ESE teachers must be trained in reading strategies being implemented in the regular education program. Without their involvement in the school's identified reading plan, ESE teachers will not be able to deliver corresponding curriculum to appropriate ESE students. Teachers may take into account the length of the books and the density of the content when accounting for this requirement. Schools are responsible for developing a regular school-wide reading plan that provides students with independent reading time in all subject areas. Where possible, time allotted should be for 30 minutes weekly in each subject area.
Students are responsible for keeping a log of books read.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools students must read a minimum of two books from recommended reading lists during the summer. Parents of kindergarten students may read the books to their children. The Accelerated Reader, a computerized motivational individual reading program, should be used in each elementary, middle, and senior high school to facilitate the independent reading requirement. The goal of content area instruction is to teach the ideas, concepts, and principles of a specific subject area. Content area textbooks are challenging in that they contain subject-specific vocabulary, dense information, and unfamiliar concepts.