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Elementary teacher Mary Jo Groter honored for literacy work
Summary
Mary Jo Groter received the Pride and Excellence Award for implementing Structured Literacy and Orton Gillingham methods, with the minutes crediting measurable student growth and national recognition in the IMSE Journal.
The Board recognized elementary teacher Mary Jo Groter with a Pride and Excellence Award during the March 23 meeting for her work using Structured Literacy and the Orton Gillingham curriculum.
Minutes say Groter led a data-driven approach to literacy that moved students from intensive intervention to meeting or exceeding grade-level benchmarks and that she was featured in a national IMSE Journal article. The district highlighted her leadership among peers and the resulting classroom outcomes; the recognition was presented as an example of district instructional success.
