Literacy in Swanton Ms. Miranda Chapa Reading A-Z Coordinator Crestwood Elementary

Where does Crestwood Stand? DIBELS testing DIBELS testing Students are assessed 3 times a year (fall, winter, and spring) Students are assessed 3 times a year (fall, winter, and spring) Students are then placed into 3 zones Students are then placed into 3 zones Red- intense intervention Red- intense intervention Yellow- strategic intervention Yellow- strategic intervention Green- benchmark Green- benchmark

What happens after the test? Students are ranked by ability and divided into the 3 zones Students are ranked by ability and divided into the 3 zones Crestwood Numbers: Crestwood Numbers: 1 st grade= 6 red, 16 yellow, & about 80 green 1 st grade= 6 red, 16 yellow, & about 80 green 2 nd grade= 13 red,19 yellow, & about 65 green 2 nd grade= 13 red,19 yellow, & about 65 green

How do we help them all? Students in the red zone need the most help, they are serviced by our Title One teacher and our Special Education teacher. Together they can currently service 50 students in grades 1 and 2 and 5 students in Kindergarten. Students in the red zone need the most help, they are serviced by our Title One teacher and our Special Education teacher. Together they can currently service 50 students in grades 1 and 2 and 5 students in Kindergarten. The yellow zone students are serviced by Reading A-Z. Currently we are servicing 19 students, this number can increase if we can recruit more mentors. The yellow zone students are serviced by Reading A-Z. Currently we are servicing 19 students, this number can increase if we can recruit more mentors.

Reading A-Z is a partnership of local schools, community organizations, businesses, libraries, parents, and students to ensure that Ohio’s youngest students are reading at grade level. Reading A-Z is a partnership of local schools, community organizations, businesses, libraries, parents, and students to ensure that Ohio’s youngest students are reading at grade level.

Reading A-Z Provides 1:1 instruction at the individual student’s level Provides 1:1 instruction at the individual student’s level Crestwood offers 30-minute sessions 4 days per week during school hours Crestwood offers 30-minute sessions 4 days per week during school hours Encourage high expectations for ALL students Encourage high expectations for ALL students 8 college and university partnerships 8 college and university partnerships BGSU, University of Toledo, and NWSCC… BGSU, University of Toledo, and NWSCC…

Why do I need you? Crestwood readers are on the rise. We are now servicing 95% of our “at risk” students in grades 1 and 2. Crestwood readers are on the rise. We are now servicing 95% of our “at risk” students in grades 1 and 2. The more mentors we have, the more students we can serve. Serving more students increases our chances of meeting No Child Left Behind standards. The more mentors we have, the more students we can serve. Serving more students increases our chances of meeting No Child Left Behind standards. Together we can provide intensive intervention for students at risk for reading failure, in order to promote increased achievement and outcomes. Together we can provide intensive intervention for students at risk for reading failure, in order to promote increased achievement and outcomes.

Sharing the Rewards For the students… For the students… One on One focused reading tutoring and the possibilities of improved school and test results One on One focused reading tutoring and the possibilities of improved school and test results An additional caring individual in their life An additional caring individual in their life

Sharing the Rewards For the schools… For the schools… Caring and trained volunteers Caring and trained volunteers Strengthened community partnerships Strengthened community partnerships Increased assistance with literacy programs Increased assistance with literacy programs

Sharing the Rewards For the Teachers… For the Teachers… Enhanced opportunities to teach students to their fullest potentials Enhanced opportunities to teach students to their fullest potentials

Sharing the Rewards For the community and businesses… For the community and businesses… More productive citizens (students and citizens) More productive citizens (students and citizens) Students become vital members of the workforce Students become vital members of the workforce Recognition as a good corporate citizen Recognition as a good corporate citizen Improved employee moral Improved employee moral

Sharing the Rewards For the volunteers… For the volunteers… Personal Satisfaction Personal Satisfaction New friendships New friendships

Think about this for a minute… With early intervention, including intensive tutoring, the rate of reading failure in the early grades can be reduced to less than 10 percent. - National Institutes of Child and Health Development and Health Development

Forty-three percent of people with the lowest literacy skills live in poverty; 17 percent receive food stamps and 70 percent have no job or a part-time job. -National Institute for Literacy

Twenty-five percent of Ohio’s adult population lack a high school diploma. -US Census Bureau

In a recent poll, 90 percent of Fortune 1000 executives expressed their concern that low literacy is hurting their productivity and probability. - National Institute for Literacy

Research shows that consistent one-on-one reading tutoring is the best form of assistance to advance a student’s reading skills. Research shows that consistent one-on-one reading tutoring is the best form of assistance to advance a student’s reading skills.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. - Mother Teresa

No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers. No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers. -Ronald Reagan

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. -Eleanor Roosevelt

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. -Edmund Evertt Hale

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others. You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others.-Unknown

We can’t do it alone. We need your help!