RAIS of Light

RAIS OF LIGHT

NAPDS Annual ConferenceDaytona Beach, FL

March 2009

Collaborators Salisbury University (MD)

Keith Conners, Professor and PDS Liaison Stacie Siers, PDS Coordinator Dennis Pataniczek, Dean

Snow Hill Elementary School Clara Outten, Mentor & Site Coordinator Corinne Ponder, Intern Jennifer Ruark, Intern Cassie Graves, Intern Staci Stonnell, Intern

Readers Accelerating through Intern Support (RAIS)

Agenda Documenting PDS benefits Intern action research Scaffolding intern investigations The RAIS project at Snow Hill Elementary Salisbury University’s mini-grant program

P-12 StudentAchievement

Teacher Professional Development

Preparing thenext generation

of teachers

Inquiry &Dissemination

The Intern’s Burden 100 days of internship 3 showcase lessons video analyses legacy project weekly seminar endless reflections action research

Interns have choices…Action Research

Options

Instructional Change

Data Mining

PDS Impact

Sequential Steps

Analyze & reflect

Collect data

Work out the design

Pose a question

Search and read

Brainstorm some “I wonder’s”

Display & disseminate

Seminar Support Weeks 1-3: Ideas, searching,

formulating questions Weeks 4-6: Designs, data collection

strategies Week 7: Works-in-progress displayed at

Board of Education Intern Reception Weeks 5-10: Data collection and

analysis Weeks 10-14: Data displays, reflections Week 15: Gallery walk

RAIS – Snow Hill Elementary

Setting: First grade classrooms, Title I school

Learners: 35 “targeted” first graders (about half of all first graders at SHES)

Question: Will focused support from interns help accelerate reading skills?

Design: Pre-test in Sept., implement daily interventions, post-test in December

RAIS – Snow Hill Elementary

Targeted students: Students who scored below 75% on one or more subscales of Houghton-Mifflin Emerging Literacy Survey

Interventions: approx. 20 minutes daily Individual and small group Drill and practice activities Intern-designed games

Readers Accelerating through Intern Support (RAIS)

n= 15 n=13 n=14 n=27 n=11 n=10 n=9 n=0 n=35

RAIS-Snow Hill Elementary

September average scores for targeted students on all subscales was 42%

By December the targeted students’ weakest subscale score was 85%

By December, targeted students improved to 94% on all subscales, an increase of 122%

Mini-grant Project Investigations must include…

Impact of PDS P-12 student achievement

PDS site faculty and SU faculty Dissemination

AACTE Publication

Contact Information Dr. Dennis Pataniczek

dapataniczek@salisbury.edu Dr. Keith Conners

kjconners@salisbury.edu Stacie Siers

sesiers@salisbury.edu Clara Outten

CSOutten@mail.worcester.k12.md.us Visit our wiki:

rrsiers.wikispaces.com/NAPDS