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The FCCPTA believes Fairfax County Public Schools should have a reading program with the following components. I. Curriculum The reading curriculum will be organized, sequential, flexible, and active; and, will engage students in vocabulary rich and interesting literature. Focus should be placed in the primary grades on teaching: phonemic awareness (the ability to pick out the sound chunks which make up (words) basic phonics (letter-sound correspondences) word attack skills reading fluency reading comprehension II. Student Evaluations The teaching staff will evaluate each student’s progress by listening to the student read aloud at regular intervals. Teachers will determine which components of reading to target for each student and which teaching techniques would be most effective for each student’s level of proficiency. III. Teacher Training All primary teachers, who have not developed the teaching techniques necessary to appropriately implement this reading program will participate in levels of staff development. Administrators should apply techniques used within the private sector for large-scale personnel training to accomplish this training most efficiently and effectively. IV. Budget Budgetary priorities should be given to assure that quality and on-going staff development occurs in reading; and, classroom monitoring and assistance take place. Last Updated 01/27/2005 20:22:31
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