Read Fort Worth is activating strategies now that support children returning to school this Fall.

Summer Porch Visits:

Read Fort Worth is mobilizing hundreds of community partners to visit the homes of 1,000 students whom our data identifies could most benefit from a home visit. Porch visit teams include organizations that are familiar to the family and all families will receive a phone call asking if we can visit their home. We listened to what parents and students need. Porch visits are responsive to these needs:

• Children will receive instructional materials to practice back-to-school learning skills

• Parents will receive the basic needs supports that equip them for success

• Families will receive social-emotional and mental health supports

Summer Scholars Collaborative:

Read Fort Worth collaborates with 17 community partners to provide evidence-based, daily literacy instruction at 145+ sites this summer. Community partners in Read Fort Worth’s Summer Scholars Collaborative receive data-informed tools and support, including:

• Best practice rubric grounded in evidence-based best practices from RAND and The Annie E. Casey Foundation

• Training of Literacy Support Specialists who provide literacy instruction and assessment for students at each summer site

• Literacy assessments at the beginning and end of programs to inform instruction and monitor student growth

• Data analysis correlating Summer Scholars Collaborative participation with literacy metrics at Fort Worth ISD

• Continuous feedback loops during monthly community partner meetings

Back to School Literacy Checklists for Each Grade:

Read Fort Worth wants all children to return to school with the literacy skills necessary to start the year with success. Checklists with literacy skills specific to each grade level were co-developed with Fort Worth ISD so students return to classrooms ready to learn.