Roles+and+Responsibilities


 * =District Administrators Will: =
 * ====The district administrator directly responsible for literacy in our school's district is the Curriculum Director. They shall review the Literacy Plan annually for currency and accuracy. ====
 * ====The Curriculum Director is responsible for meeting with the principal, reading specialists and literacy coaches to go over test data and design overall district literacy goals for the district. ====
 * ====The Curriculum Director is responsible for informing and training the principals, reading specialists and teachers. This would be so that everyone is on the same page and gets the same data review, so that the conclusions reached from the data are consistent and realistic to all personnel. ====
 * ====The Curriculum Director reports to the superintendent as well as the school board regarding literacy initiatives, goals, and outcomes. ====


 * =School Principals Will: =
 * ====Hold teachers accountable for carrying out a balanced literacy approach within their classrooms. ====
 * ====Stays current with research in best practices regarding literacy. ====
 * ====Supports all literacy initiatives for meeting school goals. ====
 * ====Plans professional development opportunities ====


 * =Classroom Teachers / Content Teachers / Special Education Teachers / Specialists/Interventionists Will: =
 * ====Follow the gradual release instructional framework while incorporating the balanced literacy model literacy in the classroom. They will do this by incorporating reading, writing, speaking, listening, and technology in the classroom. ====
 * ====Maintain professional responsibility by implementing strategies learned to meet building goals. ====
 * ====Maintain a classroom library of selections appropriate to students. ====
 * ====Be a good model of a lifelong reader (i.e. bring books you are currently reading to school, talk about what you are reading with students, if appropriate). ====
 * ====Identify students who are at risk or who are experiencing difficulties. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use assessment data to drive instruction and meet the needs of individual students in the classroom. ====


 * =<span style="color: #0b0a0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Members of Our School's Literacy Team =
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0a0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Reading Specialist / Literacy Coach Will:** ====
 * ====Analyze, reflect and recommend interventions based on assessment data results.====
 * ====Keep up with research based practices in regards to balanced literacy and train teachers in these practices.====
 * ====Identify students who are at risk or who are experiencing difficulties.====
 * ====Work with intervention and enrichment student groups.====
 * ====Monitor students' progress to determine whether students in interventions are making adequate progress.====
 * ====Inform instructional planning in order to meet the needs of individual students.====
 * ====Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.====
 * ====Communicate to parents the school's yearly literacy goals and provide resources for parents to enrich their child's literacy at home.====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0a0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Core Teachers Will:** ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0a0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">One teacher from each content area will be part of the literacy team. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0a0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher leaders who are initially trained in literacy initiatives will then train other teachers and staff. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0a0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The team will meet monthly. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0a0a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Contribute to curriculum decision making regarding classroom implementation of balanced literacy programs and practices. ====
 * =<span style="color: #0b0909; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Library/Media Specialist Will: =
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0909; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stay current with children and adolescent literature. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0909; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stay current with technology per training from the districts technology department with particular emphasis on keeping up with programs etc pertaining to literacy (i.e. knowing how to help students and teachers create their own websites and blogs if they need to). ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0909; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assist staff in implementing technology into their literacy lessons. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0909; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Support staff in finding differentiated reading material. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0909; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Help choose books in the school book club. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #0b0909; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a school-wide literacy website with book chats, fan fiction, and other teacher and student resources. ====


 * =<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Parent Options to Participate in School-Wide Initiatives: =
 * ====<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Set aside a quiet time and place for their children to become more literate within the home. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Encourage children to read in their free time. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Model positive reading behaviors at home. ====


 * =<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students Will: =
 * ====<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Actively participate in school wide literacy programs as much as they are able (i.e. always be prepared for SSR time, perhaps join the Forensics team). ====
 * ====<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make time every day outside of school for pleasure reading. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #030202; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take personal responsibility regarding their literacy growth. ====