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Dysart hears update on Spalding pilot; leaders say program is structured literacy not a scripted quick fix
Summary
District literacy staff reported year‑three implementation at Countryside and plans to expand a modified Spalding pilot to Sunset and Marley Park; staff said Spalding requires extensive training, supplements for phonological awareness and ongoing fidelity checks.
District literacy leaders presented an update on the Spalding structured‑literacy pilot, describing what the program is and what it is not and outlining next steps to expand implementation.
Connie Wolford, director of K–12 curriculum, told the board: "Spalding is a structured literacy approach grounding in the science of reading. It is explicit systematic instruction in handwriting phonics and spelling." She added that Spalding "is not a scripted…
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