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Early Literacy and Education Reform

Early Literacy and Education Reform. How will classrooms be changing?. New legislative oversight. Public Act 12-50: An Act Concerning Requirements for Early Childhood Educators SB-382: An Act concerning teacher certification

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Early Literacy and Education Reform

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  1. Early Literacy and Education Reform How will classrooms be changing?

  2. New legislative oversight • 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

  3. P.A. 12-50 • 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

  4. SB 382: Teacher Certification • Beginning July 2013, a person with an Elementary Education endorsement may not teach Kindergarten: Need an early childhood nursery through grade three endorsement

  5. SB 458: Sec. 6 Teacher Reading Exam • 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 pre-service 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

  6. Components of MA test • 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.

  7. DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION • 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.

  8. READING ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION • 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.

  9. Sec 36,39:Reading PD • 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

  10. SB 458: K-3 student tests • 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

  11. SB 458: other issues • 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

  12. SB 458 Sec 91 • 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

  13. New pre-service requirements • Addition of required pre-literacy course • Pass reading instruction test (dates back to 2009) • Extended field experiences

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