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Franklin Elementary principal outlines aggressive reading push, early gains reported
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Franklin Elementary Principal Brooke Dalby told the Provo School Board a new schoolwide push is targeting early literacy, with a 10-day program that produced measurable gains for first graders and incentives for teachers and families.
Franklin Elementary Principal Brooke Dalby told the Provo City School Board on Sept. 19 that the school launched a coordinated plan this fall to accelerate early literacy for first graders and to make academic priorities visible throughout the building. Dalby said the school created a new mission, vision and values statement and strengthened PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) to highlight academics as well as behavior. She described a targeted “push-in” approach in first grade that keeps students in-class while teachers and coaches work in rotating small groups. Dalby said the strategy produced early…
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