Berkeley County Schools Teacher Literacy Bootcamp*
Literacy bootcamp and revised instructional practices for in-service teachers.
Literacy bootcamp and revised instructional practices for in-service teachers.
Kindergarten, first grade, Title I, and special education teachers from Berkeley Heights, Burke Street, Tuscarora and Winchester Avenue Elementary Schools.
The Literacy Boot Camp will be directed by a WVU Professor of Literacy Education and will focus on intensive instruction in critical literacy concepts that are generally missing from teacher preparation programs, such as phonemic awareness, print concepts and writing. The intensive summer program will revise first grade instructional plans, create kindergarten through first grade team teaching partnerships and create individualized learning plans that follow the student from year to year. The individual learning plans will include periodic parent review and home learning activities. The WVU director will provide individual technical assistance to the participating educators through the 2021-2022 school year as new curricula and teaching methods are tested.
Collaborative Partners: Berkeley Heights, Burke Street, Tuscarora, Winchester Avenue Elementary Schools and West Virginia University.
Funded by the Steeley Foundation and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.