Many said, “ Well, we don’t have to do this because it’s not a law.” Our district said, “We are going to implement this for all children because it’s what’s right and best for kids!” Some school districts felt it was an unfunded mandate, but Limestone County embraced the need to help all children in the district learn to read.
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We trained general education teachers, specialists, and interventionists to support the implementation of the Alabama Administrative Code in October of 2015. We also embarked on a K-12 journey to identify, screen, and serve all students with dyslexic tendencies. We re-trained teachers in the Alabama Reading Initiative reading modules three years ago to include multisensory instruction. We aligned pacing guides, curriculum resources, and provided direct, explicit, quality instruction to improve reading outcomes for all kids K-5 in Limestone County. In an effort to improve reading achievement and growth, we provided professional development for teachers, grade level teams, and district teams to build collective efficacy. Upon analyzing our universal benchmark data, we found a weakness in our foundational reading scores. In 2016 Limestone County Schools began a new journey to improve foundational reading and increase reading outcomes for all students. Limestone County’s K-2 Journey to Continuous Improvement Elizabeth Lamon uses direct, explicit multisensory instruction with her kindergarten students at Tanner Elementary in Limestone County, Alabama. We have truly enjoyed witnessing the successes on their journey and we hope you enjoy their story as much as we have.
Julia writes about her district’s success story in implementing explicit, multisensory phonics in Kindergarten-Second grade. Please welcome Julia Wall as our featured guest writer! Julia is an Elementary Curriculum Coordinator and Director of OSR Pre-K in Limestone County, Alabama.
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