2024 - 2025
Create a school and division culture that values literacy
Provide professional learning on leveraging resources and positions to develop a culture of literacy.
Highlight school-based literacy activities on a division-wide level
Add videos of student and staff to personalize and illuminate the LifeReady Literacy Plan
Maintain a Library Learning Commons model
Continue to develop community partners to encourage and model a love reading and enable connected literacy experiences
Provide the HCPS School Board with an annual update on the progress towards stated outcomes
Support the implementation of evidence-based instructional strategies and curriculum
Refine the use of core literacy resources in all levels
Continue to provide professional learning to support the effective use of existing core materials
Create curricular resources that support the use of existing core materials
Continue to support the use of the core intervention resources and assessments
Develop and/or continue to invest in core resources
Continue to secure resources that support elementary whole group and writing instruction
Investigate resources that support middle school instruction
Add non-fiction text for middle school classroom libraries
Purchase additional text sets for high school
Evaluate the core resources in all levels to ensure they are meeting our instructional needs
Maintain a Central Professional Collection Library to extend access to professional texts and resources
Improve consistency in the use and analysis of balanced assessments
Continue to support the use of literacy assessments
Replenish materials, provide continued professional learning, and improve the consistency of administration
Evaluate the collection of elementary reading levels and make adjustments in procedure
Continue to enhance the use of performance tasks in upper elementary and secondary schools
Continue to strengthen the use of performance tasks in grades 3-5
Increase access to diverse and authentic text
Continue work to bring School Library Collections up to minimum standards, and beyond
Evaluate and augment school and classroom libraries
Continue to evaluate text used in all content areas for authenticity and diversity
Align the authentic application of literacy skills with all content areas
Continue to emphasize the integration of literacy in all areas
Purposefully embed literacy connections in all content area professional learning
Support cross-curricular collaboration to support literacy skills for authentic purposes