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Slide 2 Mentoring in Ohio for Reading Excellence Slide 3 For 1 st 4 th grade students with disabilities 30 mins. of instruction daily, 4 days/week One-on-one instruction Using progress monitoring Slide 4 76 students 10 4 th graders 24 3 rd graders 27 2 nd graders 15 1 st graders 28 of 76 on IEPs 48 At Risk at the start of the year 50 tutors Slide 5 E FFECTIVE AFFORDABLE REPLICABLE SUSTAINING Slide 6 Schools and communities become partners Uses middle/high school students Gives community service hours Uses college students Fulfilling course requirements Even the D.A.R.E. officer tutors Slide 7 Significant progress in reading fluency Substantial gains in less than 6 months Reduces achievement gap between students with and without disabilities Provides data for intervention teams for IAT, MFE, IEP processes Slide 8 60% of 4 th graders passed Ohio Achievement Assessment Avg 1 st grader reading level went up 5 levels Avg 2 nd grader reading level went up 6 levels Avg 3 rd grader reading level went up 4 levels Avg 4 th grader reading level went up 4 levels Slide 9 Of 24 3 rd graders, 10 passed their O.A.A. Average student increased cold/warm/hot reads by 26 words/min. Slide 10 $1.00 per hour of mentoring Low license cost of $59.95 per year for 16 students Uses volunteers Slide 11 Works in individual classrooms or building-wide Uses materials already in schools Uses school aides or student tutors Slide 12 Bridges the gap from June to August Offers summer tutoring BGSU testing center gathers and assesses data Parents tutor their own kids Mother tutoring daughter Slide 13 60% of 4 th graders passed their O.A.A. 42% of 3 rd graders passed their O.A.A. 5 2 nd graders passed their O.A.A. Slide 14 57/58 students increased their words per/min. by mid-year 12 students increased 3-9 wpm 21 increased 10-19 wpm 18 increased 20-29 wpm 6 increased 30-50 wpm Slide 15 Avg. 4 th grader increased 30 wpm Avg. 3 rd grader increased 26 wpm Avg. 2 nd grader increased 21 wpm Slide 16 Reinforces connection between school and home Parents of At Risk students given summer tutoring packets Currently 5 families tutoring at home Slide 17 I really enjoy Project MORE because I get to work with the same students every week and look forward to coming and seeing how much they improve ~ Vanessa I think that Project MORE is an excellent program for all children. It encourages all children to want to read more and to be organized... ~Kerlyne Slide 18 Today my student told me that the box on the desk was magic and thats why he asked a lot of smart questions. ~Diana I believe more schools should have a program like this. There is nothing better than having fun while learning. ~Jessica Slide 19 Slide 20 Low overhead cost, low reading scores lost Tutors who share both patience and care Students who learn how to read and succeed Uses tools already in schools Students gain skills to last for years Proves Project M.O.R.E IS ALL E.A.R.S! Slide 21 Created by: KoAnn Rutter, Project M.O.R.E. coordinator, Elmwood Local Schools