Grades PreK to 5 School-Wide Organizational Practices

Purpose

System-wide and center-wide literacy practices aim to improve children's literacy in Michigan. These systematic and effective practices implemented at the organizational level in education and care settings help children become proficient in reading.

To meet the needs of all young learners in Michigan, organizational practices must support literacy development in ways that systematically impact learning in elementary schools, early childhood learning centers, and other literacy programs and environments.

Expert research suggests that each of the 10 practices outlined in this document can positively impact literacy development. The use of these practices in every Michigan classroom every day can make a measurable, positive difference in the state's literacy achievement.

Essential School-Wide and Center-Wide Practices in Literacy and Mathematics, Prekindergarten and Elementary Grades

Focus Areas

This screening tool helps schools identify their current level of implementation of the Essential School-Wide and Center-Wide Practices in Literacy.

The results should inform conversations about where to focus the next phase of work on improving building-wide literacy practices.

Identify Focus Areas in the School-Wide and Center-Wide Literacy and Mathematics Essentials

This document is intended to be read in concert with Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy, Prekindergarten, and Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy, Grades K to 3. Organizational practice implementation depends on a thorough understanding of implementation at grade levels.