Cycle 4

“AISI is an impressive change strategy that is perhaps without parallel in the world today” (The Learning Mosaic, Summary report p.17).

Cost of :

• K-6 Balanced Literacy• JH Literacy Across the Content areas• SH – admin• Admin PD

• $30,000 (October)

Reading Recovery was a huge chunk and what was left was spent on the above……

Approx…. $ 230 766

Costs:

Reading Recovery

Cost of partial implementation –

11 schools – 0.5 FTE teachers 550 000

Gaye Williams Teacher Leader 100 000

Site Fees 3100

Cost without training new teachers 683 100

To train more Teachers we must adhere to the Standards and Guidelines of the Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery

Cost to train new Reading Recovery Teacher:*6 teachers at 0.5FTE 6 X 50 000 300 000

Cost minus two current RR teachers 450 000

750 000

*Exemption from 8 teachers as outlined in Standards and Guidelines

What we know from research:

• Kids have to be reading before grade 3.

• They need the best teaching of the reading and writing processes in these early years.

• Some skills in learning to read and write are developmental.

• The earlier we know a child is not going to be a successful reader, the better.

From experience:

• Targeting kids young prevents behaviour issues

• Children are more successful if they have had RICH pre- school experiences – we’re finding some ‘holes’ here now that we know what to look for.

• We are finding kids with cognitive issues sooner and putting plans into action sooner.

• We are also finding ‘holes’ where children didn’t get RR, grade two students who are low…….

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=420

Next steps??

• Building capacity in our Grade One teachers

Intensive Literacy for our grade two students and those who did not get Reading Recovery and are just on the cusp………

Coaching……Building capacity of all of our teachers so they become more adept in knowing and using effective literacy strategies…..

Focusing on high needs kids – getting them up to par……

Three new priorities:

Research Capacity

Collaborative Cross School Authority AISI Projects and Networks

Community Engagement

AISI• Student engagement

• We must involve research, be innovative and ref lect change processes

• New requirements involve the focus on research and improvement. – we must conduct research to address specific questions and report findings.

• Must demonstrate active and meaningful engagement with key stakeholders