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Parishes report early gains, phased rollout of Heggerty phonemic-awareness lessons
Summary
Three parish representatives told the Early Childhood Advisory Council that Heggerty, an 8'12-minute daily phonemic-awareness program, has been adopted across pilot sites with early positive feedback from teachers and families and measurable gains on DIBELS in one parish.
Three local school-system leaders told the Louisiana Department of Education's Early Childhood Care and Education Advisory Council in November that a phased rollout of the Heggerty early-language program is gaining traction in parish classrooms and early data show improvements in phonemic-awareness measures.
Emmy Thibodeau, director of Early Childhood for Lafayette Parish School System, told the council Lafayette began using Heggerty in preschool classrooms in the 2023'24 school year and that teachers "adopted it very quickly." She described Heggerty as a short, repetitive tool that provides an "8 to 12 minute daily instruction" routine and said Lafayette is using coaches, pacing guidance and…
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