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Reading First
Cari Miller
Director, Reading First "Being a successful reader is the first building block to lifelong learning" Florida received roughly $300 million over the past six years in federal Reading First funds to help reach the goal of every child reading at or above grade level by 2012. Reading First grants assisted Florida school districts and schools to implement proven methods of scientifically based reading instruction in classrooms in order to prevent reading difficulties in grades K-3. This competitive sub-grant process ensures that Florida school districts met the eligibility criteria prescribed by the Reading First federal legislation and Florida's state grant application. For more information, please call Cari Miller, Director of Reading First at (850) 245-0503. A message from Cari Miller, Director of Reading First, Florida Department of EducationThe Reading First team at Just Read, Florida! would like to say thank you to all Reading First districts and schools for such a heartfelt effort with implementing Reading First over the past six years. The sincere dedication and diligent work implementing Reading First best practices to accomplish the two goals of Reading First tremendously improved student achievement in K-3 classrooms across the state, and that was strictly due to the hard work and commitment of district and school administrators, teachers, and reading coaches. Due to Reading First implementation we have made great strides in reading instruction in Florida, but we still have ground to cover in meeting our ultimate goal of all students reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade. Fortunately for Florida, the best practices established under Reading First have been incorporated and implemented statewide through the K-12 Comprehensive Research-Based Reading Plan established in Section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. The K-12 Reading Plan will be the driving force to institutionalize and sustain Reading First best practices and ultimately reach our goal of 100% of third grade students reading at or above grade level. We cannot thank districts and schools enough for their dedication during the Reading First initiative, and encourage districts and schools to continue working toward sustaining best practices in reading through the implementation of each district’s K-12 Reading Plan. Reading First StaffBarbara ElzieDeputy Director, Just Read, Florida! Barbara.Elzie@fldoe.org Hope Colle Technical Assistance Coordinator / Liaison for FCRR Hope.Colle@fldoe.org / hcolle@fcrr.org NewsMemos
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