Clay Charter Academy Charter Schools USA, FL
Clay Charter Academy Charter Schools USA, FL
3 PagesCASE STUDY Clay Charter Academy Charter Schools USA, FL Strong Leadership Drives Student Literacy Gains Challenge Principal Talya Taylor joined Clay Charter Academy with only two weeks left in the school year. She soon discovered that 49% of her students school-wide were reading below grade level, with some grades having 70% of students reading below grade level. “As a former reading teacher, I understood the gravity of the challenge facing our students if these deficiencies were not addressed. Students have to master literacy skills in the elementary grades because learning doesn’t stop. The work gets more difficult, the text gets more complex, and skill gaps are harder to close once students get to middle school,” she remarked. In addition, many of Taylor’s teachers w
