RAISEReading Apprenticeship

Improving Secondary EducationKathy Emeigh, Director of Curriculum IU20

Amaal Awadalla, Assistant Director of Curriculum IU20Susan Kinney, PA Statewide Coordinator

What is RAISE?A. Reading Actively to Improve Students’

EducationB. Racing Around to Increase Scores

EverywhereC. Reading Apprenticeship Improving

Secondary Education

A Little Review Quiz

WestEd was awarded a multi-million dollar grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s 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

RAISE

In what year of the five year i3 Grant is WestEd beginning?A. Year 1B. Year 2C. Year 3

Question 2

Five year grant2011- 2015

RAISE

How many states are involved in the RAISE Grant, including PA?A. 3B. 4C. 5

Question 3

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.

RAISE States

Which subject area teachers are involved in RAISE?A. ELAB. ScienceC. Social StudiesD. All of the Above

Question 4

Will be recruiting teachers in sciences other than just Biology starting in 2012.

Change for Cohort II

PA Schools involved in the RAISE grant can be categorized into how many groups?A. 1B. 2C. 3

Question 5

Carbondale Area School District Carbondale Area JSHSChichester School District Chichester High SchoolFairview School District Fairview High SchoolInterboro School District Interboro High SchoolMilton Area School District Milton High SchoolNortho Pocono School District North Pocono High SchoolOil City Area School District Oil City Senior High SchoolSchool District of Lancaster McCaskey East High SchoolSouth Eastern School District Kennard-Dale High SchoolWarren County School District Warren Area High School

Control Schools

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

Control Schools

Very important that these schools are not exposed to RA

Keep in mind when discussing Keystones to Opportunity with the Control Schools

Control Schools

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

Impact or Treatment Schools

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

Impact Schools

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)

Scale-Up Schools

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

Scale Up Schools

January 23-24, 2012 at PaTTAN Harrisburg

August 7-9, 2012 at DeSales University

Follow Up Training for Impact and Scale-Up Schools

RAISE will not be recruiting more schools beyond Cohort II.A. TrueB. False

Question 6

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

Cohorts

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

Recruiting for Cohort II

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

Supporting Administrators

Online registration Informational webinars

◦January 5 and 10, 2012 Deadline for registration is February 10, 2012

Registration for Cohort II