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"The biggest
challenge we face
is differentiating
instruction for
all students. We
have a diverse
group of learners-
backgrounds, incomes,
reading levels."
-Caroline Eschenbach
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
Caroline Eschenbach, third
grade teacher at Virginia
Heights Elementary School;
Roanoke City Director of
Elementary Instruction Greg
Johnston; Ben Williams,
Director of Assessment
and Remediation, and Joe
LeGault, head of English
instruction and RCPS
Online for Roanoke County
Schools.

"With literacy, we meet the students where
they are, knowing their personal stories well and
tailoring to each student." The response that she
calls "extreme enthusiasm" comes from "some of
the hardest workers I've taught." Success is partly
due to making the lessons "more relevant. We like
to relate [the reading materials] to the students."
Director of Elementary Instruction Greg
Johnston talks about "a balanced literacy diet, not
one particular program," though the City has
some programs it is proud of. Those include Star
City Reads (in cooperation with libraries), Turn
the Page (breakfast and a book for children and
adults) and RCPS+ (a six-hours-a-day summer
program that "prevents summer slide"). The seven
elementary schools also have after-school programs
in reading and math.
"Our main focus," says Johnston "has been to
change when the standards change and to have
consistent instruction throughout the school

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[system]. We have a lot of children in transition,
but they find the same resources at each school."
Johnston says that when reading levels are
achieved, increased graduation levels follow.

Roanoke County
The County has been among the state's education
leaders for years and that's not by accident. Ben
Williams, the Director of Assessment and
Remediation, calls it a matter of "consistent
curriculum," but he insists "there is a disconnect
between a diploma and literacy, where there is a
tangential relationship."
Joe LeGault, head of English instruction and
RCPS Online, emphasizes that reading at grade
level, especially in the early years, is critical.
"Structures are in place to reach grade levels.

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