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Hernando County Schools
Brooksville, FL
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Exemplary Title 1 School Leads the
Way in Brooksville, Florida
Hernando County
Schools in Brooksville, Florida partnered with Lindamood-Bell in 2003.
Since then, 225 district teachers and paraprofessionals have received
extensive professional development in language and literacy
development. Thirteen teachers have been certified by Lindamood-Bell,
and that number is expected to grow by the end of
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of the district schools have a comprehensive, school-wide
implementation of the Lindamood-Bell model. All four schools received
an A on the state report card. One of these schools, Brooksville
Elementary, is leading the way and closing the achievement gap.
Recipient of the DOE 5-STAR school award for the 6th year in a row,
Brooksville Elementary continues to set the pace for literacy
instruction within the district. This year, Brooksville was recognized
as being an "Exemplary School" in the area of reading and reading
practices by the Just Read Florida office. Representatives from Just
Read visited Brooksville along with other schools in the district,
including Spring Hill Elementary to view Lindamood-Bell classroom and
intervention groups.
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school year, professional development was also expanded to help meet
the needs of students with autism. Many ESE teachers and
speech-language pathologists are providing instruction in the Talkies
program in their classrooms and in therapy sessions. Hernando County
Schools continue to see that this special population of students
receives effective and potentially life-changing
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"I want to thank you for the most valuable
information I have received since college. I feel like I can now see
through a window that's been cloudy."
SLP for 29 years
"I will never approach/teach reading without
Lindamood-Bell again!"
1st grade teacher |
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