Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XII - Programs Administration › Chapter 61 - Iowa Reading Research Center › Rule 281-61.3 - Intensive Summer Literacy Program

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The center hereby establishes program criteria and guidelines
				  for voluntary implementation of the program by school districts.
(1)
Program criteria: summer reading
				programs pursuant to Iowa Code section
				279.68.
Each district
				that chooses to implement a summer reading program as part of its
				implementation of Iowa Code section
				279.68(2)
"a"
(6) is to comply with the terms of that section and
				281-Chapter 62. A school district will employ appropriately licensed and
				supervised teachers and paraprofessionals, will monitor student progress, and
				is encouraged to use an evidence-based curriculum.
(2)
Additional voluntary program
				criteria: intensive summer literacy program.
Each district's voluntary
				intensive summer literacy program is encouraged to meet, in addition to the
				terms of subrule 61.3(1), the following program criteria:
a.
Criterion 1.
Each
				district is encouraged to adopt instructional practices or programs that have
				some evidence of success and that include explicit and systematic instruction
				in foundational reading skills based on student need, consistent with Iowa Code
				section 279.68.
b.
Criterion 2.
Each
				district is to employ skilled, high-quality instructors. For the purposes of
				this paragraph, a district may hire or employ personnel directly, through an
				agreement with one or more other districts, through an agreement with one or
				more accredited nonpublic schools, through an agreement with one or more state
				agencies or governmental subdivisions, through an agreement with one or more
				private not-for-profit community agencies, or some combination
				thereof.
c.
Criterion
				3.
Each district is encouraged to allow sufficient time for meaningful
				reading instruction and student learning.
d.
Criterion 4.
Each
				district is encouraged to provide instruction in small classes and small
				groups. To meet this criterion, a district is encouraged to employ the same
				instructional grouping formats described in the evidence-based intervention
				chosen. In the absence of specifications from the intervention chosen, a
				district is encouraged to ensure that it delivers whole-class instruction in
				class sizes of 15 or fewer students and that it delivers targeted intervention
				based on student need in small groups of 5 or fewer students.
e.
Criterion 5.
Each
				district is encouraged to monitor and promote student attendance.
f.
Criterion 6.
Each
				district is encouraged to evaluate student outcomes and the quality of program
				implementation, including implementation of these voluntary criteria.
g.
Criterion 7.
Each program
				is to be under the leadership and supervision of at least one appropriately
				licensed teacher and at least one appropriately licensed administrator. The two
				roles may be filled by the same individual. Nonlicensed personnel are to be
				supervised by an appropriately licensed teacher. It is encouraged that either
				the teacher or the administrator holds a reading (K-8) endorsement or a reading
				specialist endorsement.
h.
Option to use private providers.
A district may enter into an
				agreement with a private provider that uses evidence-based instructional
				strategies to provide summer literacy instruction under this chapter and
				281-Chapter 62, at the election of a parent and in lieu of programming provided
				by the district. Any election under this paragraph is at the parent's sole
				cost.