RAISE Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education

1. RAISEReading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education Kathy Emeigh, Director of Curriculum IU20 Amaal Awadalla, Assistant Director of Curriculum IU20 Susan Kinney, PA Statewide Coordinator

2. A Little Review Quiz What is RAISE? • Reading Actively to Improve Students’ Education • Racing Around to Increase Scores Everywhere • Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education

3. 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

4. Question 2 In what year of the five year i3 Grant is WestEd beginning? • Year 1 • Year 2 • Year 3

5. RAISE • Five year grant • 2011- 2015

6. Question 3 How many states are involved in the RAISE Grant, including PA? • 3 • 4 • 5

7. 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.

8. Question 4 Which subject area teachers are involved in RAISE? • ELA • Science • Social Studies • All of the Above

9. 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.

10. Question 5 PA Schools involved in the RAISE grant can be categorized into how many groups? • 1 • 2 • 3

11. Schools in RAISE • Control Schools • Impact/Treatment Schools • Scale-up Schools

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Registration for Cohort II • Online registration • Informational webinars • January 5 and 10, 2012 • Deadline for registration is February 10, 2012

16. 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