Mission: To ensure successful literacy achievement

for every child.Source: Lesley University, Cambridge, MA Compiled by: Hope Stuart

Literacy Achievement

Valley Central is committed to literacy achievement for all students.

The Literacy Collaborative framework matches VCSD’s current literacy initiatives and provides solid, long-term professional development for our teachers. A liaison affiliated with Lesley University provides consistent support to the school via the Literacy Coordinator.

The Literacy Collaborative represents the future of VCSD’s literacy instruction.

Literacy Collaboration

This long-term professional development program is a collaborative effort between Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and elementary schools (K-8).

Literacy Research

The Literacy Collaborative program provides a research-based instructional model that is:

Student-centered Language-based Process-oriented

Literacy Collaborative ties research-based literacy methods together into strong and effective instructional practices that focus on the complex skills and strategies of reading, writing, and oral language.

Literacy Leadership Team

This school-based team is comprised of at least 6 members, including: the building administration, the literacy coordinator, classroom teachers, and school specialists (reading teachers).

The leadership team receives Literacy Collaborative training and should meet monthly to: Plan for effective implementation Make decisions regarding best instructional practices Develop schedules for collecting, submitting

and analyzing school assessment data Coordinate initial training and continued professional

development Communicate with stakeholders regarding this initiative Coordinate with Lesley University to analyze program

successes and needs

Literacy Coordinator

The Literacy Coordinator is an integral member of the leadership team and is responsible for training and supporting the Literacy Collaborative initiative.

The Literacy Coordinator undergoes an intensive and continuous training process in order to provide teachers with the most current strategies that meet students’ literacy needs.

Literacy Collaborative Instructional Framework (K-8)

The framework is designed to specifically meet the needs of primary (K-2) and intermediate (3-8) students through ongoing assessment to inform teacher decision-making.

Both frameworks provide best practices in language and literacy instruction and involve the integration of science and social studies content within language arts.

Each framework contains 3 foundational components:

Language and phonics/word study Reading Workshop Writing Workshop**Oral, Visual and Technological Communication is

represented within both frameworks and is considered a 4th block within the 3-8 framework.**

Literacy Collaborative Primary Instructional Framework (K-2)

Language and Word Study: 30-60 minutes dailyInteractive Read Aloud

Interactive WritingModeled/Shared ReadingModeled/Sharing Writing

HandwritingLanguage/Word Play

Letter/Word Study Minilessons

Oral, Visual, & Technological CommunicationCommunication, Presentation

Performance/Drama, Visual Representation

Reading Workshop:60-90 minutes dailyGuided Reading

Independent Literacy Centers

Writing Workshop:60 minutes dailyIndependent Writing

Guided WritingInteractive Writing (small groups)

The foundation for this framework is oral language which is fundamental to learning and communicating.

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Literacy Collaborative Intermediate Instructional Framework (3-8)

This language and literacy framework provides a structure within which teachers help students construct meaning through reading and writing.

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Language and Word Study:30-60 minutes daily

Interactive Read Aloud Modeled or Shared Reading/WritingInteractive Edit Reader’s Theater/Process DramaInteractive Vocabulary Choral Reading Handwriting Minilessons Poetry Share ResponseText Reading/Writing Word Study MinilessonsCurrent Events

Oral, Visual, & Technological CommunicationCommunication, Presentation

Performance/Drama, Visual Representation

Reading Workshop:60 minutes daily

Book Talk/MinilessonsGuided Reading

Independent ReadingLiterature Study

Group Share and Evaluation

Writing Workshop:60 minutes daily

Writer Talk/MinilessonsIndependent Writing

Guided WritingInvestigations

Group Share and Evaluation

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