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READ Montana! Priorities as identified by
READING SUMMIT July 27, 2001
INSTRUCTION/BEST PRACTICES
- Provide every school access to a reading
specialist.
- Provide systematic reading instruction K-12
- Provide support for balanced literacy programs
and the coordination of a school-wide teaching and learning philosophy.
- Provide trained tutors to support reading
and writing development.
- Form school-parent Reading Compacts.
RESEARCH
- Gather and disseminate information from a
variety of perspectives, latest research about teaching reading,
brain research and the learning process.
- Develop a research agenda between teacher
education professionals and teachers.
- Develop research on effective reading strategies
for Native Americans.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Address the needs of administrators, teachers,
and support personnel by providing a consistent framework and
philosophical base for literacy founded upon scientifically-based
reading research.
- Provide a system of ongoing Professional
Development for all literacy partners who work with children.
- Support a professional development system
to address the needs of administrators, teachers, and support
personnel.
- Improve reading instruction through comprehensive
pre-service and in service education, which is "the key
to reading instruction."
- Educate all teachers K-12 in reading strategies
appropriate to student's needs and content areas.
- Provide new and veteran teachers with the
skills to be confident and competent to teach a diverse Montana
population.
LITERACY PARTNERSHIPS
- Form and sustain community literacy partnerships.
- Develop community partnerships aimed at supporting
quality early childhood education and care programs, parent education,
programs for children and families and adult education programs.
LIBRARY SUPPORT
- Develop school, community, and library literacy
partnerships.
- Increase classroom, school and public library
circulation. Fund school and public libraries to meet the reform
goals.
- Support bookmobiles in rural areas.
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