Tools and Resources
Highlighted Tools and Resources
Foundational Skills Observation Tool: A resource created by Student Achievement Partners to support K-2 teachers in building understanding of best practices for teaching foundational skills
Essential Practices in Early Literacy: An early literacy playbook created by Instruction Partners detailing essential strategies for effective early literacy instruction
BRICK’s Practice Clinic Protocol: Designed in collaboration with Lit, a weekly practice protocol to support teachers in implementation of foundational skills curriculum
Here is a sampling of tools utilized by leaders.
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Partner Reading: An Evidence-Based Practice Teacher's Guide
A guide for the partner reading instructional routine designed for middle school classrooms
Tennessee Foundational Skills Instructional Practice Guide
A tool for foundational skills lesson walk-throughs, prioritizing the observation of teacher strategies, instructional materials, and student engagement
Collegiate Academies Reading Intervention Vision
A guiding document clearly stating the vision and components of Collegiate Academy’s reading intervention model
Nashville Classical's Foundational Skills Observation Tool
A foundational skills observation tool that helps capture what happens in classrooms, specifically focusing on observing indicators aligned to their instructional priority
Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines
Guidelines to support educators in determining if a curriculum aligns to the science of reading, providing tools to ensure it uses research-based reading instruction methods effectively
CKLA K-5 Observation Tracker: School Leadership
A tracker to help guide the implementation of the CKLA curriculum in the classroom through provided indicators and look-fors that are important to effective curriculum execution
BRICK's Data Analysis Protocol
A protocol document to help guide teachers and school leaders through the process to understand what the data is showing and how the meeting helps teams action plan and improve instruction
Increasing Reading Fluency for Middle and High School Students: Small-Group Intervention Model
A comprehensive, research-informed intervention model that provides students with grade appropriate fluency instruction
Essential Practices in Early Literacy
An early literacy playbook detailing essential strategies for effective foundational literacy instruction
Nashville Classical's Benchmark/Interim Assessment Data Meeting Agenda
A meeting agenda to review assessment data, celebrate success, and inform literacy priorities for the upcoming quarter
Foundational Skills Observation Tool
A resource created by Student Achievement Partners to support K-2 teachers build understanding of best practices for teaching foundational skills
NYU’s Culturally Responsive Curriculum Scorecards
A tool to help determine the extent to which English Language Arts curricula are culturally responsive