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Organizing Your Project MORE Program: A Fresh Look

Organizing Your Project MORE Program: A Fresh Look. Sandy Greenberg & Teresa Woodin Talawanda School District, Oxford Project MORE Conference Monday, May 16 th , 2011. Today’s Agenda:.

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Organizing Your Project MORE Program: A Fresh Look

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  1. Organizing Your Project MORE Program: A Fresh Look Sandy Greenberg & Teresa WoodinTalawanda School District, OxfordProject MORE ConferenceMonday, May 16th, 2011

  2. Today’s Agenda: • Provide helpful “tips” and information about the use of Project MORE during our first year of implementation • “Getting Started” Insights and Adventures • Mentors & Communication • Data Gathering & Sharing Caveats • Evaluation of the Program • Question and Answer Period • Contact Information for Presenters • All Forms Shared Available on the Project MORE Website

  3. Getting Started!!! • Where to Start????? • Getting Started Checklist is very helpful—Project MORE Manual—pages 7 & 8 • Adventures We Experienced in “Getting Started” • “Lots” of copying and assembling—approximately 50 Hours per building (Levels C-T) • Organizing Tutors and Collaborating with Miami University regarding scheduling • Organization of Materials • 5 books at each level with “packet” information in basket • Approximately 675 sandwich size baggies • Approximately 135 gallon size baggies • Storage for baskets and materials • Pocket folder for each child, colored pencils, game boards, timers, and fluency instruction sheets • Available notepads and sticky post-it notes for communication from tutors

  4. “Getting Started” …………………...Pictures of the Materials

  5. “Getting Started”……………………Pictures of the Materials

  6. “Getting Started”………………..Parent Permission Letter (available on website)

  7. Parent Permission Form…………….(available on website)

  8. Getting Started…………….Student Folder Contents • Student Folder and “What goes inside?” • Lesson plan, leveled-book and packet contents, comprehension check and answer sheet, 2 fluency passages, fluency graph & “timed” directions • Game boards & Colored-Pencils and Timers available at check-in station • Revised lesson plan (from Worthington Schools) for levels above F

  9. Student Folder Contents……Book & Packet Contents from Reading-Tutors.com

  10. Mentors…………………Partnering & Recruiting • Developed A Partnership with Miami University • Students represent America Reads, Adopt-A-School and/or Education Classes • Wonderful “pool” of tutors • Disadvantages • Limits the number of tutoring sessions due to calendar differences • Lose two weeks in spring because of different breaks • Next year planning to partner with community members, senior citizens within the community and additional organizations at Miami University

  11. Training Tutors……….Training Manual (available on the Ohio Project MORE website) • Tips for Training…… • Limit number of sessions held • Held in multiple locations • “Interactive” Activities • Practice Fluency Passage • Practice assessment • Gather Contact Information • Manual sent home with tutors

  12. Mentors & Communication….Project MORE List Serve • Weekly Email sent via the Project MORE List Serve • Important News • Tips & Thoughts

  13. Mentor Communication…..Project MORE Conference Folder • Tutor Contact Sheet • Spreadsheet that includes tutor’s name, telephone contact number and email address and housed • Contact Assignment Sheet • Sheet includes the tutor and teacher names, contact telephone numbers, days of tutoring, times of tutoring and room number to meet their tutee • Forms are available on the Ohio Project MORE website

  14. Mentor Communication……………“Online” Google Calendar • Online calendar that includes pertinent scheduling information for tutors • Google calendar houses all three elementary school activities & potential tutoring conflicts listed

  15. Data Gathering…………….....Individual Student Information Sheet • Weekly Data Recorded for each Individual Student • Housed in a Three-Ring Notebook • Book Name, Level of Book and Additional Comments • Record of cold, warm and hot reads • Comprehension Check • AIMSweb Weekly Progress Monitoring Results • Number of Tutoring Sessions Completed

  16. Data Sharing…………….....Multiple Student Data Information Sheet • Project MORE Conference Folder via First Class • Updated weekly with new data • Includes: cold, warm and hot reads, comprehension checks, DIBELS Benchmarks, AIMSWEB Progress Monitoring and Total Number of Tutoring Sessions

  17. Evaluation & Feedback…… • Survey Monkey --http://www.surveymonkey.com • FREE online service that surveys can be created • The service provides a link that the person places in a browser then clicks • It collects and analyzes the data for you

  18. Evaluation & Feedback……………..Survey Monkey Results from Tutors & Teachers • Evaluation at the End of Each Semester • Anonymous input was requested from both teachers who had students participating in Project MORE & the tutors who volunteered their time to provide one-on-one sessions with the students • Survey can include 10 questions and still be FREE • Valuable feedback and input

  19. Questions & Answers………………. • Questions?????? • Please ask…….

  20. Contact Information………………… Please do not hesitate to contact us…. we are happy to share!! Sandy Greenberg, Coordinator of Project MORE greenbergs@talawanda.org Teresa Woodin, Coordinator of Special Services woodint@talawanda.org

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