literacy goals and action plan. goal #1 the plymouth north community will demonstrate and develop a...
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Literacy Goals and Literacy Goals and Action PlanAction Plan
Literacy Goals and Literacy Goals and Action PlanAction Plan
Goal #1• The Plymouth North community
will demonstrate and develop a school-wide culture that prioritizes and promotes literacy development.
Action Steps• All teachers will display student work.
– Create walkthrough reports– Publicly recognize teachers– Teachers will display work in classroom– Anonymous walkthroughs– Departments will display exemplary work
school wide
Action Steps
• The school will publicly recognize student academic achievement. – PNN segment on Literacy – at least once a
month – Announcement of student achievement on
website– Team will designate peer leader of NHS
member to maintain display case– Librarian will solicit examples of student
achievement for OCM
Action Steps• All teachers will provide timely
feedback on student work. – Departments establish parameters
for timeliness of feedback– Teachers make use of assignment
specific rubrics
Action Steps• Advisories will support literacy
development. – Students will maintain portfolios
within advisories– Advisors will be responsible for
storing portfolios– Current articles and readings based
on student interest will be integrated
Action Steps• The school will visibly promote literacy
development. – Poster contest through art dept. promoting
literacy– Create a schedule for departmental display– Website will be maintained with literacy
information– Teachers will create area in classroom to
display work
Action Steps• All departments will designate
time for content related reading. – Lead teachers and librarian will
provide resources– Teachers will assign time for content
related reading
Action Steps• The school will designate time for silent
sustained reading. – Communicate objectives on first day of
school– Literacy Team will develop guidelines– Teacher/librarian will provide supplementary
materials– Time will be provided for Silent Sustained
Reading
Goal #2• Teachers will consistently
integrate high quality reading, writing and vocabulary instruction to improve all students’ literacy development and content learning.
Action Steps• Each department or team will
provide departmental literacy sharing opportunities. – Departments will meet to share
strategy use and discuss ways to improve or sustain use in their content area
– Communication among teachers
Action Steps• All teachers will participate in at
least two professional development sessions to learn common set of strategies. – “Exercise” survey– Strategy menu
Action Steps• All teachers will model and teach
students the literacy support strategies multiple times to strengthen content literacy and learning. – Literacy menus– Walkthroughs– Report findings/results to Literacy Team and
faculty– Literacy Team will discuss ways to improve
and sustain literacy use in content area classrooms
Action Steps• Each department or team will utilize a
vocabulary strategy and demonstrate it to staff at our professional development meeting. – Literacy menus– Walkthroughs– Report findings/results to Literacy Team and
faculty– Literacy Team will discuss ways to improve
and sustain literacy use in content area classrooms
Action Steps• Each department or team will utilize a
comprehension strategy and demonstrate it to staff at our professional development meeting – Literacy menus– Walkthroughs– Report findings/results to Literacy Team and
faculty– Literacy Team will discuss ways to improve
and sustain literacy use in content area classrooms
Action Steps• Each department or team will utilize a
writing strategy and demonstrate it to staff at our professional development meeting – Literacy menus– Walkthroughs– Report findings/results to Literacy Team and
faculty– Literacy Team will discuss ways to improve
and sustain literacy use in content area classrooms