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Scaling Up Content-Area Literacy for High-Need Students: Reading Apprenticeship Grant

This grant project aims to enhance academic literacy in high school English Language Arts, Science, and History classes for high-need students. The project involves professional development, leadership training, and implementation of Reading Apprenticeship strategies. Participating schools must commit to all grant activities and have dedicated content-area teachers in specified disciplines. The project includes Randomized Control Trials, building capacity in implementing schools, and involvement of State System of Intermediate Units. Benefits include professional development, stipends, and leadership training opportunities. Leadership training sessions will be held in summer 2012.

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Scaling Up Content-Area Literacy for High-Need Students: Reading Apprenticeship Grant

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  1. Reading Apprenticeship i3 Grant Scaling Up Content-Area Academic Literacy in High Scholl English Language Arts, Science and History Classes for High Need Students

  2. The Award • Top-rated in the Validation Category • 22.6 Million (including 20% match) • Distributed over 5 years • Pennsylvania is one of 4 states participating • Technical Review

  3. Twenty Percent Match • $3,660,236 • Stone Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Carnegie Corporation, JP Morgan Foundation, JP Morgan Private Investment Bank, The Stuart Foundations.

  4. Grant Activities • RCT (Randomized Control Trial) – schools new to RA • Building Capacity – schools already implementing • Leadership • RCT Schools • Building Capacity Schools • State System of Intermediate Units

  5. District/School Participation • Must have a high need population • Must have a similar high school within the district of close by for comparison • Commit to all four years of the project • Must have 2 - 3 content area teachers in the following disciplines • English Language Arts • Biology • US History

  6. District/School • Treatment/Control • Schools have a 50% chance of being in the treatment group • Professional development will begin summer 2011 for treatment schools • Professional development will begin summer of 2014 for control schools.

  7. Teacher Participation • 9th Grade English Language Arts • 10th Grade Biology • 11th Grade US History • Need two to three teachers from each discipline

  8. The Commitment • Participate in 10 days of discipline specific professional development • 5 days summer 2011 • 2 days during academic year • 3 days summer of 2012 • Actively work to implement Reading Apprenticeship with fidelity • Participate in site visits • Accurately collect data on student performance & teacher implementation

  9. Benefits • Provision of Professional Development & training materials • Stipends to teachers for summer attendance & data collection • Reimbursement for substitutes

  10. Leadership Training • Participants must attend the full 10 day training • Representation from RCT, Building Capacity and PAIU needed • Complete an application • Selected applicants will attend a leadership training to be held 2012

  11. Summer (July?) 2011 • Dates??? • Locations???

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