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Overview<\/b><\/p>\nOverview<\/b><\/p>\n
Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy (MPCL) is a K-12 continuous school improvement model dedicated to increasing student achievement through on-going professional development for educators and leadership teams. \u00a0The model uses literacy as a tool for measuring school improvement in four related areas: student learning, teacher perceptions, school climate, and school processes.<\/span><\/p>\n There are ten features on which a Maine Partnership school focuses its work to support long-term improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n Feature 1: A Framework for Literacy<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Uses a workshop approach for meeting the needs of all students within an integrated, inquiry-based curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n Feature 2: Coaching and Mentoring<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Uses contingent scaffolding, coaching cycles, and a gradual release model for increasing teacher efficacy.<\/span><\/p>\n Feature 3: Model Classrooms<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Creates constructivist setting where teachers meet together to apprentice one another in implementing the literacy framework.<\/span><\/p>\n Feature 4: High Standards<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Based on the Common Core State Standards and professional standards that align with specific benchmarks along a literacy continuum.<\/span><\/p>\n Feature 5: Comprehensive Assessment System<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Includes a school-wide seamless assessment system with multiple measures for evaluating success.<\/span><\/p>\n Feature 6: System Interventions<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Includes Reading Recovery and small group interventions in grades K-3 and classroom and supplemental group interventions in grades 4-12. <\/span><\/p>\n Feature 7: Collaborative Learning Teams<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Uses authentic contexts for learning, including study groups, book clubs, peer observations, cluster conferences, and demonstration lessons. <\/span><\/p>\n Feature 8: Well-Designed Literacy Plan<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Includes short and long-term goals with specific benchmarks for continuous literacy improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n Feature 9: Technology for Learning<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Uses technology to learn about the world, including searching for information, communicating with others, and creating new products. <\/span><\/p>\n Feature 10: Spotlighting and Advocacy<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Uses techniques for disseminating information on the model, including news releases, articles, school reports, and presentations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overview Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy (MPCL) is a K-12 continuous school improvement model dedicated to increasing student achievement through on-going professional development for educators and leadership teams. \u00a0The model uses literacy as a tool for measuring school improvement in four related areas: student learning, teacher perceptions, school climate, and school processes. There are ten […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n