Reading/Literacy specialists develop intervention plans that are data-driven. These interventions should include resources and strategies that are backed by research and support individual student needs. Additionally, reading/literacy specialists must understand how to best track student data and share the intervention plans with families.
Collaborate with your mentor to create a 3-day intervention plan for each student identified in Topic 1. Complete the “Research and Planning for Intervention” section in the “Literacy Work Sample (LWS Template).”
Interventions should align to each student’s needs based on the data collected. Include the following in each intervention plan:
• Areas of focus
• Measurable literacy goals
• Intervention strategies and progress monitoring tool
• Support your decision-making for each student with at least one research article or resource. Justify the selected intervention strategies and the alignment to each student’s need s.
• After implementing “Intervention Day 1,” record your observations and progress monitoring data.
Part 2: Communicating with Families
Collaborate with your mentor to compose an email to the families of each of the students selected to participate in the literacy interventions.
Include the following in your email:
• Introduction of yourself as the reading/literacy specialist. Describe your role in the school/classroom.
• Why their student has been selected for literacy intervention.
• Literacy goals selected for that student.
• What the intervention will involve.
• Two strategies/resources to be used at home to support the student’s goals.
• When you will provide them with an update on the student’s progress.
