The Hemet Unified School District has 26 schools, covering grades TK through 12. This district serves 22,000 students. Prior to implementing the Lexia® LETRS® Suite, only 16% of all students were reading at or above grade level.
Lexia LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) kept coming up as the district's new director of literacy and intervention for the Riverside County district, Kristen Anderson, started to delve into how to address significant access and equity issues.
Hemet USD holds Dr. Louisa Moats in high regard. Dr. Moats is one of the authors of Lexia LETRS, along with renowned literacy experts Dr. Dr. Carol Tolman and Dr. Lucy Hart Paulson. Dr. Moats carries a lot of weight with the district’s elementary teachers, who understand her focus and reputation. This made Lexia LETRS a perfect fit for what the district was trying to accomplish.
Hemet USD rolled out Lexia LETRS training in two separate cohorts. The first cohort was composed of a group of 500 “first adopters” from 1,300 TK–12 educators. Response has been very positive so far, with educators expressing very strong interest in joining the second cohort.
The district is investing 18-24 months of study to Lexia LETRS showing it is fully committed to a paradigm shift in training educators to teach literacy.
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