north union elementary school. one outstanding project more school shares its success

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.