Jill B. Slack, PhD Director | Literacy Office Louisiana Department of Education

1. Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program Jill B. Slack, PhD Director | Literacy Office Louisiana Department of Education

3. State Literacy Plans: Core Components Leadership and Sustainability Creating literacy teams and plans for organizing, implementing, and sustaining effective approaches to Birth-Grade 12 literacy

4. State Literacy Plans: Core Components Standards-Based Curriculum Examining state standards, grade-level-expectations, and curriculum frameworks through the lens of literacy

5. State Literacy Plans: Core Components Assessment System Identifying and using valid and reliable measures to screen, monitor progress, and diagnose literacy needs to target instruction for each age level/grade span

6. State Literacy Plans: Core Components Instruction and Intervention Identifying and using valid and reliable measures to screen, monitor progress, and diagnose literacy needs to target instruction for each age level/grade span

7. State Literacy Plans: Core Components Professional Learning and Resources Developing learning opportunities, Web resources, and coordinated support services that enhance literacy learning for students and educators

8. Roles and Capacities of States • Review research on program/strategy effectiveness • Set high expectations and provide guidelines and oversight to ensure strong implementation • Disseminate materials, resources, and tools that prepare teachers to deliver high-quality instruction • Provide technical assistance and support to implement core components • Target intensive support for schools with the greatest need

9. Roles and Capacities of States • Use data systems to track student performance, identify areas of need, design policies, and evaluate impact • Establish guidelines for literacy coaches, interventionists, SLPs, etc. to support efforts • Develop a pipeline of strong leaders and teachers • Identify demonstration sites to serve as models • Identify people in and out of the state who know about literacy to partner with schools 9

10. Literacy Capacity Survey

11. Support Transition to Common Standards • Ensure the comprehensive literacy plan addresses the concepts and skills in the common core standards • Adopt high-quality instructional materials that align to the standards • Provide professional development and in-class support to help teachers implement the standards

12. Support Transition to Common Standards • Educate parents and community members on the purpose, aim, and content of the standards • Embed progress monitoring on the standards and make data reporting available to drive continuous improvement • Make resources readily available online

13. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners • Include a comprehensive learning support system that addresses classroom-based approaches, family and community engagement, and interventions that facilitate literacy and learning with modifications for limited English-proficient children, children with disabilities, and disadvantaged children

14. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners • Provide clear actions in the literacy plan that address the needs of diverse learners • Recommend resources that provide guidance and support (e.g., differentiated instructional strategies, technology tools, multisensory approaches)

15. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners • Extend learning time and opportunities (e.g., educationally-rich afterschool, summer learning) for students • Ensure professional development enhances teacher capacity • Establish better data and information reports about these children