Achieve3000: Technology Model for Research Based Reading Improvement in the School

1. Achieve3000: Technology Model for Research Based Reading Improvement in the School Michelle O’Donnell

2. Bellalago Academy • About the School: • K-8 • Charter School • Osceola County • School Grade: B

3. Bellalago Academy Administration Team • Principal: • Wendy Honeycutt • Vice Principal • Shakelia Henderson • Vice Principal • Matthew DeRight • Principal: • 6 • Vice Principal • 3.5 • Vice Principal • 5 Administration Number of Years as an Administrator

4. Bellalago Academy • Demographics • About 50/50 Boys/Girl Student Ratio • About 1,509 Total Students • Nationalities: Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian • Social Background: ELL, Disabled, Economically Disadvantaged

5. School Report Card • B • 70% of students are reading at or above grade level • 64% of students are making a years worth of progress in reading • 69% of struggling students make a year’s worth of progress in reading

6. School Improvement • According to the State Grading System: “White, African-American, Hispanic, Economically Disadvantaged, English Language Learners students in this school need improvement in Reading” (Florida School Grades 2012) • There is a need for student improvement in Reading at Bellalago Academy; the Achieve3000 program is used at Bellalago to continue to support school wide literacy.

7. Achieve3000 • The Achieve3000 program is a “web-based differentiated K-12 reading program that uses email, technology, and current events to strengthen student’s literacy skills” (Achieve3000, 2010).

8. High Interest Non-Fiction Articles • The Achieve3000 program isdesigned as a research based program to increase student’s literacy skills by teaching them how to read effectively through the use of high interest nonfiction articles. • The program is designed to individualize student’s lessons that correlate to common core state standards while allowing multiple students to read the same article to discuss correlations as a class with supplemental instruction from the classroom teacher.

9. Structure • Vocabulary • Comprehension • Reading Fluency • Writing

10. Implementation • Classroom Demonstration • Practice • Follow-Up • Read and respond to the program email • Read the article from the program • Complete the activity • Answer the thought question • Vote in the poll based on the activity • Assessment

11. KidBiz/TeenBiz • KidBiz • “The differentiated online literacy instruction solution for grades 2-5 that reaches every student at his or her reading level.” (www.achieve.com) • TeenBiz • “The differentiated online literacy solution for grades 6-8 that reaches every student at his or her individualized reading level.” (www.achieve.com)

12. School Wide Initiative

13. Problem Solved? • New Data… • Analyzed Quarterly • Elementary School: Individual Teacher Display • Middle School: Posted on the TeenBiz Wall of Fame • Developing throughout the school year… • KidBiz/TeenBiz Tuesday • KidBiz/TeenBiz Whiz – Still Developing school wide bracelet initiative

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16. The ProgramHarware/Software • Computer • Website Server • Windows Software

17. Professional Development

18. Who is Responsible? • Administration • Literacy Coach • Literacy Council • Classroom Teachers • The Principal • The Vice Principals • Technology Support Staff • The Teachers • The Students • The Community (Parents) School Improvement Plan Collaboration

19. Ongoing Yearly Assessment – School Improvement Plan

20. My Opinion • As a future savvy school leader I have learned the importance of reading and interpreting school data in reference to school wide technology initiatives. • Most important is that students are taught how to use the program and have some sense of ownership to utilize the program to their best ability.

21. Example: http://portal.achieve3000.com/home.php

22. Achieve3000: What We Believe • Short Video: • http://www.achieve3000.com/what-we-believe

23. Believe & Acheive • We Believe... • Do You?

24. References • Achieve3000. (2010). Academic interventions for ells office of english language learners. Retrieved from http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FC2D4E72-F26E-4101-B092- 352570A2F8FB/86110/Achieve_7_2010_FINAL1.pdf • Achieve3000: The leader in differentiated instruction. (2012). Retrieved from http://portal.achieve3000.com/ • Achieve3000: The leader in differentiated instruction. (2012). What we believe. Retrieved from http://www.achieve3000.com/what-we-believe • Achieve3000: The power of one. (2007). National study: Lexile analysis reveals dramatic non- Fiction reading skill increases. Retrieved from http://doc.achieve3000.com/lexile2.pdf • Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderlund, L., Brizee, A., & Keck, R. (2011). OWL purdue online writing lab: APA style. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1/ • Bellalago Academy Website. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.ba.osceola.k12.fl.us/ • Florida school grades. (2012) Bellalago academy: Osceola. Retrieved from http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/default.asp • School improvement plan. (2011-2012). Florida differentiated accountability program. Retrieved from http://www.ba.osceola.k12.fl.us/documents/2011_12_SIP.pdf • School public accountability report. (2010). 0932 Bellalago academy. Retrieved from http://www.osceola.k12.fl.us/NCLB_SPAR_AYP_This_Year/SPAR/0932.pdf • VandenBos, G. R. (Ed.). (2010). Publication manual of the American psychological association: Sixth edition. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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