Keystones to Opportunity

1. Keystones to Opportunity WHSD Local Comprehensive Literacy Plan (LCLP)

2. LCLP Contents Section I: Team Members Section II: Mission & Vision Section III: Guiding Principles Section IV: Needs Assessment Review Section V: Setting & Prioritizing Goals Section VI: Dissemination of Plan Section VII: Assessing & Reporting Progress Appendix A: Literacy Needs Assessment

3. Literacy Plan Team Members • Heather Moschetta – Chair • Heidi Balas – Lead Writer • Laura Dentel – Lead Writer • Jack Howell – Lead Writer • Joanne Krett – Lead Writer • Allison Kline • Emily Kunkle • Marcia Murello • Rochelle Pristera • Marty Sharp • Roxanne Simon • Katie Twichell • Dina Veltre Miller

4. LCLP Vision & Mission The WHSD will empower all of its students birth through 12th grade with the literacy skills to be successful in the dynamic world of the 21st century. It will also ensure that al of those providing instruction – teachers, parents, guardians, and child care providers – be well-versed in evidence-based literacy instructional strategies. • Create a culture of literacy in our community • Provide differentiated, targeted professional development is evidence-based instructional strategies • Cultivate an environment where literacy is the foundation for student success • Provide a myriad of educational opportunities that accommodate individual learning styles in order to improve literacy and develop the necessary skills of an independent and self-sufficient adult

5. Foster a breadth of literacies to develop competent and fluent readers, writers, speakers, listeners, and media consumers. • Develop a collaborative partnership with students, families, staff, community members, and outside service providers to promote literacy and to develop and disseminate effective literacy strategies. • Broaden our students’ world view through literacy.

6. Needs Assessment Review Standards & Curriculum

7. Goal: Standards & Curriculum The Woodland Hills School District will transition all content area curricula, from birth to grade 12, to the Common Core and Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards.

8. Needs Assessment Review Assessment

9. Goal: Assessment The Woodland Hills School District will increase the use of data-driven instruction in all classrooms from birth to grade 12 through data meetings and training.

10. Needs Assessment Review Instruction

11. Goal: Instruction The Woodland Hills School District will increase literacy instruction in all content areas from birth to grade 12 through evidence-based professional development.

12. Needs Assessment Review Professional Learning & Practices

13. Goal: Professional Learning & Practice The Woodland Hills School District will implement professional development based on best practices in literacy instruction for all teachers and administrators from birth to grade 12.

14. Needs Assessment Review Literacy Leadership, Goals, & Sustainability

15. Goal: Literacy Leadership, Goals & Sustainability The Woodland Hills School District will implement sustainable literacy initiatives district-wide, from birth to grade 12.

16. Transitions Needs Assessment Review

17. Goal: Transitions The Woodland Hills School District will develop and put into place a transition plan to address the developmentally appropriate academic needs of all students from birth to grade 12.

18. Needs Assessment Review Partnerships

19. Goal: Partnerships The Woodland Hills School District will increase parental and community involvement in all schools, from birth to grade 12.

20. Prioritizing Goals • Professional Learning & Practice • Literacy Leadership, Goals, & Sustainability • Transitions • Standards & Curriculum • Assessment • Instruction • Partnerships

21. Dissemination of Plan • April 2013 – Final Draft presented • August 2013 – Mr. Catalano outlines LCLP to school board and district administrators. • August 2013 – Members of the LCLP team will present overview of plan to faculty members at first in-service days. • September 2013 – Building administrators will solicit volunteers for building literacy leadership teams. • October 2013 – Building Literacy Leadership team will present plan to parents at PTO meeting.

22. October 2013 – District Literacy Leadership team will produce a tri-fold brochure highlighting the major components of LCLP. Copies to be placed in all school offices. • December 2013 – The technology integration specialists, in collaboration with the LCLP team, will product a video slideshow with voiceover outlining goals of the LCLP. Video to be posted on district website and aired on access channels. • January 2014 – parents of incoming students will be given a DVD copy of the video slideshow when they register. Local libraries will also be given copies. The DVD will provide a link to an online survey that viewers can access after viewing the video.

23. Assessing & Reporting Progress • 2-year PD Calendar in Literacy Strategies training by in-house and contracted experts • Lesson plans/Portfolios • Walk -Throughs • Clinical Observations • Administrators trained in literacy strategies • Digital Repository for literacy materials & lessons • Student Achievement Data • Analyze literacy needs at key transitional grades • Utilize assessment measures to determine growth before transitions • Common Core Teams • Building & District Data teams • PD Needs Assessment • Parent/community survey about partnerships

24. LCLP QUESTIONS??? (E-mail Heather Moschetti – Just Kidding!!)