"The ability to read by third grade is critical to a student’s ability to access content that is necessary for K-16 success. There is nothing more fundamental." - Kyla Johnson-Trammel, OUSD Strategic Plan
Welcome to the 2026-27 School Year!
We are so excited to partner with you as we build on the steady growth and acceleration of student achievement we have seen as a result of strong initial implementation of foundational skills curriculum!
This year, we hope to:
ground in the student experience - what are we learning about our students?
ground in relationships and deepen our relationships with students so that they seem themselves a scholars
build up educators as leaders at their sites
focus on monitoring student progress towards goals and building ownership over our data, and
refining instruction and moving to the next level of curriculum implementation
Please continue to refer to this site for all things Early Literacy.
We are here to support:
Jamilah Sanchez, Director of Early Literacy (PK-2)
Connie Lam, Network 2 Early Literacy Coach
Jen DeMara, Network 3 Early Literacy Coach
Courtney Walker, Network 4 Early Literacy Coach
Sandra Prades, Tutor Early Literacy Coach
The Calendar is filterable by Grade, Cycle and Subject
Be sure to select the correct course type: SEI, 50-50 or 90-10
To Print, click the green "Print to PDF" button and select "landscape"
**Foundational skills instructional resources are organized by grade-level and support tier**