The purpose of the Texas Literacy Initiative grant is to improve school readiness and success in the area of language and literacy for disadvantaged students in targeted school districts, including their associated Early Childhood Education Center providers, who will use the model of Literacy Lines to implement the Texas State Literacy Plan.
Goals:
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Increase the oral language and pre-literacy skills of participating preschool children.
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Increase the performance of participating K-2 students on early reading assessments.
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Increase the percentage of participating students who meet or exceed proficiency on the state English language arts assessments in grades 3 through 12.
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Increase the use of data and data analysis to inform all decision-making in participating districts, campuses, classrooms, and early learning settings.
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Increase the implementation of effective literacy instruction throughout Literacy Lines.
For more information about the Texas Literacy Institutes, go to www.ipsi.utexas.edu/TLI.html
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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.1 Discretionary grant awardees included the following states: Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
To read more about the discretionary grant awards, visit this section of the U.S. Department of Education website.
For additional information regarding the SRCL program, visit this section of the U.S. Department of Education website.
1. U.S. Department of Education (2011). Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program.
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The Texas Literacy Initiative Leadership Team will provide support to the 30 Texas grantees. IPSI, along with the Texas Education Agency, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the Vaughn Gross Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and 20 Education Service Centers will provide support in the forms of face-to-face trainings, online professional development, and online professional learning communities. The table below lists the 30 Texas grantees taking part in the Texas Literacy Initiative.
Brooks County ISD / Ramirez CSD
Tejano Center for Community Concerns
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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–12.2
The TSLP is organized into a LASERS framework that includes six essential components: Leadership, Assessment, Standards-based Instruction, Effective Instructional Framework, Reporting and Accountability, and Sustainability. Campus/Site-based Leadership Teams will become familiar with each component, along with resources supporting each component, as they take part in the online course. The online course will lead participants through each module, resulting in the development of an aligned, customized, comprehensive literacy program.3
Click here to view the complete versions of the age 0-school entry, K-5, and 6-12 TSLP.
2. Texas Literacy Initiative (2012). The Texas State Literacy Plan.
3. Texas Literacy Initiative (2012). 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 online course, 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. District grantees can access the Texas Literacy Initiative Grantees PLC by clicking here. More information about the TSLP online course 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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