Link Teacher
Literacy Checklist
Policy and Planning
Liaise with the principal to establish protocols etc.
more information and templates on www.pdst.ie
Establish a literacy team if there is not one already
Have we a vision for Literacy in the school?
Have we carried out an audit of our current provision?
In consultation with the Literacy team draft and write a literacy plan, include how
plan will be assessed and monitored.
Communicate Literacy Policy to all staff
When the plan is completed, inform parents and advise what they can do to help.
Literacy Core Team
Have the roles within the core team been assigned?
Has a calendar for team meetings been agreed?
Have the assessment methods, to gather evidence of students’ achievements to
date, been chosen?
Has an aspect(s) of literacy (language, reading, writing etc) for intervention been
chosen?
Complete audit of students with additional special needs - do we have all the
information we need?
Have relevant targets for literacy been chosen?
Are these targets S.M.A.R.T?
Is progress being monitored at agreed intervals?
Have we set specific criteria for evaluating the success of our strategies?
Has the Core Team set annual review dates?
Have we established our system of communication between relevant stakeholders?
Teaching and Learning
Are we creating a positive literacy school culture?
Are we actively using identified literacy strategies to enhance teaching literacy
skills?
Is there an appropriate level of expectation in each class?
Is there a common understanding of the targets set in the school literacy
improvement plan?
Do individual class plans include actions to aid literacy and motivate students?
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Is there whole staff involvement in the monitoring and evaluation process?
Complete audit of the resources in the school
Is the school creating a Resource Bank for Literacy?
Encourage staff to share the resources / good teaching practices they are already
using.
Contact other local / similar schools in the same geographical area to establish if it
is possible to share certain resources.
Complete audit of current ‘good practice’.
Are teachers already ‘pre-teaching for example?