project more, year 1 fostoria intermediate elementary school grades 3-6 2012-2013
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Project MORE, Year 1Fostoria Intermediate Elementary SchoolGrades 3-62012-2013
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•Fostoria City Schools District Demographic Information
1857 Student Enrollment
Longfellow- Pre-K- K FIES- Grades 3-6 Riley- Grades 1-2 Fostoria JSHS Grades 7-12
District 77.83% free and reduced FIES 82.55% free and reduced
African American- 5.5% Hispanic- 13.5%Multi-Racial 23.2% White- 57.2%LEP- 2.6% SWD- 11.7%
District
Buildings
EthnicityFIES
FIES Enrollment
Economics
571 students
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• 2011-2012 OAA Data Reading • 3rd Grade- 69.3%• 4th Grade- 82.0%• 5th Grade- 62.1%• 6th Grade- 76.0%• Value Added- Met expected growth for grades 4-6
• 3rd Grade Guarantee • Need for all 3rd graders to score 390 or above
• Mobility • 69 students have enrolled since the start of the year• Students who are continuously enrolled in our
district score 10% higher than students who move into the district
What the Data tells us•Why Project MORE?
A NEED FOR AN INTERVENTION
DURING THE DAY
OAA TEST SCORES
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•95 students were serviced over
the course of the 2012-2013
school year
•Selection was determined based
on OAA test scores: Limited and
Basic
•8 students exited (3 passed the 3rd
grade fall OAA; 5 moved out of
district)
•FIES Students in Project MORE3-6th graders
Grade Total Students/IEP
3rd 35/7
4th 18/4
5th 16/7
6th 6/2
TOTALS 75/20=95 students
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• 4 day lesson plan• Fluency• Book Lesson
• Before Reading• During Reading• After Reading• Graphic Organizer• Comprehension check• Game
•Our Project MORE ProgramReading-Tutors.com
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• Recruited EVERYWHERE!• Staff • Visited study halls• Classes that require
volunteers (Government, DEKA, CBI, Catholic schools, etc..)
• Service groups (Kiwanis, Rotary, previous mentors)
• Letters to parents• Older students (4-12
grades) *Teacher recommendation
•Volunteer Recruitment
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• 150 volunteers by end of year• Staff• Parents• Relatives of staff/students• Community members
• Volunteers needed for• Mentoring• Filing• Paperwork• Copying• Making materials• Various tasks
•Roles of Volunteers
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• Snacks and drinks• Schedule posted • Thank you gifts• Thank you dinner• Newsletters (every
other month)• End of year party
with mentors and mentees
•Appreciating Volunteers
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• Completed levels we needed before we started
• Retired teacher set up the system
• Volunteer cleans them out• Two volunteers maintain copies
once a week• One volunteer works on folders
almost daily
• Book and materials, master copies, consumables in each file
•File Cabinets
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• Hanging file for each book, color coded by levels
• Packets in front, originals, then consumables
• More copies of ones we use often (H-S)
• When a student finishes a lesson, we replace the consumables and put it in the front of the file
•File Folders
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• DIBELING• Dibeled a student when
they were due to begin • Benchmarked three times
a year• Kept in tote to organize
(by grade level and teacher)
•Assessments
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• Teachers gave me their first and second time choices
• I sent out times I had volunteers available
• Used Microsoft Word to create the schedule (table)
• Posted the schedule in the room with the monthly calendar
• Students and teachers got note card with schedule on it
• Corrected/changed weekly
Time Student Teacher Mentor
9:00 Matthew 5J Mrs. D
9:00 Ramiro 5J Mrs. F
9:00 Aryah 5J Mrs. B
9:30 Gabe 6W Mrs. C
9:30 A’livea 5L Mrs. Z
9:30 Cashara 5L Timothy
9:30 Brian 5L Zabian
•Schedule
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• Students and/or mentors get their folder
• Check the schedule• Take a seat• Students: shade in calendar
and practice fluency• Mentors: Look over lesson
• Student absent: we pull another student
• Mentor absent: we take the student or get another mentor
•Routine
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• Make games cards on thicker, colored paper• Ask for help• Be organized• Be flexible• We can not make everyone happy• Dibeling takes longer than we plan• Have packets ready before we start• Schedule a lunch and planning time• Volunteers need trained in more
than just our program (how to read, hygiene lessons, oral language skills around students)
•Things we learned
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• Contact businesses (churches, factories, etc.) and colleges over the summer• Create a worksheet and policy for student (4-12
graders) mentors• Turn multi-sessions plans into 4 day lessons• Buy plastic folders • Place labels on the front of each folder (student name,
picture, and schedule)
Changes for Year Two
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• Have monthly meetings with snacks that offer the opportunity to retrain or give suggestions to mentors
• Have meeting with students who are being tutored to establish ground rules• Hold informational meeting for parents whose
student(s) could benefit from Project MORE to gain volunteers
• As a student finishes a lesson, complete a parent report and fill in the book tracking form
• Students who return the signed parent report, will receive a coupon from an area business
•Things we learned continued
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Pam BerrierFostoria Intermediate Elementary School1202 HL Ford Dr.Fostoria, OH 44830
• Questions? Need More Information?Feel free to contact us.