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Project MORE. North Union Elementary School. How To Make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) For Your Students With Disabilities. One Outstanding Project MORE School Shares Its Success. The North Union Perspective. Why have we had some great successes?. Overview:. Who should mentor?.

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  1. Project MORE North Union Elementary School

  2. How To Make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) For Your Students With Disabilities One Outstanding Project MORE School Shares Its Success

  3. The North Union Perspective Why have we had some great successes?

  4. Overview: Who should mentor? • Relationships = Growth! • Flexibility and Support • Changing the Culture

  5. Who Should Mentor?

  6. Support StaffSpecialistsReading SpecialistsTitle TeachersGrandmas and GrandpasMoms and Dads

  7. Retired staffCommunity Members and RetireesCafeteria staffOlder students (HS or MS)Bus drivers

  8. Relationships = Growth!

  9. Dependable and InvestedRegular mentoring sessions OAA Accommodations providers

  10. Flexibility and Support

  11. Support of administration is critical.Support and flexibility of the staff is critical.

  12. Changing the Culture

  13. “My students” to “Our students.”Students own their data.“All Hands On Deck”

  14. Mentoring How do we run the program?

  15. Overview: Lesson PlanningCoordinator’s schedule/program organizationCommunication is the key!

  16. Overview continued: Parental SupportTraining for mentorsRewarding effortStudent Stories

  17. Lesson Planning

  18. Lesson Plan and Mentor Guide Focus – Vocabulary and ComprehensionVocabulary – First 10 minutesComprehension – Strategies

  19. Coordinator Schedule

  20. Fill binders dailyEnter cold/warm/hot reads, reading levelsKeep and analyze testing data for student strengths and weaknesses

  21. Communication is the Key!

  22. Regular check-ins with teachers and mentors to monitor progress Are Progress MORE successes carrying over into the classroom?

  23. Parental Support

  24. Beginning of the year parent letterProject MORE open house good way to increase parent & community involvement -Parents get a chance to meet & talk with their child’s mentor

  25. Send home progress slip to parent. If it comes back, students are eligible for ice cream parties

  26. Project MORE coordinator attends and/or sends a written summary of progress to all IAT and/or IEP meetings for Project MORE. Open door policy to talk about their child’s progress.

  27. Mentor Training

  28. Hold training at the beginning of the school year for all mentors. Importance of regularity of sessions, building relationships, and following the daily lesson plan.

  29. Waiver Day traininghow to get students to implement context clues and other reading comprehension strategies into regular daily lesson.

  30. Mentors are always encouraged to share ideas and feedback from/during mentoring sessions to continually improvethe process.

  31. Project MORE parent mentoring training 1st grade teacher/classroom story

  32. Rewarding Effort

  33. Celebrations on the announcementsReward Parties

  34. Project MORE Christmas treeStudents own their own successesParty for Judith’s accomplishment

  35. Student Stories

  36. Data How do we know if it’s working?

  37. Study Island Benchmarking Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) scores Ohio Achievement Assessment results Performance Index

  38. Last year’s test results

  39. This year’s test indicators • 3rd grade OAA predictor scores from Study Island beginning of the year benchmark to end of the year benchmark. • 4th grade OAA predictor scores from Study Island beginning of the year benchmark to end of the year benchmark.

  40. Questions? Thank you very much for your time.

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