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Philanthropic Problem-Solvers Webinar Series:
Mobilizing Citizens to Produce More Third Grade Readers
March 26, 2015
GLR Campaign Webinar Team
Lauren MaddoxDirector, Investor Relations
Emily SamoseSenior Consultant, Investor Relations
Susanne SparksSenior ConsultantNetwork Community Support Centerand webinar organizer
Lacy McAlisterProgram Assistant, Investor Relations
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Coming Soon…•National Volunteer Week, April 12-18
•Post photos and share stories of literacy volunteers and tutors by April 6 for the Campaign to recognize and find tools and templates for local recognition: http://gradelevelreading.net/national-volunteer-week-2
•Second Annual Campaign Funder-to-Funder Huddle, April 23-25•Foundations investing in GLR Network Communities, school readiness, attendance or summer learning will gather in San Francisco prior to the Council on Foundations annual conference
•Campaign & United Way Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange, April 27•United Ways leading and participating in GLR Network communities will gather in a special convening prior to the United Way Community Leaders Conference in Grapevine, TX
Webinar Presenters
Marilee L. Dal PraVice President of Programs Virginia G. Piper Charitable TrustPhoenix, AZ
Sally C. FullerProject DirectorThe Irene E. and George A. Davis FoundationSpringfield, MA
Background
Virginia Galvin Piper
Mission: Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust supports organizations that enrich health, well-being, and opportunity for the people of Maricopa County, Arizona.
Focus areas:• Healthcare & Medical Research• Children• Older Adults• Arts & Culture• Education• Religious Organizations
InvestmentsAnnual grantmaking budget is $21 million
Since the Trust began in 2000 we’ve invested more than $339 million in nonprofits, programs, and strategic initiatives
Founding partner of Read On Arizona launched in 2012
1202 East Missouri Avenue
AARP Experience Corps
• Engages older adult tutors to improve K-3 student literacy in disadvantaged schools
• Started in 1995 by Public/ Private Ventures as a pilot in 5 cities
• In 2011 Experience Corps joined forces with AARP
• Part of the AmeriCorps National Service Network
AARP Experience Corps
Local Programs• City of Tempe launched the
program in June 2006
• City of Phoenix launched the program in October 2014
• Strong partnership between Read on Communities, AARP Experience Corps and Experience Matters
Program Details for City of Tempe
• Program initially implemented in 6 Tempe elementary schools and currently being expanded to 12 schools
• 350 students being tutored this year
• Started the program with 30 older adult volunteers and currently have 84
Program Details for City of Phoenix
• Program being implemented in 18 Phoenix elementary schoolsin 5 school districts (over three years)
• Serving a minimum of 1,500 struggling readers
• 170 older adult volunteers recruited by AARP and Experience Matters
Rigorous national and local research studies showed more than 60 percent gains in two critical literacy skills:
• Sounding out new words
• Reading comprehension
Program ResultsJohns Hopkins University
Washington University in St. Louis
Mathematica Policy Research
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Research/Evaluation
Program EvaluationOngoing evaluation effort to measure:
• Students—Improved reading scores
• Teachers—Improved student performance in the classroom and increased self-confidence
• Volunteers—Improved well-being
Lessons Learned• More intentional about linking
funding priorities (i.e., older adults and early literacy)
• Power of investing in effective programs and measuring results
• Collaboration presents challenges (i.e., power struggles)
• Unlikely partners are strong advocates for literacy efforts
Replication• Reach out to AARP
Experience Corps staff
• Rely on existing collaborative focused on 3rd grade reading to accelerate the process
• Requires broad partnerships (schools, volunteer service providers, funders)
Marilee Dal Pra, Vice President of ProgramsVirginia G. Piper Charitable [email protected]
Terri Clark, Arizona Literacy Directortclark@readonarizona.org480-556-7151www.ReadOnArizona.org
Peggy Goldberg, Volunteer AdvisorAARP Experience [email protected]/experience-corps
Contacts
Filling the Gaps to Advance Early Literacy
The mission of the Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation is to support the development of Hampden County children, youth and
families by insuring they have the opportunities and supports needed to achieve their full potential.
We accomplish this through investing in a continuum of services with a particular focus on young children ages birth through eight, while at the same time sustaining these early investments through
a variety of learning supports and experiences for youth ages 8 through 18.
Investments:$3 – 5 million annual grant-making
budget
Reading Success by 4th Grade annual investment since 2009:
$600,000
The Model: Intervene Early To Accelerate Success
Results for Year 2 (2013-2014)
• The percentage of students “on target” or “close to target” in picture naming improved from 48% to 84% from fall to spring.
• The percentage of students “on target” or “close to target” in rhyming improved from 20% to 60% from fall to spring.
• The percentage of students “on target” or “close to target” in alliteration improved from 19% to 54% from fall to spring.
• The percentage of students “on target” or “close to target” in letter names improved from 44% to 79% from fall to spring.
• The percentage of students “on target” or “close to target” in letter sounds improved from 10% to 51% from fall to spring.
Benefits to Schools/Teachers
Teachers indicated that participation in Reading Corps impacted them as a teacher by:
• gaining specific skills in supporting literacy
that they can use with their students;
• gaining specific knowledge in understanding
student progress monitoring graphs;
• helping them reach every student in need of
literacy support; and/or
• increasing their belief that all students can
learn to read
Year One: 12 AmeriCorps volunteers Year Two: 20 AmeriCorps volunteers Year Three: 25 AmeriCorps volunteers
Pre-K Classrooms in Springfield Public Schools, Head Start, community-based early childhood providers
Year One: 116 children in 6 classrooms Year Two: 348 in 16 classrooms Year Three: 400 Pre-K children in 23classrooms
Replication of Minnesota Reading Corps
Funders for Massachusetts Reading Corps
Funds Master Coach position, Internal Coaches, ongoing training for volunteers and classroom
teachers
Vision for Massachusetts Reading CorpsAll children, age 3 to grade 3, who
qualify for Reading Corps, will have access to Reading Corps and will meet
reading standards by third grade. We will… serve 448 Springfield students in 2015-16; expand to serve 2,920 Springfield students by 2019-20; expand throughout Springfield and Holyoke Public
Schools, Head Start, and Square One by 2020; and increase number of literacy tutors from 28 in 2015-16 to
160 in 2019-20.
Value of mixed delivery system Each preschool partner has its own needs
and resourcesChampion critical to growthPublic school system partnership important
but most difficult to manageAdditional funding to Corporation for
National and Community Service AmeriCorps funding is critical
Lessons Learned
Evidence-basedOngoing evaluationUses data to guide teachers and volunteers
in appropriate interventions with childrenContinuous improvement built into modelCreates literacy-rich environment throughout
classroomDesigned to impact social/emotional
development as well as early literacy skills
Value Of Minnesota Reading Corps Model
Minnesota Reading Corpshttp://www.serveminnesota.org/programs/minnesota-
reading-corps
Replication Information: Sadie O’[email protected]
Massachusetts Reading CorpsShannon Langone, Program Director [email protected]