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6. Identify, develop and implement literacy core practices for all grades, with
particular attention to secondary grades 6-12. In order to identify core practices
in literacy at the secondary level, teams of practitioners will be collaborating to
identify particular high-leverage aspects of both reading and writing that are
essential for all students to know and be able to perform with proficiency or
better. T earns will use such resources as the Common Core State Standards,
the ACT Standards, the Wisconsin State Superintendent's Adolescent Literacy
Plan, the Carnegie Report on Adolescent Literacy, and other current, researchbased
publications.
Literacy Core Practices 7-12 were finalized and shared districtwide
in fall 2011 in order to guide instructional throughout the
academic year. These documents outline the instructional focus
of a classroom that is implementing literacy with fidelity.
See Appendix D for Literacy Core Practice documents.
Literacy Focus Documents 7-12 were finalized and shared
district-wide. These documents outline the expectations of
literacy practices in the areas of curriculum, instruction,
assessment, interventions and professional development.
Principals reviewed these documents during Principal
Professional Development in order to better supp.ort all five of
these areas in their respective buildings.
See Appendix E for 2011-12 Literacy Focus documents.
Middle school learning coordinators and high school literacy
coaches attended regularly-scheduled professional development
to enhance their support of their building's staff in literacy core
practices. The REaL Literacy Innovation Funds provided staff
support for collaborative department and inter-departmental
professional learning opportunities. In addition to the 3 All Staff
Professional Development days, secondary buildings
incorporated a wide variety of site-based professional learning
opportunities (e.g. Professional Collaboration Time, Department
Meetings, Grade Level/Cadre Meetings) focused on literacy
during 2011-12.
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