Section 31a & Section 35j
Section 31a
Section 31a is a state funded program created to help students who for a variety of reasons find one or more of the core subjects challenging. It is designed to help students make gains on grade level assessments.
At the beginning of every school year, students are assessed in reading and math. These assessments determine who is entitled to the extra support provided by the Section 31a program. Throughout the year continued assessments will be done to monitor every
student’s progress. Our goal is to ensure every child receives the foundation they need to achieve success at school.
The Section 31a Program provides children extra instructional time one-on-one, in small groups, or online. During this time, the NPS staff will work on lessons created to address children's specific needs.
For more information, please contact the Office of Instruction at (248) 344-3520 or visit your school website for building-level information.
Northville Public Schools Literacy Plan 35j
Advancing our Tradition of Excellence
Opening A World of Possibilities for All Students
Our Purpose:
In partnership with students, parents, and all stakeholders, Northville Public Schools will create
flexible, learner-centered school communities that advance learning and leadership within every
learner while fostering the skills and dispositions necessary for success.
Our Vision:
All students will graduate from Northville Public Schools with the skills and dispositions necessary to
maximize their potential as contributing members of a global society.
Our Commitment to All:
In Northville Public Schools, diversity, equity, and inclusion are foundational to opening a World of
Possibilities for and with every student. We commit to developing a community that fosters a sense of
belonging, respect, and access for all in order for students across race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
factors, abilities, and identities to reach their maximum potential.
All students will demonstrate growth in literacy skills.
a. All kindergarten through eighth grade students will demonstrate growth in
literacy/proficiency in reading as measured by NWEA (target=at least 60%
achieving NWEA projected growth) and proficiency on state and local
assessments.
b. 100% of third grade students will demonstrate proficiency (pass rate), consistent
with the provisions of MCL 380.1280f (third grade reading law), by 6/30/2024 as
measured by the state assessment, local assessments and/or portfolio.
c. At least 90% of students in grades eight through eleven will demonstrate growth
in literacy as measured by college and career readiness benchmarks in Evidence
Based Reading and Writing in English Language Arts on PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 and
SAT, and local assessments.
Strategic Use of 35J Funding Plan:
The 35J grant will be used to build upon our current literacy practices. Based on the Essentials and
ELA Common Core State Standards, Fountas and Pinnell Classroom elements are the core of our
ELA instruction. UFLI, LETRS, decodables, Science of Reading professional development, and
building our classroom libraries will allow all staff to bolster our K-5 practices. These practices will be
supported with job-embedded professional development from our two ELA coaches.
Focus Areas to Address Gaps in Literacy:
Northville Schools uses targeted data from NWEA, Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment
System, AIMS Web, and other literacy assessments to identify gaps. These gaps are then
approached through our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support process (MTSS).
35J Proposed Purchases:
K-2 teachers will attend UFLI training and materials
K-2 UFLI Sub costs
The Reading Strategies Book 2.0
Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring Science of Reading to the Upper Elementary Classroom grades
3-5
K-2: A Teacher’s Guide to Vocabulary Development Across the Day Professional Book
K-5 Wayne RESA training Talking Science Through Texts. Texts will be added to K-5 classroom
library collections.
Decodable text classroom sets with characters from diverse backgrounds
Science of Reading for the Elementary Principal @ RESA
Science of Reading for Elective Teachers @ RESA per teacher
What Does the Science of Reading Say About School Libraries PD @ RESA
Additional PD opportunities k-5:
Funds will be used to provide a stipend in the targeted amount of $1000 for each k-5 employee that
completes LETRS.
Abundant Reading Materials:
Northville Public Schools is the recipient of funding, allowing for an allocation to update and
purchase new reading materials for all Northville Schools’ Media Centers including Cooke
School. This allocation will provide high interest reading materials for all students grades
K-26. A committee, to be composed of parents, students, educators, and specifically staff
from our media center team, will use data to comprise a book list representative of the many
cultures represented at Northville Public Schools. The following list of languages are spoken
by more than twenty students according to our MiSTAR Data System: Albanian, Arabic,
Bengali, Chinese, English, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean,
Malayalam, Marathi, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
The proposed book list will focus on, but not be limited to, non-fiction books including
biographies which are written by authors and about individuals representing various cultures.
The student composition of Northville Schools will be an impactful data set reviewed by this
committee.
Comprehensive Literacy System
•Tier 1
Tier 1 Instruction - Core reading instruction aligned with the standards, explicitly taught every day
Fountas & Pinnell Classroom
- Mini Lessons
- Interactive Read Aloud
- Word Study
- Guided Reading
- Shared Reading K-3
- Book Clubs 3-5
•-UFLI
•Tier 2
Tier 2 Instruction - Targeted supplemental interventions and support
IMSE / Orton Gillingham Approach
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
Heggerty
UFLI
•Tier 3
Tier 3 Instruction - Targeted interventions which can be small group or individual
IMSE / Orton Gillingham Approach
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
Heggerty
Using Scarborough’s Reading Rope to
guide our literacy system, Fountas and
Pinnell will be used for language
comprehension, and UFLI will be used to
address word recognition. Northville uses
Fountas and Pinnell and UFLI in tier one to
address the essential literacy practices.
Advancing our Tradition of Excellence
Opening A World of Possibilities for All Students
Our Purpose:
In partnership with students, parents, and all stakeholders, Northville Public Schools will create
flexible, learner-centered school communities that advance learning and leadership within every
learner while fostering the skills and dispositions necessary for success.
Our Vision:
All students will graduate from Northville Public Schools with the skills and dispositions necessary to
maximize their potential as contributing members of a global society.
Our Commitment to All:
In Northville Public Schools, diversity, equity, and inclusion are foundational to opening a World of
Possibilities for and with every student. We commit to developing a community that fosters a sense of
belonging, respect, and access for all in order for students across race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
factors, abilities, and identities to reach their maximum potential.
All students will demonstrate growth in literacy skills.
a. All kindergarten through eighth grade students will demonstrate growth in
literacy/proficiency in reading as measured by NWEA (target=at least 60%
achieving NWEA projected growth) and proficiency on state and local
assessments.
b. 100% of third grade students will demonstrate proficiency (pass rate), consistent
with the provisions of MCL 380.1280f (third grade reading law), by 6/30/2024 as
measured by the state assessment, local assessments and/or portfolio.
c. At least 90% of students in grades eight through eleven will demonstrate growth
in literacy as measured by college and career readiness benchmarks in Evidence
Based Reading and Writing in English Language Arts on PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 and
SAT, and local assessments.
Strategic Use of 35J Funding Plan:
The 35J grant will be used to build upon our current literacy practices. Based on the Essentials and
ELA Common Core State Standards, Fountas and Pinnell Classroom elements are the core of our
ELA instruction. UFLI, LETRS, decodables, Science of Reading professional development, and
building our classroom libraries will allow all staff to bolster our K-5 practices. These practices will be
supported with job-embedded professional development from our two ELA coaches.
Focus Areas to Address Gaps in Literacy:
Northville Schools uses targeted data from NWEA, Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment
System, AIMS Web, and other literacy assessments to identify gaps. These gaps are then
approached through our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support process (MTSS).
35J Proposed Purchases:
K-2 teachers will attend UFLI training and materials
K-2 UFLI Sub costs
The Reading Strategies Book 2.0
Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring Science of Reading to the Upper Elementary Classroom grades
3-5
K-2: A Teacher’s Guide to Vocabulary Development Across the Day Professional Book
K-5 Wayne RESA training Talking Science Through Texts. Texts will be added to K-5 classroom
library collections.
Decodable text classroom sets with characters from diverse backgrounds
Science of Reading for the Elementary Principal @ RESA
Science of Reading for Elective Teachers @ RESA per teacher
What Does the Science of Reading Say About School Libraries PD @ RESA
Additional PD opportunities k-5:
Funds will be used to provide a stipend in the targeted amount of $1000 for each k-5 employee that
completes LETRS.
Abundant Reading Materials:
Northville Public Schools is the recipient of funding, allowing for an allocation to update and
purchase new reading materials for all Northville Schools’ Media Centers including Cooke
School. This allocation will provide high interest reading materials for all students grades
K-26. A committee, to be composed of parents, students, educators, and specifically staff
from our media center team, will use data to comprise a book list representative of the many
cultures represented at Northville Public Schools. The following list of languages are spoken
by more than twenty students according to our MiSTAR Data System: Albanian, Arabic,
Bengali, Chinese, English, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean,
Malayalam, Marathi, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
The proposed book list will focus on, but not be limited to, non-fiction books including
biographies which are written by authors and about individuals representing various cultures.
The student composition of Northville Schools will be an impactful data set reviewed by this
committee.
Comprehensive Literacy System
•Tier 1
Tier 1 Instruction - Core reading instruction aligned with the standards, explicitly taught every day
Fountas & Pinnell Classroom
- Mini Lessons
- Interactive Read Aloud
- Word Study
- Guided Reading
- Shared Reading K-3
- Book Clubs 3-5
•-UFLI
•Tier 2
Tier 2 Instruction - Targeted supplemental interventions and support
IMSE / Orton Gillingham Approach
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
Heggerty
UFLI
•Tier 3
Tier 3 Instruction - Targeted interventions which can be small group or individual
IMSE / Orton Gillingham Approach
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
Heggerty
Using Scarborough’s Reading Rope to
guide our literacy system, Fountas and
Pinnell will be used for language
comprehension, and UFLI will be used to
address word recognition. Northville uses
Fountas and Pinnell and UFLI in tier one to
address the essential literacy practices.