From Reading First to Reading Next

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From Reading Firstto Reading Next

• Reading Leadership Team InstituteSummer, 2008

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Reading First in Florida

• Just Read, Florida! was established by former
  Governor Bush as part of a statewide reading
  initiative with the goal of having all third
  grade children reading on grade level or higher
  by 2012.
• Reading First is the K-3 federal component of
  Just Read, Florida!

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Reading First Premise

• Reading First assists schools and teachers to
  produce successful readers by
• Focusing on high quality, comprehensive,
  explicit, and systematic K-3 reading instruction
  for all children.
• Putting a solid research base of reading
  instructional practices into the hands of
  teachers.
• Making instructional decisions based on
  assessment data.
• Providing intensive intervention for students
  having serious reading difficulties.

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Reading First Grants to Districts

• The purpose of providing resources is to improve
  K-3 reading instruction and achievement by
• Hiring reading coaches to serve as a stable
  resource for professional development, progress
  monitoring, and student data analysis
• Providing state-wide professional development
  opportunities
• Improving classroom libraries

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Reading First Professional Development (RFPD) at
UCF

• The primary goals of RFPD are
• to ensure the creation and implementation of
  state-wide professional learning in reading is
  based in SBRR to assure high quality
  implementation of methods and instructional
  practices, and
• to support districts and schools with Reading
  First implementation.

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RFPD Professional Development Model
Research
Professional Development
Research-Based Decision Making
Classroom Implementation
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Dolphin County Reading First Success

• Core reading program implementation
• 37 schools
• 3 programs
• Houghton Mifflin
• Open Court
• Reading Mastery Plus

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Dolphin County Reading First Success

• District support with ongoing site visits and
  collaboration with Reading First Professional
  Development (RFPD) Regional Coordinators

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Dolphin County Reading First Success

• Principals are instructional leaders
• Performance appraisals are tied to the components
  of the reading block
• Systematic walkthroughs focusing on
  scientifically-based reading research (SBRR)

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Dolphin County Reading First Success

• Strong internal system of coaching support
• Mentorship
• Cross articulation with peer visitations
• Experienced and knowledgeable educators

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Dolphin County Reading First Success

• K-3 Teachers are using multiple data points to
  create student profiles
• Frequent data meetings
• Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment (ERDA)
• Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
  (DIBELS)
• Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)
• Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR)
• Running records

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Dolphin County Reading First Success

• Students!
• Students!
• Students!

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Dolphin County Reading First Challenges

• High levels of teacher and student mobility
• 25 out of 37 Reading First schools employ
  full-time substitutes
• 2,100 teacher vacancies

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Dolphin County Areas for Growth

• Differentiated Instruction
• Teacher led small group instruction
• Skill-focused lessons
• Guided reading
• Flexible grouping structures for centers/work
  stations
• Rotating centers
• Reading contracts

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Dolphin County Areas for Growth

• Skill-focused Lesson Implementation
• Build on the foundation
• What should the students be doing?
• What should the teacher be doing?
• Become diagnostic teachers that guide reading

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What Happens after Reading First?

• What does the data look like in upper elementary?
• What does the data look like in middle school?

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Reading Next A Vision for Action and Research in
Middle and High School Literacy

• A report from the Carnegie Corporation of New
  York
• Sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education

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Reading First Goal

• Acquire grade-level reading skills by the end of
  third grade

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Reading Next Goal

• Acquire the reading skills that can serve youth
  for a lifetime

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Cause for Alarm

• More than 8 million students in grades 4-12 are
  struggling readers
• U.S. DOE, 2003
• Every school day, more than 3,000 students drop
  out of high school
• Alliance for Excellent Education, 2003

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The Approach

• To meet the needs of the 8 million struggling
  readers a set of 15 recommendations were created.

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15 Elements for ImprovingMiddle and High School
Literacy Achievement

• Direct, explicit comprehension instruction
• Effective instructional principles embedded in
  content
• Motivation and self-directed learning

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Reading Next Elements 4-9

• Text-based collaborative learning
• Strategic tutoring
• Diverse texts
• Intensive writing
• A technology component
• Ongoing formative assessment of students

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Reading Next Elements 10-15

• Extended time for literacy
• Professional development
• Ongoing summative assessment of students and
  programs
• Interdisciplinary teacher teams
• Instructional leadership
• A comprehensive coordinated literacy program

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The Impact of Reading First to Reading Next

• Early identification and intervention in the
  early grades will result in smaller learning gaps
  for students as they progress through the grades.
• FLaRE will mirror the infrastructure of Reading
  First Professional Development.

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Connecting to the Reading Leadership Team

• Write down 3 things you learned from this
  session.
• Write down 2 things you want to share with your
  team.
• Write one question you want to discuss with your
  team.