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District Read&Write Implementation Plan
The Iowa Department of Education is providing district-wide licenses for Read & Write to local education agencies (LEAs). It is our goal that all students have access to grade level content. 

The Guidelines for Universal Design for Learning is a resource that you may choose to review as you develop your plan to implement the Read & Write text reader and accessible, digital materials. Accessible, digital materials, whether district adopted or created/curated by teaching staff, are those that can be used by all students to reach the intended educational outcomes. Within the scope of this work, materials would be considered accessible if they are able to be read by the text reader from beginning to end, used within a line of text, and allow for individual words to be read to the student.

As part of the implementation plan, Districts may include considerations for engaging staff in the work, the construct of academic standards and use of a text reader, and use of the text reader within instruction and assessment. Implementation plans will be reviewed and licenses distributed on a monthly basis. If you have any questions, please email MeLissa Lawson at melissa.lawson@iowa.gov.
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Summarize the data that you collected from the Universal Protocol for Accommodations in Reading. (Grade levels that were assessed; Individual grades, buildings, or whole district implementation of uPar; Results of the assessment, i.e. percentage of students who were reading at or above grade level, above independent reading level, and those who showed no benefit.)
Describe the administrator's role in implementation efforts. (Ensuring time for professional learning, completing the assessment, and data review; Identifying the people who are ensuring that the technology is available and usable for use in the assessment and daily instruction; Provide direction and expectation for use of accessible curriculum and technology.)
Detail the instructional coach's role in implementation efforts. (Supporting the staff who are implementing the assessment and use of text reader within the classroom; Helping to articulate lesson planning by integrating text readers; Reviewing usage data; Facilitating conversations within PLCs to help determine the impact of the data from uPar and R&W; Assisting in securing text reader accommodations in statewide assessment; Problem solve and answer questions that teachers have.)
Explain the general education teacher's role in implementation efforts.  (Understand the impact of the tools; knowledgable about the tools and ensure students have access to the technology during instruction and assessment; Model use of Read&Write; Monitor usage data.)
Describe the special education teacher's role in implementation efforts. (Understand the impact of the tools, knowledgable about the tools and ensure students have access to the technology during instruction and assessment; Model use of Read&Write; Monitor usage data; Provide support to individual students as needs arise; Provide coaching and ensure advocacy skills of students; Ensure the tool fits the need of the student and monitor this as tasks/expectations change.)
Summarize the paraprofessional's role in implementation efforts. (Support the activities of the general education and special education teachers following training.)
Provide the details of professional learning plan for staff. (Specify training and follow-up support for teachers and paras including sequence and timeline.)
Describe your plan to teach students the purpose for and use of the tool. (Specify teaching/training and follow-up support for students and families including sequence and timeline.)
Summarize the methods by which data will be collected and used to guide changes in implementation. (Collect and analyze Read&Write use data and survey data then make changes accordingly; Periodic review of student needs with the use of uPar.)
Is there anything else you would like us to know about your implementation efforts? (Please share with us what worked and what didn't work in your implementation efforts for both uPar and R&W as well as any additional supports that we can provide.)
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