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Elementary Education. U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency Save the Children’s Literacy Program NCFL Conference, April 28, 2013. Our Mission. OUR MISSION is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
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Elementary Education U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency Save the Children’s Literacy Program NCFL Conference, April 28, 2013
Our Mission • OUR MISSION is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
US Presence Existing Afterschool Programs: • 16 States • Partnering with more than 150 public schools • Benefiting more than 17,000 children Who We Are
Selection of Partner Schools How do we know a school is a good fit? • Located in rural areas • High percentage of children receive free or reduced lunch • Low school-wide achievement of state or national literacy standards • Strong commitment and engagement from school administration and community
Why Focus on Literacy? 2.6 million rural children live in poverty Rationale: • 68 percent of 4th graders in rural America read below grade level. • A lack of literacy skills is one of the most commonly-cited reasons for dropping out of high school. • Education and literacy levels profoundly impact workers’ job prospects and earning potential. • 45 percent of poor rural adults have less than a high school education.
Literacy Programs • Supplemental Services: • In-School Direct Support • Afterschool Programming • Summer Programming Abbreviated Description of the Literacy Programs
Supplemental Literacy Programs Goal “Accelerate the reading growth of struggling readers to put them on a track for success in school and beyond.”
In-School Literacy Support Program Offerings: For developing readers in grades 1 through 6 • Guided Independent Reading Practice • Fluency Building Support • Reading Tutorials For emergent readers in grades K through 1 • Reading Together Activities • Emergent Reader Modules
Afterschool Programming Program Offerings: • The Developing Reader Literacy Block • The Emergent Reader Literacy Block • Healthy Choices – Physical Activity & Nutrition
SummerBoost Camp Program Offerings: • The Developing Reader Literacy Block • The Emergent Reader Literacy Block • Healthy Choices – Physical Activity & Nutrition • Mathematics • Enrichment • Community Service Learning • STEM ( • Special Activities U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency | ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Common Threads Each component was designed to be: • Based on research • Easy to implement • Hands-on and fun for children • Targeted at specific skills or strategies that children need to succeed as readers
The Developing Reader Literacy Block The Developing Reader Literacy Block consists of: • 20 minutes: Read-aloud and vocabulary activities • 10 minutes: Fluency building • 30 minutes: Guided independent reading practice (GIRP)
Formula For Success GIRP: Reading within one’s own range and interest level builds success and love of reading. Vocabulary Growth Vocabulary Growth INCREASED READING ACHIEVEMENT FLUENCY: Repeated reading activities build familiarity with words and confidence. READ-ALOUD: Hearing fluent reading modeled and being exposed to go fiction and nonfiction text builds interest in reading and background knowledge. Vocabulary Growth
Why Read Aloud? • During a read-aloud, children • build literacy skills by: • Listening to what good reading sounds like • Observing think-aloud strategies • Building background knowledge • Encountering new vocabulary
Why Focus on Fluency? • When children do repeated • reading, they build literacy • skills by: • Increasing accuracy and speed • Improving expression and phrasing • Gaining confidence • Practicing new vocabulary
Why do Guided Independent Reading Practice? Why Do Guided Independent Reading Practice? • When children experience • success reading independently, • they improve literacy skills by: • Practicing reading strategies with authentic texts • Selecting books that interest them • Building confidence • Developing pleasure reading instincts
Emergent Reader Support The Emergent Reader Literacy Block consists of: • Extended read-alouds • Reading together activities • Emergent reader skill-building modules
Staffing Site-based literacy staff consists of: • Program Coordinator • A sufficient number of literacy tutors to ensure a 10:1 child to staff ratio Regional and national literacy support consists of: • Program Specialist • Education Specialist
Developing Reader Results PY 2012 • 75% of kids in our target population achieved significant reading growth • Reading gains for evaluated students are equivalent to5 additional months of school US Programs 2012 Results
Afterschool & In-School Literacy Results PY 2012 Emergent Readers • 96* sites with ER participation serving 3,441 children • PY11: 92 sites, 3,614 children * Four ER sites were excluded from the evaluation US Programs 2012 Results
Summary • Save the Children partners with communities to serve children in a continuum of services from birth through sixth grade. • Language and literacy are important components of both programs. • Activities are research based. • Results are strong. U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency | ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
About the U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency For additional resources and training opportunities, please visit the U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency at www.SavetheChildren.org/USCenter Save the Children’s U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency is a community for professionals and advocates of children’s issues, including education, health, and emergency preparedness. U.S. Center for Child Development and Resiliency | ELEMENTARY EDUCATION