| Program | South Carolina Governor's Institute of Reading | | Initiative Origin | | | Executive Order or Legislation? | Legislation | | Policy Citation | S.C. Code Ann. § 59-5-135 | | Link to Policy | http://www.scstatehouse.net/research.htm | | Year Initiative Started | 1999 | | Administrative Agency | State Department of Education | | Program Description | The Governor's Institute of Reading has three major purposes:
(1) To review the best practices in the teaching of reading
(2) To provide teachers with professional development and support for implementing best practices in the teaching of reading
(3) To award competitive grants to school districts for designing and providing a comprehensive approach to reading instruction based on best practices. | | Administrative Agency | State Department of Education | | Target Population | Teachers and students grades K-3. | | Evaluation | | | Web Site | |
COMPONENT INFORMATION | | Teacher Component | Created by the Governor's Institute of Reading, the South Carolina Reading Initiative is a three-year, intensive staff development effort. This initiative seeks to enhance teacher/administrator knowledge about reading research, theory and practice; explore the knowledge and tools to assess and instruct students in appropriate ways; create a network of teachers, principals and consultants who have a shared knowledge base about the teaching and learning of reading; develop structures within individual schools so educators can engage in an independent and ongoing process of positive change.
http://www.state.sc.us/governor/focus_on_reading/initiative.htm
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FUNDING INFORMATION | | State Funding Sources | State appropriation $3.3 million, FY02 | | Distribution of Funds | Grants are distributed to schools through a competitive grant process. |
CONTACT INFORMATION | | | Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 11829
Columbia, SC
29211
803.734.9400
http://www.state.sc.us/governor/focus_on_reading/institute.htm
governor@govoepp.state.sc.us
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| Program | South Carolina Parent Education Programs | | Initiative Origin | | | Executive Order or Legislation? | Legislation | | Policy Citation | S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-450; 43 S.C. Ann. Regs 265 | | Year Initiative Started | 1993 | | Administrative Agency | State Board of Education | | Program Description | Each school district must design and implement a parenting or family literacy program to support parents of children ages birth through five years in their role as principal teachers of their preschool children. | | Administrative Agency | State Board of Education | | Target Population | Parents of children birth - 5 with a focus on at-risk families. | | Evaluation | Districts must participate in evaluation efforts coordinated by the state department of education. This will include tracking children of participating parents through 1st grade to determine the program's impact on school readiness. | | Web Site | |
COMPONENT INFORMATION | | Curriculum Component | Nationally validated program and curriculum training, such as Parents As Teachers, Motheread, Parent-Home-Child, etc., must be included.
| | Parental Component | Programs must provide parent education that (1) enhances the relationships between parents and children and connects the value of interactions to literacy experiences; (2) provides literacy development of parents and children; (3) promotes interaction of parents with schools and the wider community; (4) develops understanding of child development; and (5) provides support services that address health, nutrition, transportation, child care and other related issues.
S.C. Code Regs. § 43-265
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CONTACT INFORMATION | | |
Department of Education
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, SC
29201
803.734.8500
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| Program | South Carolina Reads | | Initiative Origin | | | Executive Order or Legislation? | Legislation | | Policy Citation | Reading Excellence Act | | Link to Policy | http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/REA/awardees.html | | Year Initiative Started | 2001 | | Administrative Agency | South Carolina Department of Education | | Program Description | The South Carolina Reads initiative will support a three-dimensional thrust toward comprehensive and systematic instruction grounded in scientifically based reading research in the areas of professional development, early literacy and family literacy that will help all children in the selected schools read by the end of 3rd grade. | | Administrative Agency | South Carolina Department of Education | | Target Population | Students grades K-3. | | Evaluation | | | Web Site | |
COMPONENT INFORMATION | | Leadership Component | | | Teacher Component | Professional development opportunities will be tailored to five audiences: (1) state-level professionals, (2) top school district administrators and principals, (3) early childhood and elementary school teachers and reading specialists, (4) parenting and family literacy educators, and (5) paraprofessionals.
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FUNDING INFORMATION | | Federal Funding Sources | South Carolina will receive $26 million from the federal Reading Excellence Act grants. | | |
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