Literacy Team Case Study

Literacy teams have a large impact on the literacy vision and implementation within a school. Therefore, the individuals on the literacy team are of the utmost importance. It is vital to include a variety of stakeholders when creating a literacy team. In order to reach a collaborative vision of literacy, the team will need a clear focus that is also shared. Prior to creating your team one would want to meet with the administration to develop a clear and concise job description and expectations of the literacy team; the main objective is providing all students with the best practices of literacy instruction. After determining the school districts vision of a literacy team, one would then go about finding the members. I feel that if your literacy team is too small or too big you wouldn’t be able …show more content…
If there were a higher interest in being a part of the team I would suggest that we provide an application process for interested teachers. During my teaching experience in Mexico we were asked to join our literacy team as a writing team leader. In order to join the literacy team we had to write a letter of intent emphasizing our experiences and qualifications. All teachers were provided with a clear job description and expectations prior to our application. This allowed for us to reflect and make an informed decision about our interest in the position. After receiving all “applications” the administration and literacy coach could review and make more informed decisions on whom to choose. I would suggest one lower school, upper school, and middle school reading teacher. These teachers all have different skills and standards of focus in literacy. For example, phonemic awareness isn’t typically a standard taught in 5th grade. Using information from these educators will help in curriculum planning, addressing areas of need and strength, as well as helping to implement and revise the literacy vision of the