Literacy Meeting Brainstorming Synopsis

Jacqueline Brown
Staff Present
Tami, Michele, Mattson, Melissa, Scott, Sarah P., John M., Cody, Tracy, Beth, Dottie, Landan,
Barbara, Cynthia, Anne

Reflections
What do students need:
1. Lower leveled (early childhood), age appropriate fresh books (Tami, Mattson, Melissa,
Scott, Cody, Tracy, Beth, Barbara)
2. Phonological awareness letter/sound/vocab identification (Tami, Michele, Scott, John,
Cynthia, Beth, Dottie, Landan)
3. Direct instruction of reading strategies decoding, fluency (Michele, Melissa, Scott,
Cody, Dottie, Cynthia)
4. Engaging, motivating, and diverse opportunities (Scott, Sarah, Cody, Tracy, Dottie)
5. Pragmatic use of language inference, reasoning, critical thinking (John, Beth, Dottie,
Landan)
6. Reading/Writing pairing paragraph, essays, research (Melissa, Michele, Cynthia)
7. Ways to support students in mainstream (Tracy, Sarah, Melissa)
What do teachers need:
8. Time collaborate with teachers and work with students individually (Scott, Sarah, John,
Beth, Tracy, Tami, Landan, Barbara, Cynthia)
9. Curriculum/Books: ideas/lower levels/consistency (Tami, Michele, Mattson, John, Tracy,
Dottie, Landan, Melissa)
10. Management of class sizes/Para support (Melissa, John, Tracy, Dottie, Barbara)
11. Professional development (John, Scott, Cody, Tracy)
12. Ways to motivate (John, Tracy)
*No Reading Academy 7th Hour*
AVHS Literacy Academy would like to be able to

have a shared mission/vision

have more training

team building