Scholastic Literacy Place Philosophical Foundations

1. Literacy is developed within the personal, social, and intellectual contexts of the learner.
2. A literacy program should provide developmental continuity.
3. The successful learner is motivated, strategic, knowledgeable, and interactive.
4. Children learn best when they have real purposes and can make connections to real life.
5. Effective learning is a combination of student exploration and teacher and mentor modeling.
6. Assessment is an ongoing and multidimensional process that is an integral part of instruction.
7. Making reading and writing connections across multiple sources and curricula facilitates meaning.
8. Literacy for the future means literacy in multiple technologies.
9. Education must respond to society's diverse population and must serve all children.
10. Interactions among students, teachers, parents, and community form the network that supports learning.