1. Interboro School District Keystones to Opportunity Grant
Five Year Overview
School Years

2. Keystones to Opportunity Funding
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
$742,903
$639,937
$604,843
$635,085
$642,046
Grand Total of $3,264,814

3. Keystones to Opportunity
Pennsylvania’s Vision
for Sustainable Growth in Reading Achievement

4. Grant Overview
The goal of the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant is to advance literacy skills for students from birth through grade 12.

5. KtO – Literacy Focus Areas
Keystone 1. Improve literacy learning outcomes to increase achievement of students in danger of academic failure.
Keystone 2. Create a culture of data- decision making by supporting implementation of Bernhardt’s Multiple Measures of Data.
Keystone 3. Infuse digital technology and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to address student learning challenges.

6. Needs Assessment Priorities
High School
Build literacy support through data analysis
Enhance curriculum and improve strategies for instruction
Transition students from the community schools to the high
school
Birth – Age 5
Promote awareness of the Head Start program
Support transitions into the Kindergarten Academy
Align curriculum with kindergarten early childhood benchmarks

7. Needs Assessment Priorities – Con’t
Middle School
Support core literacy curriculum and instruction
Implement additional assessments for data collection
Promote cross-curricular reading and writing aligned with Common Core
Elementary
Promote the implementation of curriculum programs with fidelity
Expand current resources in the primary level to the intermediate level

8. KtO Targeted Students & Teachers
All students in grades 3-9, 1 Head Start Class
Head Start Teacher
RtII Coordinators, Rdg Specialists, Reading Paraprofessionals
Grades 3-5 Regular and Special Education Teachers
Grades 6-8 Regular and Special Education Teachers
Language Arts and Social Studies
Grade 9 Regular and Special Education Teachers
English and Social Studies

9. Grantee Requirements Establish a grant manager and data liaison
Develop a Comprehensive Literacy Plan for Birth through Grade 12
Implement action plan
Attend Professional Development modules
Administer assessments and implement data team meetings

10. Professional Development
KtO Content Area Trainings ( )
Using Data for Literacy Decision Making
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Building Blocks of Literacy (K-5)
Literacy Design Collaborative (6-9)
Supporting Learners with Special Needs
Successful Transitions along the Literacy
Navigating Content with ELL
Family Engagement & Family Literacy
Reading Apprenticeship
H.E.A.T. Trainings ( )
Higher Order Thinking
Engaging Learners
Authentic Connections
Technology Use

11. Assessment Requirements
GRADE assessments (3x year in grades Pre-K, 3-9)
DIBELS Next (3x year in grade 3)
Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (2x year in Pre-K)
Data Team Meetings every 4-6 weeks (grades 3-9)

12. H.E.A.T Walkthrough Observation Tool
H – Higher Order Thinking – students operating at the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
E – Engaged Learning - students show their “know how” on something important and challenging
A – Authentic Connections – is able to reflect on what people might actually do in the real wor
T – Technology Use - is being used in a seamless fashion to promote student learning
2 informal Walkthroughs completed by building administrators using the LoTi
observational tool.
Is NOT part of your formal observation or final district evaluation
Measures the student output of a classroom learning experience

13. Interboro Goals for
10% increase in student achievement in comprehension as measured by the GRADE assessment from September to May
10% increase in student achievement in writing as measured by the PA Writing Rubric from September to May
Expand and implement data team meetings at the high school level, primarily in 9th grade.

14. Interboro Goals for
Align current literacy curriculums, Kdg-Grade 12, with the PA Common Core Standards.
Create, disseminate, and implement a comprehensive district transition plan for all students,
PreK through Grade 12.
Support the implementation of literacy intervention programs with fidelity.

15. Develop common mission and vision to clarify “Initiative Indigestion”
Interboro Goals for
Develop common mission and vision to clarify “Initiative Indigestion”
Establish district consistency for school processes including student placement, program criteria, and implementation checklists
Improve instructional processes to support PA Core with differentiated instruction in implementing research-based instructional strategies

16. Interboro Goals for
Continue to improve instructional processes, including analyzing data, collaborative grade level team meetings, implementing programs, and supporting teachers through instructional coaching
Revisit, revise, and invigorate the District Transition Plan for students PreK-College and Career
Improve parent and community involvement through use of social media, website, workshops, and information sharing

17. Interboro Goals for
Integrate technology into daily instruction to support student achievement
Document, disseminate, and implement a cohesive District Transition Plan for students Birth – College and Career.
Expand instructional routines and data analysis processes to support student achievement