Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Plan

STATE PROFILE

Ohio

Team Name

Striving Readers State Literacy Team

Responsible Agency

Ohio Department of Education (ODE)

Team Membership (Pending final verification of expertise by age or grade level)

Membership Types and Numbers
A State that receives a Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy formula grant establishes a Literacy Team comprised of individuals with expertise in literacy development and education for children birth to school entry; kindergarten through grade 5; grades 6 through 8; and grades 8 through 12. Provide the name of the Comprehensive Literacy Team members for each age /grade category and type of expertise.
Birth-school entry / Kathy Roskos
K-5th Grade / Sue Grodek
6th grade - 12th grade / Danielle Prohaska
Managing/implementing literacy programs / Karen Heinsbergen, Joyce Rigler
Evaluation of literacy programs / Howard Goldstein
Planning and implementing Response-to-Intervention / Elizabeth Hahn, Sandra Robbins
Screening and performance measurement / Joyce Ringler, Karen Heinsbergen
Validated interventions and instruction for struggling readers, English learners and students with disabilities / Dan Fleck, Susan Eschrich
Professional development for principals, teachers and coaches / Elaine Banks, Sandra Robbins
Teacher preparation and State licensure/accreditation in literacy development and instruction / Lisa Lenhart, Regina Rees
Other members and/or experts required

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Applicable Standards

Birth – School Entry / Kindergarten – 5th Grade / 6th Grade – 12th Grade
Early Learning and Development Standards Birth – Kindergarten entry in all Domains of School Readiness in Language and Literary Development / Common Core State Standards (CCSS) / CCSS

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Team Activities

Proposed Implementation Plans
The following analysis reflects only priorities cited as program requirements in the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program State Formula Grant Application. Also include any additional priorities addressed as part of a broader plan. (Reference page numbers for each priority in your Plan)
U.S. Department of Education Priorities / Satisfied / Details in the Literacy Plan
Address the literacy needs and improve the learning outcomes of children from birth through Grade 12 / ü  / ·  The overarching aim is to align policies, programs and projects to strengthen the reading development and reading education of Ohio’s children and youth from birth through grade 12 and thereby establish a B-12 continuum (7)
·  Goals 1-4 address the needs of children from birth through grade 12 (7-10)
Address the literary needs and improve the learning outcomes of disadvantaged students, such as students who are English Language Learners (ELL) and students with disabilities / The Literacy Plan does not address the needs of ELL and students with disabilities
Include the use of clear content standards in the areas of pre-literacy, reading, and writing. Also use curriculum and instructional material that align with State standards / The Literacy Plan does not address the use of content standards
Enable more data-based decision-making / ü  / ·  Ohio’s existing data system, the Education Information Management System (EMIS), is the statewide data collecting system for Ohio’s primary and secondary education programs, and includes demographic, attendance, and test result data (6)
Provide evidence-based teacher preparation and professional development / ü  / ·  GGG has been administered for the past six years with careful attention to training of teachers and access to professional development resources that support early childhood educator and child care provider understanding of language and early literacy development (3)
Use coherent assessment and screening systems that are aligned with State standards / ü  / ·  Children served in state funded preschool programs are required to be administered the Get It, Got It, Go! (GGG) assessment, a University of Minnesota developed assessment that measures children’s progress in key early literacy indicators (3)
·  ODE has evaluated the quality of the literacy environment in state funded programs, utilizing the Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation tool (ELLCO) (3)
·  The Kindergarten Readiness Assessment-Literacy (KRA-L) measures children’s reading knowledge and skills through six tasks related to success in learning to read (4)
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Implement targeted interventions / The Literacy Plan does not address the implementation of interventions
Propose use of technology to address student learning challenges / The Literacy Plan does not address the use of technology
Action Plans
(List major implementation activities; include page numbers where activities are referenced in Comprehensive Literacy Plan)
·  See Goals 1-4 Pages 7-10

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Leadership and Sustainability
(Activities leadership teams undertake to develop and sustain implementation of their SRCL Comprehensive Literacy Plans. Examples include collaborative partnerships, communication strategies for sharing information with partners, and shared tasks among the leaders.)
·  ODE entered into partnerships with the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services; hosted regional reading summits for district administrators and educators; and expanded the reach to all educators preschool through high school through Regional Literacy and Early Literacy Specialists networks (2)
·  Ohio has been developing a system of support, the Ohio State System of Support (OSSOS), to build the capacity of districts and schools for high student achievement through a leadership council. OSSOS is organized (6)
·  The ODE team met with the Associate Superintendent of School Improvement, the Director of the Office of Exceptional Children and the Assistant Superintendent for Race to the Top to discuss the goals of the Striving Readers Comprehensive Plan and to begin the discussion of ways to leverage Ohio’s plan with state work. In addition the ODE has presented to the Early Learning Advisory Council and the Title 1 Committee of Practitioners Advisory Council to seek input (7)

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State Comprehensive Literacy Plan Website

None

June 2012