Support parent-focused literacy awareness training to encourage at home learning opportunities through quality family engagement. Promote equal access and equitable representation in classrooms by building culturally relevant resources and guidance.
Deploy SOR-trained literacy coaches in all elementary schools with sustained state funding for lasting impact on student literacy.
Assign SOR trained literacy coaches to each elementary school. Provide annual state funding, rather than temporary federal relief funds, to ensure that these evidence-based coaching practices are sustained.
PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
Adopt a standard framework for parent engagement and support through at-home learning opportunities. Expand read at home plans for grades K-12 and increase the acquisition of books for families to build at-home libraries.
ENCOURAGE ACCOUNTABILITY
Administer dyslexia screeners that include all aspects of dyslexia to all K-3rd students. Require the Louisiana Department of Education to improve their data collection. Strengthen accountability measures surrounding literacy rates in individual school districts.
Support parent-focused literacy awareness training to encourage at home learning opportunities through quality family engagement. Promote equal access and equitable representation in classrooms by building culturally relevant resources and guidance.
Fund more expansive training of early childhood teachers. Increase acquisition of books for families to build home libraries. Advocate on the benefits of additional seats for the Child Care Assistance Program.
Re-evaluate LDOE Tier I reading/foundational skills curriculum criteria for grades K-3 to help ensure all children have science-based reading instruction through structured literacy. Create LDOE K-2 reading intervention materials and fund certified dyslexia therapists/practitioners in schools to reach all students.
Reform higher education teacher preparation programs to teach the science of reading and request a test on the science of reading as part of the teacher certification requirement. Provide funding to expand literacy training and development to school-level staff by widening the Louisiana Department of Education professional development vendor list.
To provide funding for Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund
Relative to pupil progression, deletes requirements for summer remediation programs and requires that pupil progression plans be made publicly available
Requests the state Department of Education to create the Early Literacy Commission.
