In this meeting:
- Dr. Chris Treadway, Vice Chancellor for the WV Community and Technical College System discussed the WV Climb Initiative.
- Lori Dubrawka, Executive Director of the Appalachian Reader Center discussed dyslexia screening in WV.
- Liz Hofreuter, head of Wheeling Country Day School discussed their Edge program.
Meeting Resources & Links
- Watch a local TV news segment from WCHS Charleston- Parents of child with dyslexia discuss a bill requiring screenings for condition
- Edge, powered by Wheeling Country Day School, has piloted our Structured Literacy and Math programs with five out-of-school sites and one school throughout West Virginia. You can learn more from this video clip. The goal is to disrupt the way students are learning, and “retrain the brain” to meet the needs of identified students via our 1-to-4 (tutor-to-student) ratio.
- Legislative update: Education Alliance- Legislative Update and here’s an article specific to SB 274, which is the one that would add teacher aides and provide dyslexia screenings: WV Metro News- Third Grade Success Act.
- Ready Write Read West Virginia is an initiative created by the West Virginia Department of Education to increase literacy proficiency for all students. It is rooted in the science of reading and based on the belief that all students can learn to read proficiently with effective reading instruction.
- Here are two podcasts that have been circulated by the State Superintendent on the subject of literacy: