Literacy Goals and Action Plan

1. Literacy Goals and Action Plan

2. Goal #1 • The Plymouth North community will demonstrate and develop a school-wide culture that prioritizes and promotes literacy development.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Goal #2 • Teachers will consistently integrate high quality reading, writing and vocabulary instruction to improve all students’ literacy development and content learning.

11. 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

12. Action Steps • All teachers will participate in at least two professional development sessions to learn common set of strategies. • “Exercise” survey • Strategy menu

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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