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Instructional specialists describe tiered reading supports and literacy grant work
Summary
Instructional specialists Heather and Hannah outlined Tier 1 and Tier 2 literacy interventions, progress‑monitoring spreadsheets, fidelity checks and the district’s participation in an ESU‑administered CLSD literacy grant for training and facilitator development.
Instructional specialists Heather (speaker 11) and Hannah Hackle (speaker 9) briefed the board on the district’s tiered literacy supports and related grant work.
Heather described Tier 2 interventions and the district’s approach to fidelity of implementation — ensuring students receive designated intervention minutes and that instruction matches research‑based approaches. “Those students are in those classrooms for 30 minutes…making sure that we are teaching those interventions with fidelity,” Heather said.
She showed progress‑monitoring spreadsheets used by grade levels to track student data (MAP benchmarks, fluency and mastery checks) and explained that the spreadsheets guide quarterly teacher group decisions on whether students need more intensive interventions or can be dismissed from support.
Hannah, who identified herself as a first‑year staff member at the district, discussed Tier 1 supports and professional development: she has delivered about 22.5 hours of staff professional development this year, met monthly with each building administration team and reported connecting with 76% of staff across the campus. “I try to be really strategic with my time so I'm not like in one building forever,” she said, describing coaching, demo lessons and structured coaching cycles planned for next year.
Both specialists outlined the district’s work with a CLSD grant administered by ESU 6 intended to train local facilitators and expand literacy modules to grades 5–12 next year; district staff will attend summer training and then lead internal sessions.
The board thanked the specialists for the updates and asked that administrators continue to provide progress data as the district implements the next phase of the literacy work.
