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RAIS OF LIGHT NAPDS Annual Conference Daytona Beach, FL March 2009
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RAIS of Light. NAPDS Annual Conference Daytona Beach, FL March 2009. Collaborators. Salisbury University (MD) Keith Conners , Professor and PDS Liaison Stacie Siers, PDS Coordinator Dennis Pataniczek , Dean Snow Hill Elementary School Clara Outten , Mentor & Site Coordinator - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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RAIS OF LIGHT
NAPDS Annual ConferenceDaytona Beach, FL
March 2009
Collaborators Salisbury University (MD)
Keith Conners, Professor and PDS Liaison Stacie Siers, PDS Coordinator Dennis Pataniczek, Dean
Snow Hill Elementary School Clara Outten, Mentor & Site Coordinator Corinne Ponder, Intern Jennifer Ruark, Intern Cassie Graves, Intern Staci Stonnell, Intern
Readers Accelerating through Intern Support (RAIS)
Agenda Documenting PDS benefits Intern action research Scaffolding intern investigations The RAIS project at Snow Hill Elementary Salisbury University’s mini-grant program
P-12 StudentAchievement
Teacher Professional Development
Preparing thenext generation
of teachers
Inquiry &Dissemination
The Intern’s Burden 100 days of internship 3 showcase lessons video analyses legacy project weekly seminar endless reflections action research
Interns have choices…Action Research
Options
Instructional Change
Data Mining
PDS Impact
Sequential Steps
Analyze & reflect
Collect data
Work out the design
Pose a question
Search and read
Brainstorm some “I wonder’s”
Display & disseminate
Seminar Support Weeks 1-3: Ideas, searching,
formulating questions Weeks 4-6: Designs, data collection
strategies Week 7: Works-in-progress displayed at
Board of Education Intern Reception Weeks 5-10: Data collection and
analysis Weeks 10-14: Data displays, reflections Week 15: Gallery walk
RAIS – Snow Hill Elementary
Setting: First grade classrooms, Title I school
Learners: 35 “targeted” first graders (about half of all first graders at SHES)
Question: Will focused support from interns help accelerate reading skills?
Design: Pre-test in Sept., implement daily interventions, post-test in December
RAIS – Snow Hill Elementary
Targeted students: Students who scored below 75% on one or more subscales of Houghton-Mifflin Emerging Literacy Survey
Interventions: approx. 20 minutes daily Individual and small group Drill and practice activities Intern-designed games
Readers Accelerating through Intern Support (RAIS)
n= 15 n=13 n=14 n=27 n=11 n=10 n=9 n=0 n=35
RAIS-Snow Hill Elementary
September average scores for targeted students on all subscales was 42%
By December the targeted students’ weakest subscale score was 85%
By December, targeted students improved to 94% on all subscales, an increase of 122%
Mini-grant Project Investigations must include…
Impact of PDS P-12 student achievement
PDS site faculty and SU faculty Dissemination
AACTE Publication
Contact Information Dr. Dennis Pataniczek
[email protected] Dr. Keith Conners
[email protected] Stacie Siers
[email protected] Clara Outten
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rrsiers.wikispaces.com/NAPDS
