Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
"Literacy is not a luxury; it
is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of
the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all
our citizens."
"American schools need to need to enhance the
ability of children to search and sort through information, to synthesize
and analyze the information they encounter." ~ Richard
Arlington,
"LITERACY COACHING is most effective when it begins with teachers’ interests, needs, and concerns; therefore, literacy coaches are wise to develop the habit of listening and learning before all else." -- Cathy Toll cited on Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse http://www.literacycoachingonline.org/
"The relationships between the adults in a school have a greater influence on the character and quality of that school and on student accomplishment than anything else." -- Roland S. Barth "Leadership, then, is not mobilizing others to solve problems we already know how to solve. but to help them confront problems that have never yet been successfully addressed." -- M. Fullan, Leading in a Culture of Change
"He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following is only taking a walk." -- John Maxwell
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What We Believe
Vision Literacy Resource Teachers/Standards Coaches will work within the learning community to maximize each member’s positive influence on student achievement. Mission Our mission is to increase student achievement by
Guiding Principles We believe:
We:
We can increase teacher effectiveness by supporting:
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Standards-Based Coaching
The Colorado Reading and Writing Standards express what Colorado students should know and be able to do
LRTs will assist, advise and provide support for teachers and principals in implementing reading and writing across the curriculum for every student and in every classroom (cognitive coach). They will support teacher implementation of interdisciplinary, cross-content strategies and the use of materials in support of Standards Based Instruction. The Literacy Coach Clearinghouse's "mission is to increase the knowledge base, research, and practice of literacy coaching." The site is supported by both the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (IRA). Useful sites for supporting teachers' standards-based literacy instruction can be found at these sites:
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Assessment Interpretation and UseDirect link to the EASy system. LRTs will provide support to teachers in assessing student literacy development and prescribing effective instructional and intervention strategies to support a balanced literacy program/standards. The 2007-2008 Assessment Calendar shows the dates for all assessments.
TOWRE - Test of Word Reading Efficiency is used at the middle school level to measure a student's word reading accuracy and fluency. "This test takes only about 2 minutes to give, and provides a reliable index of word reading accuracy and fluency. If a child who has obtained an unsatisfactory score on a “high stakes” measure of reading comprehension obtains a score above the 39th percentile on this test, it is not likely that word reading difficulties are a significant problem, and remedial instruction can focus elsewhere." See "Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties Following Inadequate Performance on State Level Reading Outcome Measures" for additional information on using the TOWRE assessment. Alpine Achievement supports our work with Individual Literacy Plans. In addition to literacy and other assessment data that can be found there, the site also offers useful documents for interpreting RIT and Lexile data from MAP. You can also get directly to those documents from here by clicking on the desired document:
NWEA MAP is administered school-wide at the beginning and end of the year. It may also be administered at mid-year to students on ILPs as a mid-year benchmark assessment.
Colorado Basic Literacy Act and Other CDE Information:
Classroom Assessment/Short Cycle Assessment
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School LeadershipLRTs will serve as a part of the Division of Instruction Literacy Resource Team by providing ongoing professional development and support at individual school sites. They will
A useful resource for understanding educational leadership is McREL's Balanced Leadership "working paper" co-authored by Waters, Marzano, and McNulty. High Performance in High Poverty Schools: 90/90/90 and A Summary of the Work Developed by Douglas Reeves The 10 Extra Day Form is required to be filled out by all LRTs. For a roster of all LRTs, click here.
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CSSD 11-Specific Teacher ResourcesThe Literacy and Language Arts website offers a more complete view of the literacy vision for D11, including curriculum alignment materials and pacing guides.
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