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District literacy lead reports screening data, new tiered supports and grant work
Summary
Courtney Woods, reading teacher and TOSA, said the district is in year two of CKLA for K'5, has expanded tiered interventions including added Tier 3 small-group instruction, is using DIBELS and iReady measures, and noted incoming kindergarteners tested about 78% below grade level on the measure cited.
Courtney Woods, a reading teacher serving as a TOSA for district literacy, briefed the board on K'12 reading assessments, instructional supports and professional development.
Woods said the district used DIBELS screenings for primary buildings and iReady diagnostics for older students, and that teachers and leaders prefer the DIBELS measures for younger scholars because they are administered in person rather than digitally. The district is in year two of Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) for K'5 and has layered in WIN and tiered supports: Tier 1 core instruction, Tier 2 targeted supports (iReady) and an added Tier 3 with 20 to 40 minutes of small-group instruction two to five days per week for students needing more intensive help.
Woods highlighted progress-monitoring schedules for students identified as struggling (checked every two to four weeks) and said the district is continuing professional development, including revisit sessions on the Amplify curriculum in December and Science of Reading training at the secondary level.
She reported the district's incoming kindergarten cohort "came in with about 78% of them below grade level" on the screen cited and credited the education foundation for community outreach and early-learning supports aimed at improving those readiness measures. Woods also described work at the secondary level, including a new ninth-grade reading position for students identified via eighth-grade screening and the rollout of iReady Pro for older striving learners.
Next steps: staff will continue progress monitoring and professional development, and the board acknowledged the need to track results as tiered supports are implemented.
