RAISE: Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education An Update on RAISE, PA LIRA 2013, and Sustainability for PA

 Applications will be sent out the week following Thanksgiving and due December 23, 2012  We will be accepting 60 ELA, 30 History and 30 Science teachers  Stipend will be $500 and all expenses paid: travel, lodging, and meals RAISE Cohort III

 Teachers receive 10 days of Reading Apprenticeship training at NO COST: Estimated value is $3000 (does not include stipend)  Dates:  July 29-August 2, 2013  February 10-11, 2014  July 22-24, 2014  Location: PaTTAN Harrisburg RAISE Cohort III

 Teachers commit to attending all 10 days of training  Teachers commit to meeting once a month  School principal attends at least two days of the summer RAISE training and/or participates in the Reading Apprenticeship online course for administrators  Teachers and principal participate in three annual surveys (each takes approx. 20 min to complete) Expectations

 Will first contact our schools who have teams participating in RAISE Cohorts I and II  Will then contact those schools who have teams participating in either RAISE Cohort I or II  Will then contact those schools who applied last year but were not accepted  Will then open up the applications to any school in PA Application Process

 Meet three times a year at PaTTAN and at Beaver Intermediate Unit  NO COST to teacher leader or to district  Purpose of Meetings:  Network and learn from each other  Learn new tools to effectively facilitate monthly meetings  Deepen understanding of Reading Apprenticeship and refine routines and strategies Support for Teacher Leaders

 Reading Apprenticeship Online Course for Administrators  30 PILs hours  NO COST  Currently have a maximum of 20 RAISE administrators participating  Running two courses simultaneously – one with MI administrators and one with PA, CA, UT administrators Support for Administrators

 PA LIRA  Tentative dates: Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2013  Location: TBD in Western PA  Winter Conference Tentative Dates: Feb , 2014  Cost: $2500 and includes breakfast, lunch, and materials  Limited to 40 participants Ongoing Support for IU Educators and PA Schools

 How do we continue to support our RAISE schools?  Reading Apprenticeship “Retreats”  Held at IU’s – can work in partnership and hold regional “retreats”  Facilitated by LIRA/RAISE trained IU staff and could include district teachers who completed the CIT program Sustainability and PA IU’s

 Looking to form a Task Force with representation from the eastern, central and western parts of the state – ideally two from each region. Reading Apprenticeship Retreat Task Force

 Task Force would:  Clarify purpose of “retreat”  Identify best time of year  Recommend number of days  Determine the costs  Craft communications  Draft agendas Purpose of Task Force

 Jan. 17 (dinner meeting)  February 21 (via Elluminate)  March 13 or 14 (if necessary)  See Amaal Awadalla if interested in participating! Proposed Meeting Dates for Task Force

 Susan Kinney   THANK YOU!