Transcript Early Literacy and Education Reform

How will classrooms be changing?
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Public Act 12-50: An Act Concerning
Requirements for Early Childhood Educators
SB-382: An Act concerning teacher
certification
SB 458: An Act Concerning Educational
Reform, signed by Gov. Malloy on May 14
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State Department of Education assumes a
new level of responsibility and oversight of
school readiness, ages 3-5 (“lead agency”)
Guidelines for staff-child interactions
Curriculum content
Parental involvement
Staff qualifications and training
Grant awards to provide spaces in accredited
school readiness programs in priority districts
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Beginning July 2013, a person with an
Elementary Education endorsement may not
teach Kindergarten: Need an early childhood
nursery through grade three endorsement
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All certified employees working in K-3 take a
practice reading instruction exam with results
reported to state
CT already requires a similar exam for preservice teachers
Certified SpEd, remedial reading, and Language
Arts must also pass reading instruction test
(7/1/13)-sec 92
Other states where this is in place: MA, WI, CA
Designed to assess mastery of foundational
knowledge of reading instruction
Expected to be similar to MA test
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FOUNDATIONS OF READING DEVELOPMENT
◦ Understand phonological and phonemic awareness.
◦ Understand concepts of print and the alphabetic
principle.
◦ Understand the role of phonics in promoting
reading development.
◦ Understand word analysis skills and strategies.
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Understand vocabulary development.
Understand how to apply reading
comprehension skills and strategies to
imaginative/literary texts.
Understand how to apply reading
comprehension skills and strategies to
informational/expository texts.
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Understand formal and informal methods for
assessing reading development.
Understand multiple approaches to reading
instruction.
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING
◦ Prepare an organized, developed analysis on a topic
related to one or more of the following: foundations
of reading development; development of reading
comprehension; reading assessment and
instruction.
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15 hours every five years in teaching of
reading, reading readiness, reading
assessment
Results-based: geared to improved practice
and individual or small-group coaching
sessions
Topics based on student assessment data
Differentiated
Led by mentor teachers, job-embedded, local
Clearly identify expected model practices
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New state approved student reading
assessments for K-3 to identify struggling
students
Must include progress monitoring
Measure phonics, phonemic awareness,
fluency, vocabulary, comprehension
Data to be used to drive instruction
Reflects “best practice”
By January 1, 2013
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Early literacy pilot to promote best practices
(Sec. 4)
Intensive reading instruction program, K-3
(Sec. 89)
Routine assessments
Scientifically based reading research and instruction
Intensive reading intervention strategy
Supplemental reading instruction and reading
remediation plans
◦ Intensive summer school reading program
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Coordinated state-wide reading plan
Research-driven strategies
Aligned with CCS and vertically
Data-driven longitudinal record keeping
Intervention plan
Enhanced instruction for those at/above grade
level
District reading plan
Parental involvement
Incentives for schools with significant
improvement (>10%)
More literacy training for birth-five
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Addition of required pre-literacy course
Pass reading instruction test (dates back to
2009)
Extended field experiences