A Comprehensive Literacy Plan Birth- Grade 12 Executive Summary 2011

Vision for the Literacy Plan
In Wyoming, we understand literacy includes reading, writing, listening and speaking and emphasize the following skills and process:

• Reading with understanding and responding thoughtfully to a variety of texts;
• Writing and speaking proficiently to communicate ideas clearly;
• Comprehending and producing multiple forms of literacies to construct meaning;
• Choosing and applying strategies that enhance the fluent and proficient use of language arts;
• Understanding and appreciating texts from many literary periods and cultures; and
• Employing the literacy for lifelong learning, work and enjoyment

Critical Areas of Need

• Discipline-Specific Literacy Instruction
• Birth-5
• English Language Learners/Dual Language Learning
• Students with Disabilities

Anchor Goals

• Prevent literacy achievement gap
• Close the existing literacy achievement gap
• Challenge students to proficient and advanced literacy

Interconnected Core Components

• Standards/Alignment
• Assessment/Data Usage
• Instruction/Intervention
• Professional Development/Research
• Leadership & Partnership for Sustainability
  

The first four components of Wyoming’s literacy plan clarify the actions needed for an effective state literacy implementation framework. The fifth component addresses the need of leadership, partnership and collaboration between all entities involved in order to sustain Wyoming’s comprehensive literacy efforts.