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"Building Tomorrow's Scholars Today builds on Bridgeport's successful Early Reading First Project. From prekindergarten through grade 2, this project incorporates a job-embedded coaching model in working with classroom teachers and paraprofessionals. A multi-disciplinary literacy team, including a speech/language pathologist, will provide daily and ongoing support to teachers and students as well formal and informal parent trainings. Teachers will have the opportunity to take three graduate level courses that will be delivered on-site by Fairfield University. Targeted intentional professional development will be informed by teacher and student needs. This project recognizes, supports and develops the link between teaching intentions, parent involvement and student outcomes in building a strong foundation for tomorrow's scholars today.
Summary of project objectives and expected outcomes:
o To provide focused, intentional professional development to classroom teachers and paraprofessionals in prekindergarten through grade 2 that better prepares them to address the unique needs of the urban children they serve.
o To work with parents in establishing and maintaining home-school connections that enable them to better support their children's language and literacy development and academic success.
o Meeting these two objectives will result in improved student outcomes as measured by project assessments, state and local performance measures, and increased parental participation in home-school learning/activities."

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