Linda Hanson, an Arlington School
District literacy coach, was taking parents behind the curtain of a new standardized test their children would face April through June.
CORE experts work closely with prek - 12 school and district leaders to create and communicate
district literacy plans, select and use effective assessments, establish pacing calendars and MTSS plans for interventions, and monitor teaching effectiveness school - and district - wide.
She included her students» scores
on district literacy tests and the University of Oregon's DIBELS tests, short for Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, given three times a year at 20 percent of elementary schools in the nation.
Examples of authentic instructional materials that Write for Texas regional institutes incorporate include: student & teacher writing samples, informal and formal writing activities, annotated mentor texts, writers notebooks, lesson plans, metacognitive questioning strategies, cross-curricular thematic unit plans, think - alouds or write - alouds, and
district literacy plans.
He explains how, as
a district literacy coordinator, he has seen teachers spend much time and mental energy wrestling with score agreement.
Karen Cangemi is
a district literacy coach for the Pinellas County Schools in Florida.
Throughout her 22 - year career, Sandra has been a classroom teacher, a first - grade early intervention teacher, and for the past 13 years has been an embedded literacy coach,
a district literacy coach, and a practicum facilitator for reading endorsement courses.
Demonstration Site Implementation and Practice — When CORE is supporting the implementation of a comprehensive, district - wide literacy and / or mathematics approach, selected sites are identified by the district to serve as the venues for
district literacy and / or math specialist, coach, and site and district administrator practice.
Yvonne DiMattia, a NISL facilitator in Jacksonville, FL, is a former teacher, America's Choice Standards Coach, K - 12
District Literacy Specialist, K - 12 District Literacy Coach, High School Assistant Principal and Elementary School Principal in Duval County, Florida from 1989 to 2015.