Our impact reaches students, instructors, and entire school communities.
OUR IMPACT IN SCHOOL YEAR 2021-2022
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SCHOOL & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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INSTRUCTORS TRAINED
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INTERVENTION SESSIONS
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STUDENTS SERVED
RESEARCH
Ongoing internal and external data analysis on Sound Partners helps us gauge not only what we are doing well, but how we must improve to better serve our communities, while staying steeped in the science of reading.
STUDENT OUTCOMES
Despite immense challenges and COVID-19 learning setbacks faced by schools, the Literacy Trust team worked with over 140 partners to ensure students received critical literacy intervention.
Students grew 4-5 reading levels in school year 2021-2022.
EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT
Students are successful when their educators are knowledgeable, well prepared, and passionate about their work. Through professional development, we build community leaders in literacy.
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Literacy Trust staff provided 1079 support sessions to our school and community-organization partners.
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Over 600 hours of professional learning trainings were facilitated by Literacy Trust staff.
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87% of instructors felt equipped with the reading science knowledge to teach students in reading interventions.
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95% of responding school leaders felt that as a result of their partnership with LT, their instructors provided higher quality literacy instruction, had a positive impact on their students’ literacy skills, and increased their own knowledge about the Science of Reading.
LITERACY TRUST SUPPORTS SCHOOLS IN MAKING SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
1. GIVING EDUCATORS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD.
Each of our partner schools selects a Program Coordinator who oversees the onsite literacy intervention. For many individuals selected to be Program Coordinators, this role is the first time they have been given the opportunity to be a leader within their school contexts.
Program Coordinators are key to galvanizing a strong intervention team. These key leaders make consistent programming possible.
2. PROMOTING AN ALL-HANDS ON DECK APPROACH.
In a typical school building, only certified teachers would work with struggling students. Our school partnerships are unique. At Literacy Trust, we believe that any adult--with the appropriate development--can successfully teach a child how to read and write. Literacy Trust works with school administrators to strategically select staff members who are able to contribute to academic instruction in unconventional ways.
Out of over 550 reading intervention instructors who are actively serving New York City children through school partnerships, 54% are paraprofessionals and school aides. Our staff works with these individuals to ensure they know how to implement research-based strategies to accelerate student reading growth.