Episode 90: Beyond the Literacy Program

Dr. Carrie Hepburn sits down with Kyler Barnes, Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Keokuk Community School District, to explore what happens when a district moves beyond programs and begins building a true system for literacy.Kyler shares how Keokuk’s Comprehensive Literacy Plan is bringing teachers, leaders, coaches, interventionists, and the community together around a shared vision. They discuss job-embedded coaching, building internal capacity, using data to identify needs, and creating professional learning teachers can apply immediately with their students.It’s a practical look at how literacy can become more than an initiative—it can become part of a district’s culture and identity.