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Elementary schools report literacy improvement cycles: writing strategies, phonics pilots and early results
Summary
Four elementary schools told the school board they are pursuing targeted literacy improvement cycles this year, using teacher professional development and small pilots to boost writing and early-reading skills.
Principals and instructional leaders from Clear Creek Elementary (CCE), Tiffin Elementary, North Bend and East Ridge presented parallel school-improvement projects focused on literacy and early reading skills.
Clear Creek Elementary: Principal Dana Hamelon said CCE identified writing proficiency for third and fourth graders as a problem of practice. The school ran a professional development cycle around the science of writing and piloted SRSD (self-regulated strategy development) in kindergarten, first grade, and targeted intervention settings. Teachers attended modules and the school reported implementation in roughly 80 percent of classrooms and early signs of…
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