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Keystones to Opportunity Grant Initiative

Keystones to Opportunity Grant Initiative. Solanco School Board August 19, 2013. Keystone Grant Overview. Solanco has been awarded $825,000 over the past 2 years The grant is design to improve literacy Birth-Grade 12 in the Solanco Community

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Keystones to Opportunity Grant Initiative

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  1. Keystones to Opportunity Grant Initiative Solanco School Board August 19, 2013

  2. Keystone Grant Overview • Solanco has been awarded $825,000 over the past 2 years • The grant is design to improve literacy Birth-Grade 12 in the Solanco Community • Formation of a Literacy Committee with three responsibilities: • Develop a Comprehensive Literacy Plan • Review student performance data • Implement the plan/evaluate success

  3. Keystone Grant Solanco Benefits • Birth-12 coordination of literacy efforts, development of an articulated literacy plan • Community communication plan for literacy • Consistent literacy assessment birth-12 (GRADE) • Paid for accelerated curriculum revision/enhancement in English/Language Arts K-12 • Purchased a full canon of literature grades 6-12 (16,000 books) • Materials birth-grade 5 • Technology for automation of walkthroughs • Professional development/skill building

  4. Solanco Comprehensive Literacy Plan • Guiding Principals • Need Assessment • Goals and Goal Action Maps • Dissemination Plan • Assessing and Reporting Progress

  5. Plan Goals, 1 • Create and maintain a literacy committee representing Birth-Grade 12 children • Investigate the depth and quality of literacy support at home • Provide parents of children in their program with enhanced opportunities to learn about ways to improve literacy for their children • Develop a recurrent communication system to engage the broader Solanco Community in literacy improvement • Implement and employ measures of student literacy at all levels • Evaluate quality of literacy environments at all levels

  6. Plan Goals, 2 • Assess literacy skills of transferring students shortly after enrollment • Engage educators and administrators in substantive professional development in literacy-building • Provide professional development for teachers on ways to engage parents more effectively in their children's education • Create functional and practical resources for educators to apply exemplary literacy strategies in the classroom setting • Create functional and practical resources for parents to apply exemplary literacy strategies in the home setting

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