Literacy Action Plan

District: Fayette County School: E.J. Hayes Middle Literacy Coach: Mary Ellen Hunt Date: August 18th, 2006

Elements of Literacy Program

Literacy Goals Timeline What steps will we take

each year toward the goal? What are the

anticipated completion dates?

Person(s) Responsible

What literacy team members are

involved? Who will be the lead?

Resources What materials will

we need?

Accountability How will we know when we meet the goal? How will we measure progress?

Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

260 Richardson Place Lexington, KY 40509

1

Academic

Performance

Model a variety of student-centered,

research-based literacy strategies to

increase student performance and

comprehension in all content areas

CSIP Strategy 1, activity B.

Individual

Conferences

Small Group (team and department)

meetings on a monthly basis

Individual Conferences

Small Group (team and department) meetings

on a monthly basis

ALCP Resource Binder

KDE More Reading Strategies in Action

Jenny Wiley 2006 Reading Strategies

Institute

Janet Allen’s Tools for Teaching Content

Literacy

Writing Teachers Development

Handbook

Nancy Atwell’s Lessons That Change

Writers

Teacher

observations

Teacher Lesson Plans

Student Work

Analysis

Literacy Action Plan

District: Fayette County School: E.J. Hayes Middle Literacy Coach: Mary Ellen Hunt Date: August 18th, 2006

Elements of Literacy Program

Literacy Goals Timeline What steps will we take

each year toward the goal? What are the

anticipated completion dates?

Person(s) Responsible

What literacy team members are

involved? Who will be the lead?

Resources What materials will

we need?

Accountability How will we know when we meet the goal? How will we measure progress?

Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

260 Richardson Place Lexington, KY 40509

2

Academic

Performance

Organize student data analysis sessions and

assist teachers in targeting student achievement gaps CSIP Strategy 9

Department meetings beginning September

2006

Literacy Coach (lead)

Department heads

Content Area Teachers

Principal

Formal and informal

assessments, e.g. CATS Assessment

data, STAR, teacher made tests, Learning

Checks, PAS tests

Data analysis tools such as Think Link reports, CATS Data Spreadsheet, etc…

Data trend analysis

Individual student

scores

Aligned

Curriculum

Train teachers and

continue implementation of school wide writing organizer (RAMPS) and ORQ pre-write

(SLAMS) CSIP Strategy 3,

activity B.

Ongoing

Literacy Coach (lead)

All content area

teachers

Principal

Literacy Program Share Point site

Student work with

pre-writes and RAMPS

Lesson plans

Teacher

observations

Literacy Action Plan

District: Fayette County School: E.J. Hayes Middle Literacy Coach: Mary Ellen Hunt Date: August 18th, 2006

Elements of Literacy Program

Literacy Goals Timeline What steps will we take

each year toward the goal? What are the

anticipated completion dates?

Person(s) Responsible

What literacy team members are

involved? Who will be the lead?

Resources What materials will

we need?

Accountability How will we know when we meet the goal? How will we measure progress?

Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

260 Richardson Place Lexington, KY 40509

3

Aligned

Curriculum

Assist teachers in

creating and implementing

Standards Based Units of Study

Strategy 3

Ongoing

Literacy Coach (lead)

Curriculum Coach

Principal

KY Core Content 4.1

Fayette County

Curriculum Frameworks

SBUS Binder

Assessment Binders

SBUS Unit Organizers

Multiple

Assessments

Analyze school

assessment data to identify literacy gaps

CSIP Strategy 9

Beginning September

2006 and ongoing

Literacy Coach

Curriculum Coach

Formal/ informal assessments, e.g. CATS Assessment

data, STAR, Learning Checks, PAS tests

Data trend analysis

Multiple

Assessments

Assist teachers in

using performance level descriptions to

develop open-response questions/

rubrics CSIP Strategy 4

Ongoing

Literacy Coach

Curriculum Coach

KDE Performance Level Descriptions

KDE Released Items

Clark County ORQ

database

Teacher made ORQ’s/rubrics

Assessment binders

Literacy Action Plan

District: Fayette County School: E.J. Hayes Middle Literacy Coach: Mary Ellen Hunt Date: August 18th, 2006

Elements of Literacy Program

Literacy Goals Timeline What steps will we take

each year toward the goal? What are the

anticipated completion dates?

Person(s) Responsible

What literacy team members are

involved? Who will be the lead?

Resources What materials will

we need?

Accountability How will we know when we meet the goal? How will we measure progress?

Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

260 Richardson Place Lexington, KY 40509

4

Instruction

Collaborate with

teachers to create high quality on

demand and authentic writing

prompts CSIP Strategy 3

Ongoing

Literacy Coach

Teacher designed (or

modified from resources) writing

prompts

KY Marker Papers

Writing Scoring Guide

Writing Development Teachers Handbook

Literacy Program

Share Point site (to include prompt

development, sample prompts, and scoring

guide)

Student writing

samples

CATS data analysis (portfolio and on demand scores

Assessment binders

Learning Check

scores

Literacy Action Plan

District: Fayette County School: E.J. Hayes Middle Literacy Coach: Mary Ellen Hunt Date: August 18th, 2006

Elements of Literacy Program

Literacy Goals Timeline What steps will we take

each year toward the goal? What are the

anticipated completion dates?

Person(s) Responsible

What literacy team members are

involved? Who will be the lead?

Resources What materials will

we need?

Accountability How will we know when we meet the goal? How will we measure progress?

Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

260 Richardson Place Lexington, KY 40509

5

Instruction

Collaborate with

teachers to integrate a variety of pre, post, and during reading

literacy strategies into teacher instruction

CSIP Strategy 3

Individual

conferencing and modeling

Literacy Coach

Content Area teachers

ALCP Resource Binder

KDE More Reading Strategies in Action

Jenny Wiley 2006 Reading Strategies

Institute

Janet Allen’s Tools for Teaching Content

Literacy

SBUS Units

Lesson plans

Teacher

observations

Instruction

Collaborate with 6th grade language arts teachers to create a morpheme-based

vocabulary instruction

CSIP Strategy 3

Small group meetings

Literacy Coach (lead)

6th grade language arts

teachers

Morpheme based

vocabulary materials (Greek and Latin

roots)

Vocabulary Unit

Literacy Action Plan

District: Fayette County School: E.J. Hayes Middle Literacy Coach: Mary Ellen Hunt Date: August 18th, 2006

Elements of Literacy Program

Literacy Goals Timeline What steps will we take

each year toward the goal? What are the

anticipated completion dates?

Person(s) Responsible

What literacy team members are

involved? Who will be the lead?

Resources What materials will

we need?

Accountability How will we know when we meet the goal? How will we measure progress?

Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

260 Richardson Place Lexington, KY 40509

6

Professional Development

Attend and provide

PD on research-based content specific

literacy strategies CSIP Strategy 5

Ongoing membership

in professional organizations in

order to stay current with professional

literature and research

Literacy Coach

CSIP, National Content Area

Associations, KDE trainings, MSU cadre

dialogue and feedback

Training Materials, Conference Logs,

Association Journals

Professional Development

Build a teacher

library/resource center

CSIP Strategy 5

Ongoing

Literacy Coach

Library Media

Specialist

Research

bibliographies, teacher surveys and requests

Teacher surveys,

checkout log, teacher reflection

Literate Environment (Community,

School, Family)

Establish a school

Literacy Team CSIP School

Culture/Family and Community Support

Fall 2006

Literacy Coach

Principal

Literacy Resources

PTSA

Agendas and

meeting minutes

Literacy Action Plan

District: Fayette County School: E.J. Hayes Middle Literacy Coach: Mary Ellen Hunt Date: August 18th, 2006

Elements of Literacy Program

Literacy Goals Timeline What steps will we take

each year toward the goal? What are the

anticipated completion dates?

Person(s) Responsible

What literacy team members are

involved? Who will be the lead?

Resources What materials will

we need?

Accountability How will we know when we meet the goal? How will we measure progress?

Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

260 Richardson Place Lexington, KY 40509

7

Literate

Environment (Community,

School, Family)

Communicate the

literacy needs assessment to ALL

stakeholders CSIP School

Culture/Family and Community Support

Ongoing

Literacy Coach (lead)

Tech Resource

Teacher

PTSA

Parent workshop

attendance, newsletters,

Literacy Program Share Point site