Introduction to PROJECT MORE 101:

Presented by:

Tanya Braden, SSTR1 Consultant

KoAnn Rutter, Elmwood Local Schools

2012 PROJECT MORE CONFERENCE

*Introduction to PROJECT MORE 101:

= MENTORING IN OHIO FOR READING EXCELLENCE

Supplemental Reading Program since 1999

1:1 STRUCTURED reading volunteer mentoring project for

students with disabilities

Total of 120 minutes/week (3,840 minutes (60 hrs)/school year!)

Easily adapted to meet the needs of your students, including

students at-risk for reading failure and students who are ELL

Works for individual classrooms or building- / district-wide

WHAT IS PROJECT MORE?


Aligns with:

IDEIA Early Intervening Services requirement that there should be a greater emphasis on use of intervention services.

Federal three-tiered model for special education and remedial education services as a tier two and tier three-intervention strategy.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements to be an effective and affordable tutoring program for schools in academic need, which are required to provide Supplemental Education Services (SES).



Supports home-school partnerships

Also provides community service opportunities and fulfills course requirements for university students

Collaborative Partnerships: Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities

(OCECD) Ohio Department of Education / Office for Exceptional

Children State Support Teams currently 250+ schools in Ohio


Project MORE's Scientifically Based Reading Research is published in the 12/07 issue of Council for Exceptional Childrens Division on Developmental Disabilities "Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities Journal".

According to an independent evaluation conducted by the Center for Evaluation Services, Bowling Green State University during the 2002-2008 school years, Project MORE is significantly increasing the reading levels of students with disabilities on both informal and standardized reading assessments.

WHAT IS THE RESEARCH TO SUPPORT

PROJECT MORE?

Over a 6-year period, the Independent Evaluation of Project MORE by BGSU’s Center for Evaluation Services (CES) consistently revealed that students with specific learning disabilities and cognitive disabilities, and students in Title 1 Reading who were served by the project, made important reading gains.

Two aspects of the reading gains made by Project MORE’s students stand out:

1) For the average MORE student, the reading gains represent month-for-month increases in achievement, an impressive result for students with disabilities, and

2) In nearly 40% of the comparisons between MORE students and similar students with reading disabilities, Project MORE students outperformed comparison students to a statistically significant degree.


PROJECT MORE?

Students show significant progress in oral reading fluency using

Pre & Post DIBELS test scores

Students make substantial reading fluency gains within 6 months or less

The program reduces the achievement gap between students with/without disabilities

The program provides resourceful data for intervention teams so they may utilize the information during any IAT, MFE, and IEP processes

Results from Elmwood Local Schools, 2008


PROJECT MORE?

Project MORE's research and evaluation indicates value added

benefits for children with disabilities, their families, schools and

communities.


PROJECT MORE?

Effective for student performance

Affordable for schools - less than $1/ mentor hour

for partnering schools

Replicable for any school that has a

need for reading improvement

Sustainable because of low cost, ease of

use, and evidence-based

WHAT IS EARS?

Consider the DATA!

Sources??

Any students in need of reading intervention?!

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

Requirements:

Training: includes 1 full day and ½ day follow-up

The purpose of the Initial Training is to equip principals, teachers, paraprofessionals, etc. in the use of Project MORE in order to improve the reading levels of their students with disabilities.

It is common for a school to send 3-4 staff (including principal)

Purchase reading-tutors license

SUPPORTS: 2 training manuals, follow-up support, website resources, individual consultation


NEXT INITIAL TRAINING:

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Putnam County ESC, 124 Putnam Parkway, Ottawa, OH 45875

8:45-9 Registration, 9-2:30 Initial Training and working lunch

Please register by 2:00 Thursday, May 17th to Debby Ambroza, [email protected].

Please bring your own drinks and lunch OR $7.00 to cover a lunch that you choose from a local restaurant.


mailto:[email protected]

Contact

Amy Freeman, Project MORE Director

Putnam County Educational Service Center

1.888.319.3560 Ext 3014

email [email protected]


Introduction to PROJECT MORE 101:

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