third and fourth grade teachers.--Teachers in participating
school districts shall participate in training and in-class
application and demonstration of the foundational skills and
evidence-based intervention practices on the science of reading,
including explicit and systematic instruction in phonological
and phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, decoding and
encoding, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension and
building content knowledge, to ensure that all teachers have the
knowledge and skill to teach all students to read, including
students with dyslexia and other language-based learning
disabilities.
(d) Duties of department.--The Department of Education
shall:
(1) Select schools interested and committed to the
curricular, instructional and professional development
changes required for the program and create criteria for
selection for participation based on the number and
percentages of students scoring in the lowest two achievement
levels on State assessment for grades three and four, as well
as other district-initiated reading, screening and other
relevant data for kindergarten and grades one and two.
(2) Select an in-district teacher who has demonstrated
literacy success to work as a coach within each school to be
responsible for the faithful implementation of the program.
Additional support for all school district coaches will be
provided as part of the program as needed.
(e) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
"science of reading" shall mean evidence-based instructional and
assessment practices that address the multimodal approach that
integrates listening, speaking, reading, spelling and writing in
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