The goal of the Texas Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Initiative (TSRCLI) is to improve school readiness and success in the areas of language and literacy for disadvantaged students in targeted Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and their associated Early Childhood Education (ECE) providers through the development and implementation of the Texas State Literacy Plan.1
Visit this section of the Texas Education Agency website to read the Texas TSRCLI application.
The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) program is authorized as part of the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act Public Law No. 111-117 under the Title I demonstration authority (Part E, Section 1502 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)). Through this Act, Congress provided $200 million for a comprehensive literacy development and education program to advance literacy skills for students from birth through grade 12.
The purpose of the SRCL discretionary grants is to create a comprehensive literacy program to advance literacy skills — including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing — for students from birth through grade 12, including limited-English-proficient students and students with disabilities.2
For additional information regarding the SRCL program, visit this section of the U.S. Department of Education website.
1 Texas Literacy Initiative (2011). Texas Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant Application.
2 U.S. Department of Education (2011). Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program.
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The goal of the TSLP is to ensure that every Texas child is strategically prepared for the literacy demands of college and/or career by high school graduation. To achieve this goal, the plan centers on early language and pre-literacy skills for age 0 to school entry and on reading and writing instruction for students in grades K–12.3
IPSI serves as a partner with the Texas Education Agency, Children’s Learning Institute at the University of Texas Health Center at Houston, and the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at the University of Texas at Austin in the development and implementation of the Texas State Literacy Plan.
Click here to view the complete versions of the age 0-school entry, K-5, and 6-12 TSLP.
3 Texas Literacy Initiative (2011). The Texas State Literacy Plan.
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Project Share is a collection of Web 2.0 tools and applications that provides high quality professional development in an interactive and engaging learning environment. Project Share leverages existing and new professional development resources for K-12 teachers across the state and builds professional learning communities where educators can collaborate and participate in online learning opportunities.4
The TSLP, as well as local and state education agency professional learning communities will become part of Project Share with the implementation of the Texas Literacy Initiative. Additional information regarding the Texas Literacy Initiative will be coming soon. To learn more about Project Share, go to www.projectsharetexas.org.
4 Texas Education Agency (2010). Project Share: Knowledge Knows No Boundaries.
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Karen Nelson |
Director,
Academic Foundation Initiatives |
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Daryl Michel, Ph.D. |
Assistant Director,
Academic Foundation Initiatives |
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