Norfolk Public Schools
Overview

NPS Literacy
Strategic.
- Promote an equitable, systematic, and evidenced-based literacy framework as the foundation of a successful reading and writing program.
- Foster a rigorous curriculum that ensures every student experiences high quality literacy instruction.
- Deliver explicit, data-driven, differentiated reading and writing instruction that is rooted in scientific research.
Authentic.
- Motivate students by building relationships and making reading and writing personally meaningful.
- Facilitate learning experiences that honor diversity and reflect culturally relevant instruction through reading, writing, and research.
- Challenge students with complex, diverse texts that engage minds, capture attention, and evoke emotions.
Engaged.
- Cultivate classrooms where students are actively engaged in reading and writing.
- Utilize authentic tasks, student choice, and collaboration as keys to active engagement.
- Provide learning experiences where students read, write, communicate, and think critically in every classroom, in every school, everyday - no exceptions.
Contact Information
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Jeremy Clark
Senior Coordinator Secondary English
jbclark@nps.k12.va.us
Lisa Nash
Senior Coordinator Elementary English & Language Arts
lmnash@nps.k12.va.us
Ryan Sinclair
Elementary Teacher Specialist
rsinclair@nps.k12.va.us
Mitzi Nuckols
Secondary Teacher Specialist
mnuckols@nps.k12.va.us
Gabrielle Kozak
RTI Specialist
gskozak@nps.k12.va.us