Reading First Advanced PD

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Reading First Advanced PD
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of Students at Benchmark in Spring
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of Students Intensive in Spring
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of Kinder Students in Spring on the
DIBELSImplementation Years 1 - 6
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of 1st Grade Students in Spring on the
DIBELSImplementation Years 1 - 6
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of 2nd Grade Students in Spring on the
DIBELSImplementation Years 1 - 6
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of 3rd Grade Students in Spring on the
DIBELSImplementation Years 1 - 6
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of Kinder Students at Winter Benchmark on the
DIBELSImplementation Years 1 - 6
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of 1st Grade Students at Winter Benchmark on
the DIBELSImplementation Years 1 - 6
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of 2nd Grade Students at Winter Benchmark on
the DIBELSImplementation Years 1 - 6
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of 3rd Grade Students at Winter Benchmark on
the DIBELSImplementation Years 1 6
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Reading Projects in Washington

• Full Day Kindergarten
• Striving Readers
• Washington Reading Corps?
• Dyslexia?
• new pre-K 12 projects?
• staffing note

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Reading Projects in Washington

• Striving Reader project
• Primary purpose is adding to the knowledge base
  about adolescent literacy and what works
• 5 schools, 3 districts (Auburn, Bethel, Franklin
  Pierce)
• Interventions for adolescents who are 2 or more
  years behind in reading
• Intervention will include Phonics Blitz (for
  students with low fluency and decoding) and Read
  to Achieve
• Randomized control design
• 4 year project 4.4 million

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Federal Level Update

• LEARN act
• Current Funds
• ESEA Reauthorization

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Overview of New Proposed Legislation

• The LEARN Act
• Literacy Education for All, Results for the
  Nation
• Introduced in both the Senate (2740) and House
  (4037) in November 2009

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How much money?Congress would authorize 2.35
billion per year for 5 years (in contrast,
Reading First was 1 billion and brought 16
million per year to Washington State)If less
than 500 million, then state grants will be
competitive if over 500 million state grants
will be formula based on population and poverty
(like Reading First)
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How would the money be spent?States would spend
40 on K 5, 40 on 6 12, and 15 (House) or
10 (Senate) on birth to K entryRemaining 5 or
10 would be for state level literacy support
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essential components of reading and writing
instruction defined as

• Explicit and systematic
• High quality PD
• Diverse texts at appropriate reading level and
  interest of students
• Differentiated instruction
• Motivation
• Systematic and intensive one-to-one and small
  group instruction, intense interventions both
  inside and outside classroom
• Writing individually and collaboratively
• Uses of print materials for research and
  presenting content and ideas
• WITH RESPECT TO K-3
• Strategic and explicit instruction using
  phonological awareness, phonic decoding,
  vocabulary, language structure, reading fluency,
  and reading comprehension
• Oral modeling to build language skills
• Coordinated involvement of families, caregivers,
  school leaders, and instructional staff

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States would

• Work with Higher Ed to improve teacher
  preparation programs
• Develop comprehensive birth grade 12 literacy
  intiatives
• Provide technical assistance and support for
  districts

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Consolidated Appropriations Act

• Signed into law in December 2009
• This will transform the Striving Readers program
  into a new 250 million comprehensive literacy
  initiative. 
• Pre-K grade 12
• Competitive grants to States, who will then
  subgrant the funds to LEAs and early childhood
  providers. 
• States must provide 15 of funds for early
  childhood, 40 for K-5 and 40 for 6-12. 
• The appropriation also provides formula funding
  to every SEA to support the creation and
  maintenance of State Literacy Teams.

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ESEA Reauthorization Blueprint

• One Element Literacy
• States would be required to develop a statewide
  pre-K 12 literacy plan (Washington currently
  has a K-12 literacy plan, one of only a few
  states). States could compete for funds to
  subgrant to districts to implement comprehensive
  literacy programs.

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So What?

• Reading First-like practices are not dead
• Your work is beautifully aligned with Response to
  Intervention and the K-12 Reading Model and
  national initiatives
• Your data speaks louder than words
• Reading First is part of a continuum of
  coordinated literacy improvement
• You are leaders in your field!

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Special Thank You

• Cheryl Young
• Sherrie Cornett
• Vittrice Abel
• Gary Gorland
• Marilee Erskine

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Appreciation! Pam Cavenee Evelyn Probert Shelby
Skaanes Deanna Stewart Martha Teigen Lisa
Thompson
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There are known knowns. These are things we know
that we know. There are known unknowns. That is
to say, there are things that we know we don't
know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There
are things we don't know we don't know. -Donald
Rumsfeld
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Pam Cavenee Evelyn Probert Shelby Skaanes Deanna
Stewart Martha Teigen Lisa Thompson
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The Many Strands that are Woven into Skilled
Reading (Scarborough, 2001)
Reading is a multifaceted skill, gradually
acquired over years of instruction and practice.
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Reading Systems
K-12 Reading Model Reading First Response to Intervention (RTI)
Three-tier model Three-tier model Three-tier model
Comprehensive assessment system Comprehensive assessment system Comprehensive assessment system
Reading Reading Can be Reading, Math, Writing and Behavior
Implementation is conducted with General Ed and Special Ed Implementation is conducted with General Ed and Special Ed Implementation is conducted with General Ed and Special Ed
Compilation of research based practices that are recommended by the State of Washington and Reading First no additional funds Compilation of research based practices that are recommended by the State of Washington funding by Congress Authorized by Congress as an alternative method that can be used to identify and serve students with specific learning disabilities
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Reflections and Closing

• Most important thing you learned
• Greatest student achievement accomplishment

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Chinook, Auburn SD