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INITIATIVE: STRONG READERS


ACCELERATING CITYWIDE EFFORTS TO GUARANTEE LITERACY FOR ALL THIRD GRADERS

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OUR VISION FOR STRONG READERS

Oakland’s vision is that its youngest students develop a joyful curiosity and a
love of reading, writing and self-expression. Over time, they will grow the
literacy skills they need to become lifelong readers, critical thinkers and
effective communicators. All students will have a command of the power of
literacy as a means of personal expression, economic opportunity, and community
leadership. This must include 21st century skills like digital literacy,
collaboration, and creativity.

Students will own their learning in classrooms in which they feel belonging,
safety and deep connection. These spaces will be alive within a community of
literacy role models that reflect the cultures and languages of our diverse
students. Motivated by relevant learning experiences and powerful relationships,
our youngest students will develop confidence that will lead to success
throughout their time in school.

This will be possible because each and every student will receive research-based
reading instruction from the moment they step foot in school, bridging
anti-racist practices and the science of reading. This includes both phonics
instruction and meaningful experiences with reading, writing and discussing rich
books, articles, and digital content. Students will be engaged in grade-level
instruction regardless of their starting point, with appropriate scaffolding,
small groups, and language supports to ensure mastery. Bilingual and
multilingual students will have pride in their home language and develop their
ability to read, write and communicate in more than one language. Teachers will
utilize high-quality materials and have the time, collaboration and coaching
they need to grow their capacity and deliver effective lessons.

We will build a vibrant city-wide reading community, with community-based
organizations aligning to accelerate student literacy, and families and
communities reading together. The district will invest in the leadership of
parents, catalyzing their ability to become literacy ambassadors. Families will
understand the curriculum, key literacy milestones, and ways to support their
child and to partner with their teacher. Families, educators, and community
leaders will move arm-in-arm in service of our children’s literacy.


OUR FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS

During our strategic planning process in Spring 2021, our working group
identified four focus areas. Each focus area includes a list of Year 1 actions
and deliverables. Learn more about our actions and deliverables →

Get aligned: Clarifying the roles of schools, district, families and
community-based organizations, better aligning instruction and services across
schools to build excitement about reading and writing across the city

Put families in the driver's seat: Increasing parent and family capacity to
advocate for and support literacy and building more powerful home-school
partnerships

Invest in our educators: Ensuring that teachers have the coaching and
professional development they need to grow their practice and learning from our
teachers as they implement curriculum and research-based practices

Use data to make the best decisions: Using data to allocate resources equitably,
support effective implementation of core reading instruction, celebrate growth,
and learn from best practices


MEASURABLE GOALS

The Strategic Plan includes a Superintendent’s Dashboard that describes the key
metrics OUSD will be monitoring, which align with the Local Control and
Accountability Plan (LCAP) goals. Learn more about the LCAP and Superintendent's
Dashboard →

Early learners are achieving: Increase the percentage of K and 3rd graders
reading at grade level on Spring i-Ready assessment by 12 percentage points by
2024


PAST AND PRESENT WORK IN THIS AREA

Our working group conducted an analysis of past and present literacy efforts in
Oakland to better understand what work we are building on. Below is an overview
of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) identified for
this initiative. Full document with detailed SWOT analysis →

Strengths: Oakland benefits from a shared view of literacy as a social justice
issue and foundational work towards coherence, with a K-2 common assessment
established, a newly adopted curriculum, and increasing coordination
opportunities for community partners.

Weaknesses: Past variation in curriculum and practices across schools and
misaligned partners have contributed to a lack of coherence. There is a lack of
consistent practices to teach students at different levels of mastery, with
the need for significant teacher development around the new curriculum.

Opportunities: There is the potential for greater alignment across the
ecosystem, deliberate professional learning across staff, teacher leadership,
and family empowerment to support student literacy at school and at home.

Threats: There is the threat of lack of focused attention on and funding for
literacy and not providing the time and space for educator training to bring
teachers along with changes in curriculum. We must move beyond philosophical
debates towards the shared implementation of plans to accelerate literacy
achievement  


WHAT WE'RE HEARING

The district held a series of listening sessions in early June 2021 to begin to
collect feedback. Below is a summary of what we heard from our community.
This has informed the start of Phase 3 and is shaping continued community
learning and engagement. Learn more about how you can get involved →

Need for public data regarding reading skills, with the opportunity to align
this to the Academic Milestones documents: Focus Area 4 has more information on
data use and sharing

Importance of family engagement and partnership and to build capacity for this
partnership with families, including those who are illiterate or do not speak
English: Focus Area 2  details some ways that this plan seeks to partner with
families

Need for cultural inclusion, reflecting multiple histories and types of cultural
expertise: Please see Focus Area 3 for more info on the implementation of the
newly adopted curriculum, selected in part because it was the most
culturally-reflective of all curricula evaluated

Need for K-2 dyslexia screening: A strength named in the above section is the
district’s newly adopted universal screener, which will help to identify
students who need additional literacy supports, which can include those for
dyslexia

Opportunity to support schools in developing literacy teams that include
educators, families, and older students as partners: Focus Area 2 has more
information about how these teams and partnerships will be built together with
families


WORKING GROUP PARTICIPANTS

We cannot approach literacy development as something that solely occurs between
one teacher and one student. The following list includes participants of our
Strong Readers working group and reflects the key expertise and perspectives we
need in this citywide effort.

Working Group Co-Chairs

Romy Trigg-Smith, OUSD
romy.trigg-smith@ousd.org

Lakisha Young, The Oakland REACH
lakisha@oaklandreach.org

Sanam Jorjani, Oakland Literacy Coalition
sanam@oaklandliteracycoalition.org

Exequiel Ganding, Oakland Literacy Coalition
exequiel@oaklandliteracycoalition.org

Oakland Unified School District provides every student with a safe, joyful
education that prepares them to be lifelong readers and bilingual and
bi-literate leaders. Students thrive in music, sports, languages and STEAM. Our
college & career pathways equip students to succeed in any industry through
hands-on learning and internships.


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