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RAISE Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education. K athy Emeigh , Director of Curriculum IU20 Amaal Awadalla, Assistant Director of Curriculum IU20 Susan Kinney, PA Statewide Coordinator. A Little Review Quiz. What is RAISE? Reading Actively to Improve Students’ Education
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RAISEReading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education Kathy Emeigh, Director of Curriculum IU20 Amaal Awadalla, Assistant Director of Curriculum IU20 Susan Kinney, PA Statewide Coordinator
A Little Review Quiz What is RAISE? • Reading Actively to Improve Students’ Education • Racing Around to Increase Scores Everywhere • Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education
RAISE • WestEd was awarded a multi-million dollar grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s i3 competition. • Grant designed to: • Provide rigorous professional development for secondary teachers in the Reading Apprenticeship Framework • Provide students with multiple teachers in various disciplines implementing Reading Apprenticeship practices • Determine the impact of RA on teaching practices, students’ attitudes towards reading, and reading comprehension
Question 2 In what year of the five year i3 Grant is WestEd beginning? • Year 1 • Year 2 • Year 3
RAISE • Five year grant • 2011- 2015
Question 3 How many states are involved in the RAISE Grant, including PA? • 3 • 4 • 5
RAISE States • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Michigan • Utah • California (just starting to recruit) PA chosen as a result of the extensive professional development already in place and the existing capacity to intensify the work.
Question 4 Which subject area teachers are involved in RAISE? • ELA • Science • Social Studies • All of the Above
Change for Cohort II • Will be recruiting teachers in sciences other than just Biology for cohorts II-IV. • Will be recruiting teachers in social studies other than just US History for cohorts II-IV.
Question 5 PA Schools involved in the RAISE grant can be categorized into how many groups? • 1 • 2 • 3
Schools in RAISE • Control Schools • Impact/Treatment Schools • Scale-up Schools
Recruiting for Cohort II • All schools in Cohorts II-IV will be considered Scale-Up Schools • What does this mean? • The data gathered from these schools is less extensive than the Control and Impact/Treatment Schools
Scale Up Schools • Teachers receive $1000 for 10 days of PD • Data collection • 3 annual teacher surveys – voluntary • 1 annual administrator survey – voluntary • Teachers and administrators signed a consent form if they agreed to participate in the survey
Recruiting for Cohort II • Recruitment started Tuesday, December 13 Flyer sent out via PennLink • 70 ELA, 70 History, 70 Science teachers • 10 days of PD • July 30 – August 3, 2012 (DeSales University) • Winter dates February 11 and 12, 2013 (Harrisburg PaTTAN) • 2013 Summer dates July 22, 23, 24 • Identify a Teacher Leader • $1000 stipend for teachers • Hotel Lodging provided • $24 allocated for evening meal – Breakfast and lunch provided at training
Registration for Cohort II • Online registration • Informational webinars • January 5 and 10, 2012 • Deadline for registration is February 10, 2012
Supporting Administrators • Cohort II Principals agree to • Attend 2 days of the summer training OR • Participate in the Act 45 RA online course (which will be paid for through RAISE) OR • Can choose both