Middle school literacy specialists expand push‑in and individualized interventions, district says

District secondary literacy staff told the Education Affairs Committee that a year‑old secondary literacy program at the middle school is providing individualized interventions, classroom push‑in, and schoolwide supports for students and teachers.

The district said the program’s core goals are to support students, support teachers, and build literacy‑rich schoolwide practices. Leslie Pratt introduced the update and said the work follows four guiding touchstones: combating deficit language, using embedded data snapshots, creating flexible push‑in/pull‑out/co‑teaching models, and tracking student progress through data profiles.

Why it matters: specialists said early screening and flexible supports aim to catch students earlier so fewer middle schoolers require intensive services later. The district described an approach that blends one‑to‑one and small‑group intervention with classroom…