Kathy Emeigh, Director of Curriculum IU20 Amaal Awadalla,
Assistant Director of Curriculum IU20 Susan Kinney, PA Statewide
Coordinator
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What is RAISE? A. Reading Actively to Improve Students
Education B. Racing Around to Increase Scores Everywhere C. Reading
Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education
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WestEd was awarded a multi-million dollar grant through the
U.S. Department of Educations i3 competition. Grant designed to:
Intensify professional development for secondary teachers in the
Reading Apprenticeship Framework Provide students with multiple
teachers in various disciplines implementing Reading Apprenticeship
practices Determine the impact of RA on teaching practices,
students attitudes towards reading, and reading comprehension
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In what year of the five year i3 Grant is WestEd beginning? A.
Year 1 B. Year 2 C. Year 3
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Five year grant 2011- 2015
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How many states are involved in the RAISE Grant, including PA?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5
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Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Utah California (just starting to
recruit) PA chosen as a result of the extensive professional
development already in place and the existing capacity to intensify
the work.
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Which subject area teachers are involved in RAISE? A. ELA B.
Science C. Social Studies D. All of the Above
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Will be recruiting teachers in sciences other than just Biology
starting in 2012.
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PA Schools involved in the RAISE grant can be categorized into
how many groups? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3
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Carbondale Area School DistrictCarbondale Area JSHS Chichester
School DistrictChichester High School Fairview School
DistrictFairview High School Interboro School DistrictInterboro
High School Milton Area School DistrictMilton High School Northo
Pocono School DistrictNorth Pocono High School Oil City Area School
DistrictOil City Senior High School School District of
LancasterMcCaskey East High School South Eastern School
DistrictKennard-Dale High School Warren County School
DistrictWarren Area High School
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Will receive 65 hours of professional development in RA
beginning in 2014. Teachers receive $1000 stipend per year for data
collection. Data collection will occur the first three years of
grant project. Monthly teacher surveys Annual student survey Annual
student reading assessment Classroom observations
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Very important that these schools are not exposed to RA Keep in
mind when discussing Keystones to Opportunity with the Control
Schools
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Carlisle High School Huntington High School (Hunting Area SD)
Riverside High School Spring-Ford Area High School East High School
(Erie SD) Mountain View High School Souderton High School
Turkeyfoot Valley High School Twin Valley High School Wyomissing
Junior/Senior High School Upper Moreland High School
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Teachers receive $1000 stipend for 10 days of PD. Teachers
receive $1000 stipend a year for data collection for first three
years. Monthly teacher surveys Annual student survey Annual student
reading assessment Classroom observations
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Boyertown Area High School Liberty High School (Bethlehem Area
SD) Freedom High School (Bethlehem Area SD) East Stroudsburg High
School South Northampton High School Delaware Valley High School
North Penn High School Pleasant Valley High School Stroudsburg High
School Whitehall High School (Whitehall-Coplay SD)
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Teachers receive $1000 for 10 days of PD Data collection 3
annual teacher surveys voluntary 1 annual administrator survey
voluntary Teachers and administrators signed a consent form if they
agreed to participate in the survey
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January 23-24, 2012 at PaTTAN Harrisburg August 7-9, 2012 at
DeSales University
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RAISE will not be recruiting more schools beyond Cohort II. A.
True B. False
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RAISE will be recruiting a total of four cohorts Cohort I:
2011-2012 Cohort II: 2012-2013 Cohort III: 2013-2014 Cohort
IV:2014-2015
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Recruitment will start Monday, December 12 Flyer will be sent
out via PennLink 70 ELA, 70 History, 70 Science teachers 10 days of
PD July 30 August 3 DeSales University Winter dates TBD $1000
stipend for teachers Identify a Teacher Leader
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Cohort II Principals Agree to Attend 2 days of the summer
training OR Participate in the Act 45 RA course (which will be paid
for through RAISE) OR Can choose both
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Online registration Informational webinars January 5 and 10,
2012 Deadline for registration is February 10, 2012
