Discussions around Literacy happen in schools, homes, coffee shops, and countless other locals. Qualifying Literacy with Quality deepens those conversations and allows for new thinking and, I trust, will lead to improved literacy instruction. Thank you for a reliable and thorough tool that schools can use to establish a reliable base line as they seek to improve literacy instruction. This tool has helped me to establish an action plan to improve literacy instruction in my own practice and to guide our work school wide. Thank you!!

The fear of ...Literacy?

After the November session I realized that what I thought traditionally as "Literacy" is so much more.  I believed that as a junior high science teacher, and now admin, that I really didn't know what I was doing when it came to literacy programming in my school.  I knew I read a lot and weaved (thank Melissa) that into my teaching but was that enough?  But as a group we saw literacy as more than just reading and writing - it is listening, viewing and representing....in short, it is understanding.  So after 3 sessions, I know I still need some work, but I think i'm doing OK!  I even took a stab at doing Guided Reading with a group of Grade 1 students this week.  It's a small step but it is a step in the right direction.

One of the things that has really stuck with me after the first session was what the atmosphere of a school looks like as you enter it...is it evident that literacy is alive in our school?  Now, every time I walk around the school, I can see all things we need to do to make our school literacy focused.