Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI)

Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI) is a 3-year literacy intervention for K-3 teachers and students. The intervention provides teachers with training seminars (56 hours total across 3 years), individual coaching (105 hours total), and facilitated grade-level meetings (24 meetings total). In Year 1, CLI provides classrooms with books and materials aligned with the intervention model. CLI selects K-3 teachers from each school to serve as Instructional Lead Teachers (ILTs) who receive additional coaching (25 hours total) and seminars (6 total) to mentor fellow teachers and develop model classrooms. CLI also holds school-level leadership team meetings and district-level meetings with principals and administrators to track literacy progress. The intervention uses the Teacher's Effective Literacy Practice (TELP) framework to guide training and coaching scope and sequence.