Project MOREA District-Wide Approach at Tipp City

Schools

Project MORE has made an IMPACT K-12 !

-65 students served ranging from elem. to HS-86 mentors building student skills & forming relationships-Students looked forward to their time spent with their mentor

-Students benefited from the 1-on-1 approach -Students formed wonderful relationships with their mentors

THE IMPORTANCE OF FLUENCY• Speed—standard reading rate• Proper pause and expression• Allows kids to focus on getting meaning from

textFluent readers automatically recognize words

accurately and effortlessly.Fluent readers group words into phrases and

chunks as they read with expression and fluidity.

COMPREHENSION• Understanding what is read

-Questioning -Predicting -Visualizing -Retelling and summarizing -Connections to life, other texts, prior

knowledge

Recruiting Mentors

• Quick News Local Newspaper• Building School Newsletters• Mentors sharing their experience w/others• Board Meeting Notes & Updates• Utilizing our students

-MS-HS

• Utilizing our own staff

Tippecanoe High School• 12 students• 7 students began 2011-2012 school year and

continued 2012-2013 school year

• 7 Mentors (staff - adult community members -student mentors)

• Good student response- motivated by charting progress- strived to improve data

How it works at the high school:• Grades 9-12• CD, SLD, MD and Autistic• Complete Project MORE during English class

or Tutoring period• Students in Project MORE during a Tutoring

period receive credit• High school student mentors mentoring

during the school day receive credit

Adaptations for high school:

• Very selective with mentors• Use different “Getting to Know You” activities

• See “Would You Rather” and “Getting to Know You” handouts

• No game boards• Selective with books• Make new books for levels

Student Growth - THSProject MORE 2012-2013School District – Tipp City Number of Mentors - 7School Name- Tippecanoe High School Coordinator – Maggie Atkinson

Student Names

Grade IEP Disability Date Entered

Exited

Reason

Reading Level (Fall)

RT Level Fall

RT Level Spring

A 10 1 2 2-12 2 2.8 O S (3.8)B 10 1 3 2-12 2 2.8 O R (3.4)C 10 1 3 3-12 2 2.4 M P (2.9)D 12 1 5 3-12 1 7 grad. 2.2 L M (2.4)E 10 1 5 2-12 2 2.0 J P (2.9)F 9 1 2 9-12 2 1.2 F F (1.2)G 10 1 3 3-12 2 2.6 N S (3.8)H 9 1 3 1-13 2 2.4 M M (2.4)I 9 1 8 1-13 2 4.0 T V (4.8)J 9 1 3 1-13 2 1.2 F F (1.2)K 9 1 3 1-13 2 3.0 Q Q (3.0)L 9 1 3 1-13 2 3.0 Q S (3.8)

High School Student Growth

• 5 levels of growth – 1 student

• 4 levels of growth – 2 students

• 3 levels of growth – 2 students

• 2 levels of growth – 2 students

• 1 level of growth – 1 student

• O levels of growth – 4 students

High School Success

• Student passed 4/5 OGT tests – passed Reading portion

• Accepted to vocational school in mainstream program

• Personal story by the mentor

Tippecanoe Middle School Second year with Project MORE

Student Growth - TMSProject More volunteers were wonderful and a pleasure to work with! We were very fortunate to have so many wonderful people willing to share their time and talents.

MENTORS FROM ALL AGES 1 Student mentor

4 community members1 TMS retired teacher

1 TMS grandparent3 commitments to return next year

Project MOREmakes a difference!

8 Students 13 Volunteers ONE

GOAL

TMS

“This is my second year in project MORE, and my favorite thing about it is working one on one with really nice mentors. Reading has always been hard forme, but with Project MORE I knowI’m getting better. I even like toread more now. I hope I will beable to work with Project MOREnext year, so that I can keepgetting better. I had greatmentors that helped mebelieve in myself. Thanksfor helping me! “ Emme Smith

TippecanoeMiddleSchool

Student Growth for TMS

• 3 Students increased 1 level• 2 Students increased 2 levels• 2 Students increased 3 levels• 1 Students increased 4 levels

Project MORE at LT Ball (4th and 5th grade)

• LTB Intermediate - 11 students- 21 mentors(mix of parents, grandparents, college

student, middle school students, high school students, and a few teachers)

• Students participated in Project MORE at the end of the school day during “breakout time.”

LT Ball Success Stories– 4th grader increased 4 Project

MORE reading levels. “Study Island” Benchmark score increased 158 points from the fall. DRA score increased from a 12 to a 24

– 5th grader increased 4 Project MORE levels. DRA increased from a 18 to a 30-.

LT Ball Success StoriesHUGE success story :

Student began 4th grade with a 1.8 reading level and is now ending 5th grade reading ABOVE grade level.

…All because of Project MORE!

Student Growth – LT Ball (4th and 5th grade)

• 4 students increased 1 reading level• 3 students increased 2 reading levels• 4 students increased 4 reading levels!

Student Growth for Broadway

Elementary (2nd and 3rd

grade)

• 4 students increased 1 level• 15 students increased 2 levels• 2 students increased 3 levels• 3 students increased 4 levels• 1 student increased 5 levels!!

26 students34 mentors

Nevin Coppock (K-1) Project MORE Progress 2012

          

StudentNumber of Reading

Levels Moved Up this Year

A 2B 3/moved in MarchC 2D 4E 2F 3G 3H 5

8 students mentored

District-wide Mentor Appreciation• Lapel pins for mentors (pewter book pin)• Thank you cards• Dairy Queen gift cards for student

mentors• Ice cream sundae party for student

mentors• Holiday “treats”• Certificates• End of Year Thank You celebration with

cake, punch, and a slideshow with progress.

Zach-8th Grd. Student Mentor: By helping Danny, it taught me to be more responsible. I think it helps the student learn more since the information is coming from a person around their age. This is a good program and it should be used by more schools!