Ensure mastery of critical core curriculum content to develop the background knowledge required for comprehension, independent learning, and cumulative literacy development.
Integrate key learning strategies into and across core curriculum courses to (a) co-develop literacy skills in conjunction with content mastery, (b) teach students when and how to use strategies, and (c) teach students to value the process of learning how to learn.
Develop support structures to more explicitly and intensively teach those strategies that are required/ integrated across core curriculum courses for those students who need more direct instruction than can be provided by teachers in core curriculum courses.
Identify and support the development of intensive literacy course options and services (i.e., for students with literacy skills below a fourthgrade level) that are integrated into overall schoolwide literacy development efforts.
Prepare professionals that support literacy goals, such as those provided through speech and language specialists, to provide clinical support services consistent with schoolwide literacy efforts.
