Transcript Welcome Project MORE Mentors THANK YOU!

Project MORE
A 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
text
Fluent 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
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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 - THS
Project MORE 2012-2013
School District – Tipp City
School Name- Tippecanoe High School
Student
Names
Grade IEP Disability
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
10
10
10
12
10
9
10
9
9
9
9
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
5
5
2
3
3
8
3
3
3
Number of Mentors - 7
Coordinator – Maggie Atkinson
Date
Entered
2-12
2-12
3-12
3-12
2-12
9-12
3-12
1-13
1-13
1-13
1-13
1-13
Exited Reason Reading
RT Level
Level (Fall) Fall
RT Level
Spring
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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P
F
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7 grad.
2.8
2.8
2.4
2.2
2.0
1.2
2.6
2.4
4.0
1.2
3.0
3.0
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O
M
L
J
F
N
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T
F
Q
Q
(3.8)
(3.4)
(2.9)
(2.4)
(2.9)
(1.2)
(3.8)
(2.4)
(4.8)
(1.2)
(3.0)
(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 - TMS
Project 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 members
1 TMS retired teacher
1 TMS grandparent
3 commitments to return next year
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 for
me, but with Project MORE I know
I’m getting better. I even like to
read more now. I hope I will be
able to work with Project MORE
next year, so that I can keep
getting better. I had great
mentors that helped me
believe in myself. Thanks
for helping me! “
Emme Smith
Student Growth for TMS
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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 Stories
HUGE 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)
26 students
34 mentors
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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!!
Nevin Coppock (K-1) Project MORE Progress
2012
8 students
mentored
Student
Number of Reading
Levels Moved Up
this Year
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
2
3/moved in March
2
4
2
3
3
5
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!