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RAIS of Light

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

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RAIS of Light

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  1. RAIS of Light NAPDS Annual Conference Daytona Beach, FL March 2009

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Preparing the next generation of teachers Teacher Professional Development P-12 Student Achievement Inquiry & Dissemination

  5. The Intern’s Burden • 100 days of internship • 3 showcase lessons • video analyses • legacy project • weekly seminar • endless reflections • action research

  6. Interns have choices…

  7. Sequential Steps Display & disseminate

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Readers Accelerating through Intern Support (RAIS) n= 15 n=13 n=14 n=27 n=11 n=10 n=9 n=0 n=35

  12. 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%

  13. Mini-grant Project • Investigations must include… • Impact of PDS  P-12 student achievement • PDS site faculty and SU faculty • Dissemination

  14. AACTE Publication

  15. Contact Information • Dr. Dennis Pataniczek • dapataniczek@salisbury.edu • Dr. Keith Conners • kjconners@salisbury.edu • Stacie Siers • sesiers@salisbury.edu • Clara Outten • CSOutten@mail.worcester.k12.md.us • Visit our wiki: rrsiers.wikispaces.com/NAPDS

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