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Kentucky Reading Project (KRP)

The mission of the Kentucky Reading Project is to increase student achievement and family engagement in literacy by empowering P-5 teachers to design and implement comprehensive, research-based instruction driven by the ongoing assessment of diverse learners鈥� needs.

During KRP, teachers learn best practices in literacy instruction while participating in a professional learning community that positions them for leadership roles in their school, district and the state. They increase their effectiveness as teachers by expanding their knowledge base and deepening their understanding of best practices in literacy instruction as they develop and implement a Literacy Action Plan in their classrooms.

Essential Components of the Kentucky Reading Project

• Apply Theory and Research to Meet the Needs of All Students

• Address Equity and Diversity Issues and Their Impact on Literacy Instruction

• Provide Assistance to Striving Readers

• Use Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Recognition Strategies to Develop Fluency

• Identify Processes and Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension

• Integrate and Understand the Relationship of Reading and Writing

• Teach Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

• Emphasize Family Engagement in Literacy

• Use Formal and Informal Assessment to Guide Instruction

• Design and Manage a Balanced Literacy Approach

 

Application Process

Complete the application

1. Each applicant will write a personal statement (one to three pages) that includes the following: 
   • Why you want to participate in KRP
   • Your professional development/graduate experiences related to literacy over the past three years 
   • A brief statement about professional books you have recently read 鈥� How you involve the families of your students in literacy 
   • Any other useful information that would qualify you as a candidate for KRP 
2. Ask your principal to complete the enclosed 鈥淧rincipal鈥檚 Recommendation for KRP鈥� with a reminder that this form is due xxxxx and should be sent to the KRP director at your first choice site. 
3. If your school鈥檚 Comprehensive School Improvement Plan addresses literacy, please include a copy of these specific pages with your application.
4. Email the full application to Christina Grant at cgrant4@murraystate.edu 

Counts for 3 graduate credits applied to your 麻花导航 graduate degree or can be transferred.

Contact information for 麻花导航 KRP

Directors: Christina Grant, PhD., Associate professor in the College of Education
cgrant4@murraystate.edu

Holly Bloodworth, Instructor, Elementary Education Program, 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year