Pinellas County Schools

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Pinellas County Schools

• K 12 Reading Plan
• 2007-2008
• Overview

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• Students in Pinellas County need continued
  support for reading achievement.

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Each of us plays a part in providing reading
support.
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K 12 plan background information

• Each district in Florida is required to submit a
  K 12 reading plan to the office of Just Read,
  Florida.

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Background information

• Once approved, this plan becomes part of state
  statute.

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Background information

• The Just Read, Florida office provides a template
  for the required elements of the plan.

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Background information

• Required elements
• District level leadership
• School level leadership
• Budget
• Professional development
• Highly specific details for student achievement
  and instruction in elementary, middle and high
  schools

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Pinellas K 12 Reading Plan 2007-2008
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District leadership will

• Set goals for reading achievement
• Fund reading coaches
• Allocate reading coaches based on needs of each
  school according to FCAT results
• Monitor the use of reading coachs time

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District leadership will

• Monitor the progress of students
• Ensure the fidelity of all reading programs
• Conduct walkthroughs

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District leadership will

• Provide for the Third Grade Summer Reading Camp
  that facilitates intensive reading intervention
  for all third grade students scoring a Level 1 on
  FCAT

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School leadership will

• Form a Reading Leadership Team
• Carefully guard the reading coachs time
• Monitor the collection and utilization of
  progress monitoring data
• Communicate data with staff
• Encourage teachers to include a reading goal in
  the IPDP

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School leadership will

• Provide intensified professional development for
  teachers based on progress monitoring data
• Ensure time is provided for weekly PLCs
• Set clear expectations that all teachers
  participate in profession development
• Ensure reading program fidelity

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School leadership will

• Conduct walkthroughs
• Present the contents of the K -12 Plan to staff
• Work to increase media circulation and use of
  media resources
• Be literacy leaders in the school

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Professional Development (PD)

• Reading teachers will participate in PD to
  implement their curriculum with fidelity
• Content teachers will participate in PD for
  content area literacy to support students
• Administrators and reading coaches will
  participate in PD needed to support teachers and
  students

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Reading coaches and district staff developers
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• Model effective instructional strategies for
  teachers
• Facilitate study groups
• Train teachers in data analysis and using data to
  differentiate instruction
• Coach and mentor colleagues
• Provide daily support to classroom teachers

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Reading coaches and district staff developers
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• Work with teachers to ensure that
  researched-based reading programs are implemented
  with fidelity
• Help to increase instructional density
• Continue to increase their knowledge base
• Report time on the states PMRN
• Serve on the Reading Leadership Team

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Secondary reading teachers will

• Implement the researched-based reading program
  designated for their course
• Use the materials designated for their course
• Progress monitor each student
• Record progress monitoring results on the PMRN
  website

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All secondary teachers will

• Provide explicit instruction and supportive
  practice in the use of effective comprehension
  strategies throughout the school day
• Increase the amount and quality of open,
  sustained discussion of reading content

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All secondary teachers will

• Set and maintain high standards for text,
  conversation, questions and vocabulary
• Increase students motivation and engagement with
  reading
• Teach essential content knowledge so that all
  students master critical concepts

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All secondary teachers will

• Recognize writing in response to reading as an
  integral part of the learning process
• Use student writing to assist and assess
  comprehension, problem solving, synthesis and
  evaluation of ideas

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All elementary schools will

• Ensure a dedicated, uninterrupted block of time
  of at least 90 minutes to reading instruction
• Utilize the Comprehensive Core Reading Program
  (CCRP) (Harcourt Trophies) for the initial
  instruction of reading

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All elementary schools will

• Differentiate instruction for all students
  focusing on individual needs
• Provide additional immediate intensive
  intervention (iii) to students as determined by
  progress monitoring and other forms of
  assessments.

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All elementary schools will

• Utilize research-based materials
• CCRP Comprehensive Core Reading Program
  (Harcourt Trophies/Reading Mastery Plus)
• SIRP Supplemental Reading Programs (SIRP)
  examples include Great Leaps and Elements of
  Reading

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All elementary schools will

• Utilize research-based materials
• Comprehensive Intervention Reading Program (CIRP)
  examples include Voyager and Read 180
• Education Technology examples include
  Destination Reading Course I, II, and III

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All elementary teachers will

• Intrinsically motivate student to read by
  providing an opportunity for students to read
  their Just Right books and through the use of
  Reading Counts
• Provide access to leveled classroom libraries

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All elementary teachers will

• Match students to appropriate level of text
• Incorporate reading and literacy instruction into
  subject areas to extend and build discussions of
  text in order to deepen understanding
• Utilize writing activities in response to reading

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To view or download the complete Pinellas K 12
Reading Plan go to

• http//www.justreadflorida.com/Reading_Plans/view_
  plans.aspx