Advocacy Pillar
Teacher Quality
Working together with the Fort Worth ISD to
implement system-wide change
What We Do Checklist
Why Teacher Quality?
MEET CHILDREN WHERE THEY ARE
USE DATA TO DRIVE STRATEGY
COLLABORATE WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
IMPLEMENT AT SCALE
We work in Advocacy…to improve the systems within which students learn.
Analyze data to recognize excellent teachers
Build an Advocacy Task Force of ISD Leadership and Read Fort Worth
Align on most impactful potential policy changes
Lift up Read Fort Worth data to encourage ISD adoption at scale
Share data proof points to improve the system in which students learn to read
Fort Worth ISD Leadership
Mayor Price & Executive Council
Local Business Leaders
Researchers & Policy Experts
Read Fort Worth’s role in our Quality Initiatives is to shine a flashlight on effective practices that maximize student performance. We serve as a convener of education decision makers, aligning systems, and sharing data amongst those who implement these initiatives.
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Teacher & principal designation system
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Additional instructional time and extended school year
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Reading Academies
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Literacy curriculum expansion (Lexia)
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ESSER & HB3-funded strategies
The strongest predictor, outside of their home, to a child's academic success, is the quality of their classroom teacher. *
Read Fort Worth's Board advocates for systems that ensure exceptional teachers in every classroom and for all children. *
*Source: The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
See the other pillars of our work: https://readfortworth.org/strategic-framework/
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