Fostoria Community Schools

Philosophy for Literacy

Fostoria Community Schools are dedicated to literacy development for ALL students. Literacy is defined as the ability to effectively use reading, writing, and communication as tools in our global community. We believe in an equal partnership between home, community and school. Everyone has an obligation to value, interact, model and support literacy development:

· Students are prepared, responsible learners who work to develop their literacy skills so they are able to learn, enjoy, and improve the world around them through reading, writing, and communicating with others.

· Teachers, using a variety of strategies, instruct, coach, model, and build enthusiasm for literacy development in all students.

· Parents value and model literacy at home by reading, writing, and communicating with their children and sending them to school ready to learn.

· Administrators, as instructional leaders, work with teachers, parents, and students to provide resources, support, and feedback to create an environment for literacy development.

· Board of Education members develop policy to support the development of literacy for all students, allocate resources, and set a standard for literacy that is shared publicly in the community.

· Community-at-large values and supports the development of literacy for all of its members, and volunteers time and resources to ensure a fully literate community.

Together, our literacy goal is to motivate, teach, and develop effective, responsible, independent thinkers, readers, writers, and communicators – both now and in the future.