The following section provides a brief timeline for each participant group.

Administrators

• An orientation will be held to introduce our staff, describe the approach, establish communication channels, identify specific procedures for your school, and collectively make decisions for the upcoming year's implementation.
  
• The Total Literacy staff will work with you to establish a schedule and reporting system, and for the TL team to become part of the school communication process for schedule, emergency closing, and other information purposes.
  
• Training will occur in your classrooms, and we will be available for parent meetings. If your classrooms are receiving the full approach, family workers and Lighthouse support will also be introduced.
  
• Updates will be provided on a regular basis throughout training, and communication will be provided as you have arranged, through brief update meetings, e-mail, or other.
  
• You will work with the evaluation team.
  
• Throughout the year, Total Learning information will be reviewed and distributed through the school and district, so there is a consistent voice and common mission between district, school, and Total Learning personnel.

Teachers

• An orientation workshop will be held August 14, 15, and 16 to introduce the staff, strategies, and establish communication channels. Together we will determine a timeline for implementation, and identify concerns and needs of the group.
  
• Each participating teacher will received in-classroom support and training in multi-sensory strategies to deliver the grade level Bridgeport curriculum. Training will occur consistently through the year, with two 45-minute classes and one half hour conference per week. TL training will begin after the teacher has established classroom procedures and expectations.
  
• After the initial Level I training year, additional support will be available based on teacher need and desire.
  
• Some classrooms will be supported with a family worker to help with a myriad of family needs that impact student attendance and ability to learn.
  
• Some classrooms will be supported with a paraprofessional who will also participate in training, and will deliver the Lighthouse after-school program that is directly related to Total Learning and your curriculum.
  
• Some classrooms will run an extra month, with appropriate compensation for those involved.
  
• All of the above has been field tested, but is subject to refinement as the year progresses. There will be every effort to integrate the Total Learning approach and staff into the school family and culture, and to be sensitive to the daily changes and needs of the school and classroom.
  
• Teachers will have clearly identified paths of communication throughout Total Learning implementation.

Parents

• Monthly parent meetings will be held at convenient times, with incentives to attend. These will be coordinated with the school's parent organization and family worker.
  
• Parents will be invited to volunteer in the classroom after a workshop on volunteering.
  
• Parents in some classrooms will work with the TL family worker to reduce risk factors and stress that affect the child's ability to learn. The family worker will be available to help with finding necessary resources, attending meetings and conferences, and general support.

School

• Total Learning will work in collaboration with the existing school staff, programs, schedules and regulations.
  
• Total Learning will function as a support to involved teachers, paraprofessionals and after school providers; and provide teachers with research-based and best-practice, multi-modal strategies to deliver the curriculum.

Additional background and rationale is available upon request. Once operating details are in place, we will work together to enrich and enhance teaching and learning. In the end, Total Learning provides opportunities to put the child at the center - with total support for and from the teacher, classroom, school, family and community.