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This training session provides an overview of the Academy of Reading program and its foundational roots of reading automaticity. Participants will learn about their role as an AOR teacher, placement tests, types of skills in AOR, motivation management, and independent work.
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ACADEMY OF READINGInitial Training Access Training Documents at academyofreading.pbworks.com
Presenter: Michelle Parkerson Part I What is Academy of Reading? Foundational Roots of Reading Automaticity Your Role as an AOR Teacher Part II Placement Test/Reports (Hands On) Types of Skills in AOR (Hands On) Motivation Management System Overview Before Lunch Exit Slip and Lunch Part III Independent Work (Hands On) Plus/Delta
What is the Academy of Reading? AResponsive Intervention Tool AutoSkill programs are designed to provide a targeted intervention to at-risk students at elevated levels of intensity based on progress monitoring and data analysis.
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4 Parts of Academy of READING Phonemic Awareness Letter-Sound Match Phonics/Decoding Comprehension Pyramid Matching Activity
The goal is to advance to these skills, which is where successful, fluent readers are! We need to get our students above ground to achieve reading proficiency.
Students need to be fluent in these foundation skills to develop strong, healthy roots… …that will enable a struggling or non-reader to become a fluent reader.
Automaticity: without immediate attention or conscious awareness Once foundational skills (roots) are automatic, students can move on to master higher-order tasks (above ground). Automaticity fluency SUCCESS! Task: Identify other real life connections for automaticity & success?
Training Our Brains to Automaticity: Compare & Contrast the 2 MRIs below • Scan of a novice learner during an early new learning sequence • Heaviest loads in the front and rear control areas – cognitive effort applied to decode
Your Role as the A of R Teacher During Class Period: Monitor student performance Intervene quickly Coach effectively Provide encouragement and incentives for students who are working hard as well as for students who are progressing After Class/Before Next Class: Analyze your Class Data Review student errors Review strategies Review skills Prepare incentives, add to achievement wall, print certificates "You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within." Bob Nelson
Placement Test Automatically gives students’ pre-test/post-test score Cloze passage with 10-25 questions for each level Adaptive test Measures performance level Below Basic-Basic-Proficient-Advanced Results include an APPROXIMATE grade level Individualized Training Program created immediately based on test results
Individualized Training Program(ITP) Assessment Results: Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced ITP: Comprehensive Moderate Accelerated Accelerated
The Student ExperienceYour turn to try the placement test • Connect Head Set • Access FIRST STUDENT LINK on Handout • Log in as 9th Grader at Broughton HS Username: student____(# assigned) Password: (# assigned ) • Take test as if you were a student, use answer sheet to expedite
Management System Overview Part 1:Reviewing Placement Test Reports
Student Teaching Cycle • Student is assessed, automatically placed in training • Skill is introduced, well understood before moving to training • Tutorial review can be re- introduced • Highly efficient, focused on mastery - fluency and automaticity Assessment Tutorial Practice Training Post-Test
Live Trainer Demonstration: Phonemic Awareness continued/Sound Symbol Association Skills
Intervention Engine Phonemic Awareness and Sound-Symbol Association Skills TRAINING EVENT INTERVENTION Teacher Notified Review Tutorial & Practice NOSUCCESS 4Trials NOSUCCESS&FATIGUE 8 Trials Teacher Time Modify Mastery Criteria 6Trials NOSUCCESS
Phonemic Awareness Sound-Symbol Association Skill Wrap-Up 100% - 85% accuracy Speed not a factor 1x 3x
92%-96% accuracy Consistent pace counts 3x in a row Phonics and Decoding: Visual and Auditory-Visual Match
Student Accuracy Graph Green Accuracy Target Zone
Skill Mastery Skill is now Automatized
TRAINING EVENT INTERVENTION Review Tutorial & Practice 5 Trials NO SUCCESS Teacher Notified NO SUCCESS & FATIGUE 15 Trials Pause Skill NEXT SKILL: TUTORIAL - PRACTICE - TRAIN - SUCCESS Teacher Time 10 Trials NO SUCCESS Intervention Engine Visual Match/Auditory-Visual Match: Focus on Accuracy
TRAINING EVENT INTERVENTION Teacher Notified Teacher Time 10Trials NOSUCCESS NOSUCCESS&FATIGUE 20 Trials Pause Skill NEXT SKILL: TUTORIAL - PRACTICE - TRAIN - SUCCESS Adjust Criteria 15 Trials NOSUCCESS 30 Trials Teacher Time NOSUCCESS Intervention Engine Visual Match/Auditory-Visual Match: Focus on Automaticity