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Park City School District, Utah
 Over
the past several years, the school district has attempted to address,
in various ways, the need for reading improvements for students
in kindergarten through grade 6, and for students who are English
language learners (ELLs). The school district is targeting the same
need during its involvement with the EMSTAC project. Among the initiatives
used in the school district to improve reading are the following:
- Programs
based on SRA reading publications have been used in the district
for many years (the Linking Agent commented that these programs
are not being used "in the true sense").
- One
teacher is in her second year of piloting Read Well, a Direct
Instruction (DI) structured, phonetically based program.
- Early
Steps will be implemented in fall, 2001 in all K-3 classrooms.
The Linking Agent described this modified Reading Recovery program
as being less staff intensive than other programs and including
better accountability structures than other programs. Because
of his concern with a lag in reading development, the Linking
Agent wanted to focus efforts on K-2 students to prevent reading
problems and avoid remediation as much as possible. According
to the Linking Agent, the district's curriculum director and four
reading specialists reviewed and selected this program. The Linking
Agent commented that "the weak link is that no special education
staff were involved" in the selection of this intervention.
His hope for this program is for "continual assessment and
re-teaching" of reading. He added that teacher training for
this program has met with resistance, especially from those teachers
who align themselves with the whole language approach.
- The
Boys Town Program began two years ago in grades 7 and 8 and in
high school. Students who may best benefit from this program are
selected to participate. The Linking Agent said that although
the district's middle schools include grades 6-8, the Boys Town
program addresses only students in grades 7 and 8. He expressed
concern for addressing students with similar needs.
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