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Early Literacy and Education Reform
How will classrooms be changing?
Public Act 12-50: An Act Concerning Requirements for Early Childhood Educators
SB-382: An Act concerning teacher certification
SB 458: An Act Concerning Educational Reform, signed by Gov. Malloy on May 14
New legislative oversight
State Department of Education assumes a new level of responsibility and oversight of school readiness, ages 3-5 (“lead agency”)
Guidelines for staff-child interactions Curriculum content Parental involvement Staff qualifications and training Grant awards to provide spaces in
accredited school readiness programs in priority districts
P.A. 12-50
Beginning July 2013, a person with an Elementary Education endorsement may not teach Kindergarten: Need an early childhood nursery through grade three endorsement
SB 382: Teacher Certification
All certified employees working in K-3 take a practice reading instruction exam with results reported to state
CT already requires a similar exam for pre-service teachers
Certified SpEd, remedial reading, and Language Arts must also pass reading instruction test (7/1/13)-sec 92
Other states where this is in place: MA, WI, CA Designed to assess mastery of foundational
knowledge of reading instruction Expected to be similar to MA test
SB 458: Sec. 6 Teacher Reading Exam
FOUNDATIONS OF READING DEVELOPMENT◦ Understand phonological and phonemic
awareness.◦ Understand concepts of print and the alphabetic
principle.◦ Understand the role of phonics in promoting
reading development.◦ Understand word analysis skills and strategies.
Components of MA test
Understand vocabulary development. Understand how to apply reading
comprehension skills and strategies to imaginative/literary texts.
Understand how to apply reading comprehension skills and strategies to informational/expository texts.
DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION
Understand formal and informal methods for assessing reading development.
Understand multiple approaches to reading instruction.
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING◦ Prepare an organized, developed analysis on a
topic related to one or more of the following: foundations of reading development; development of reading comprehension; reading assessment and instruction.
READING ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION
15 hours every five years in teaching of reading, reading readiness, reading assessment
Results-based: geared to improved practice and individual or small-group coaching sessions
Topics based on student assessment data Differentiated Led by mentor teachers, job-embedded,
local Clearly identify expected model practices
Sec 36,39:Reading PD
New state approved student reading assessments for K-3 to identify struggling students
Must include progress monitoring Measure phonics, phonemic awareness,
fluency, vocabulary, comprehension Data to be used to drive instruction Reflects “best practice” By January 1, 2013
SB 458: K-3 student tests
Early literacy pilot to promote best practices (Sec. 4)
Intensive reading instruction program, K-3 (Sec. 89)◦ Routine assessments◦ Scientifically based reading research and
instruction◦ Intensive reading intervention strategy◦ Supplemental reading instruction and reading
remediation plans◦ Intensive summer school reading program
SB 458: other issues
Coordinated state-wide reading plan Research-driven strategies Aligned with CCS and vertically Data-driven longitudinal record keeping Intervention plan Enhanced instruction for those at/above grade level District reading plan Parental involvement Incentives for schools with significant improvement
(>10%) More literacy training for birth-five
SB 458 Sec 91
Addition of required pre-literacy course Pass reading instruction test (dates back to
2009) Extended field experiences
New pre-service requirements