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Allen Sheppard outlines AEA partnership to reduce fourth-grade literacy risk
Summary
Allen Sheppard staff described a partnership with the AEA to target 67 fourth-graders, 21 of whom were identified as persistently at risk in reading; the plan uses teachers, special-education staff, interventionists and AEA specialists for tiered interventions and professional development.
Speaker 2, representing Allen Sheppard in the meeting, described a building-level initiative titled "closing the achievement gap," developed in partnership with the AEA to target fourth-grade students who are struggling in reading.
Speaker 2 said the grade includes 67 students and that screening data identified 21 as persistently at risk. The school assembled a team—three fourth-grade teachers, reading interventionists, and special-education staff—working alongside two AEA specialists: Sarah Reagan, who is in the building two days a week pulling small groups, and Rachel Anderson, who has led professional development since the project began.
The initiative uses targeted assessments to identify phonics or comprehension gaps, followed by tier 2 and tier 3 interventions, weekly data reviews after 10–11 weeks of intervention, and adjustments to intervention groups after the new year. Speaker 2 said the work leverages early-out Fridays for professional learning and that some teachers are participating in state-supported "letters" training and UFLI phonics instruction.
Speaker 3 confirmed that AEA staff Sarah Reagan and Rachel Anderson hold dyslexia-program certificates and are contributing those practices to classroom interventions. Speaker 2 and others praised the collaborative approach and suggested the model could be adapted in other district buildings.
This was presented as an informational update; there was no formal board action recorded in the transcript.
