Literacy Support

Families of students in the Literacy Support Program have the opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of the program and are involved in a variety of ways: individual conferences, parent information meetings, class visitations, Family Literacy Workshops, and end-of-year program evaluation. Families are important partners in our work with your children.

Parent Involvement Plan

Parent Compact

Each year, we evaluate and adapt the Literacy Support Program to better meet student needs. The district uses a variety of assessments to measure progress including, but not limited to, MAP - Measures of Academic Progress, Acadience, Orton Gillingham Assessments, and Ohio’s State Tests. Students’ retention rates and progress reports are also a measure of student success.

Not all gains can be measured by standardized tests. Growth in self-confidence, an increased interest in reading and writing, choosing to read or write for enjoyment, and sharing books with friends are also important outcomes of the intervention.

Centerville’s Literacy Support Program is jointly funded by local and federal funds. There is at least one Literacy Support Teacher in every K-5 school.

Five schools receive federal funding through Title I (Cline, Driscoll, Normandy, Primary Village North, and Primary Village South), which is based on the number of students receiving free or reduced priced lunches. Title I programs are open to all students attending those schools who meet the selection criteria.

As part of the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95), Section 112 (e)(1)(A), any school district receiving Title I funds must notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving Title I funds that they may request, and the district will provide, information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers, including:

• Whether the teacher has met state qualifications for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;
• Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other professional status that the state has waived;
• The degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher and the field of discipline of the certification or degree; and
• Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals, and if so, their qualifications.

A school that receives Title I funds must provide to each individual parent:

• Information on the level of achievement the child has made on all state assessments; and
• Timely notice that the parent’s child has been assigned or taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified.

You may request the information by emailing Cherie Colopy, Director of Elementary Curriculum. Please include the full name of your child, your full name, address, contact phone number, and the name of your child’s teacher with your request.