north union elementary school. one outstanding project more school shares its success
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PROJECT MORENorth Union Elementary
School
HOW TO MAKE ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS (AYP)
FOR YOUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
One Outstanding Project MORE School Shares Its Success
THE NORTH UNION PERSPECTIVE
Why have we had some great successes?
• Who should mentor?
Overview:
• Relationships = Growth!
• Flexibility and Support
• Changing the Culture
WHO SHOULD MENTOR?
Support StaffSpecialistsReading SpecialistsTitle TeachersGrandmas and GrandpasMoms and Dads
Retired staffCommunity Members
and RetireesCafeteria staffOlder students
(HS or MS)Bus drivers
RELATIONSHIPS =
GROWTH!
Dependable and Invested
Regular mentoring sessions
OAA Accommodations providers
FLEXIBILITY AND
SUPPORT
Support of administration is critical.
Support and flexibility of the staff is critical.
CHANGING
THE CULTURE
“My students” to “Our students.”
Students own their data.
“All Hands On Deck”
MENTORINGHow do we run the program?
Lesson Planning
Coordinator’s schedule/program organization
Communication is the key!
Overview:
Parental Support
Training for mentors
Rewarding effort
Student Stories
Overview continued:
LESSON PLANNING
Lesson Plan and Mentor Guide
Focus – Vocabulary and Comprehension
Vocabulary – First 10 minutes
Comprehension – Strategies
COORDINATOR
SCHEDULE
Fill binders daily
Enter cold/warm/hot reads, reading levels
Keep and analyze testing data for student strengths and weaknesses
COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY!
Regular check-ins with teachers and mentors to monitor progress
Are Progress MORE successes carrying
over into the classroom?
PARENTAL
SUPPORT
Beginning of the year parent letter
Project MORE open house
good way to increase parent & community
involvement-Parents get a chance to meet & talk with
their child’s mentor
Send home progress slip to parent.
If it comes back, students are eligible
for ice cream parties
Project MORE coordinator attends and/or sends a written summary of progress to all IAT and/or IEP meetings for Project MORE.
Open door policy to talk about their child’s progress.
MENTOR TRAINING
Hold training at the beginning of the school year for all mentors.
Importance of regularity of sessions, building relationships, and following the daily lesson plan.
Waiver Day traininghow to get students to implement context clues and other reading comprehension strategies into regular daily lesson.
Mentors are always encouraged to share ideas and feedback from/during mentoring sessions to continually improve the process.
Project MORE parent mentoring training
1st grade teacher/classroom story
REWARDING
EFFORT
Celebrations on the announcements
Reward Parties
Project MORE Christmas tree
Students own their own successes
Party for Judith’s accomplishment
STUDENT STORIES
DATA
How do we know if it’s working?
• Study Island Benchmarking
• Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) scores
• Ohio Achievement Assessment results
• Performance Index
Last year’s test results
This year’s test indicators
3rd
grade OAA predictor scores from Study Island beginning of the year benchmark to end of the year benchmark.
4th
grade OAA predictor scores from Study Island beginning of the year benchmark to end of the year benchmark.
QUESTIONS?
Thank you very much for your time.