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EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS: LETTERS, MEMOS & BULLETINS

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Group I

Discipline, Lesson Plans, and Curriculum

Faculty Bulletins for Discipline

  1. Behavior Book Pages
  2. Behavior Contract
  3. Child Study Team
  4. Classroom Standards
  5. Do’s and Don’ts
  6. Ladder of Referral
  7. No Food Rules
  8. Round-Ups
  9. Section Sheet

Faculty Bulletins for Lesson Plans and Curriculum

  1. Instruction in the Classroom
  2. Self-Evaluation
  3. Teacher Checklist
  4. Teaching the Lesson
  5. The Daily Lesson
  6. Writing a Lesson
  7. Your Lesson Plan

Standards, Language Arts (Literacy 6-8)

Faculty Bulletins for Standards

  1. Performance Standards
  2. Reading & Writing Standards
  3. NY State Standards 6-8

Faculty Bulletins for Language Arts (Literacy 6-8)

  1. 90-minute Literacy Block
  2. Support for Writing
  3. Administrators Role
  4. Notebook Policy
  5. Differentiated Instruction

Observations & Goal Setting, Teacher Responsibilities

Faculty Bulletins for Observations & Goal Setting

  1. Observations
  2. Observation Checklist
  3. Formal Observation Conference
  4. Observation Report Form
  5. Observation Questionnaire
  6. Pre-Observation Worksheet

Faculty Bulletins for Teacher Responsibilities

  1. First Day of School Procedures
  2. Reminders for Teachers (New School Year)
  3. Law Refresher Memo
  4. Proper Passes
  5. Rules for Teachers
  6. School Regulations and Procedures
  7. Mission Statement
  8. Student Rights and Responsibilities
  9. Reminders & Fire Drill
  10. Homework Policy
  11. Lesson Plans
  12. Library Schedule
  13. School Trips
  14. Learning in the Classroom
  15. Hallways
  16. School Rules
  17. Teacher (Absence & Lateness)
  18. The Collegial Relationship
  19. Book Inspection

Group II

Professional Development Plan

Faculty Bulletins for Professional Development Plan

  1. Professional Development Plan for Your

Group III

Literacy Process – Elementary Schools

What a Principal Must Know About the Literacy Process in Elementary Schools

  1. Literacy Process for Elementary Schools – Principles of Word Study Instruction – Part 1
  2. Literacy Process for Elementary Schools – Principles of Word Study Instruction – Part 2

The Literacy Process – Middle & Elementary Schools

What a Principal Must Know About the Literacy Process in Middle Schools & Elementary Schools

  1. Literacy Process for Middle Schools – The Literacy Process

The Complete K-8 Literacy Framework

Teacher assisting elementary students with math and reading worksheets in classroom

About This Document

The K-8 Literacy Framework isn’t just my work — it’s the work of many dedicated educators from District 10, Bronx. It was developed by Laura Kotch, our former Director of Literacy, and revised over the years under Saudhi M. Vargas, our Superintendent for Literacy Initiatives, with contributions from dozens of District 10 staff developers. Its Word Study component was developed by Lucy Malka, with support from Jane Montgomery and in collaboration with Susan Levy O.; its Spanish Word Study was shaped by Daisy Baez, Emma Suarez Baez, Patricia Campbell, Roselina Monegro, and Olga Pugliese; and Cheryl Tyler wrote its Kindergarten Word Study. It rests on the research of literacy leaders including Brian Cambourne, Donald Graves, Lucy Calkins, Nancy Atwell, Regie Routman, Gay Su Pinnell, Ellin Keene, Stephanie Harvey, Janet Allen, Patricia M. Cunningham, Dorothy P. Hall, Marie Clay, Bobbi Fisher, Irene Fountas, Margaret Moustafa, and Hollie Yopp, among others.

I’m sharing it because I saw what it could do. As a principal, I put it into practice in my own school and watched it change how teachers taught and how students grew as readers and writers — from read-alouds and guided reading to the ways assessment actually shaped instruction. In decades in education, it’s one of the most complete, thoughtfully built models of balanced literacy I’ve come across, and it still holds up. I’ve shared it here for principals, literacy coaches, and teachers building their own programs who want the real thing: not just ideas, but the actual structures, schedules, and planning tools a school can use.

Click Here for the Entire K-8 Literacy Framework