New England Comprehensive Assistance Center (NECAC)
at EDC, Inc.
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA 02158
Phone: 800-332-0226
Fax: (617) 969-7578
TDD: 617-964-5448
E-mail: CompCenter@edc.org
URL: http://www.edc.org/NECAC/
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Reading Success Network
The Purpose Of The RSN 1) For districts and schools to support ongoing professional
development, with time and resources for school-based coaching
as well as participation of coaches and selected teachers in
workshops and networking meetings. Indicators and measures are established so that base-line
data can be collected in each district and school prior to the
beginning of the 1999 school year, and benchmark data can be
collected to determine needs for additional assistance and to
monitor the overall effectiveness of RSN. Through the RSN, coaches and teachers will acquire tools and
strategies consistent with these conclusions. Provide professional developers and resource materials at
no cost to the districts for The Comprehensive Center
and Department of Education will send RSN experts to districts that
express an interest in learning more about the program. The district will
convene a district-wide RSN planning team that includes literacy
specialists, administrators and teachers for an overview of RSN, including
content and commitments. The planning team will explore possible RSN
models and their economic and practical implications.
Interested districts
will prepare an application to implement Reading Success Network. A
district RSN Leadership Team will be formed, including district and school
representation. This Team will be responsible for overseeing the
implementation and development of the initiative in the district. The
application will be submitted by this Leadership Team to an application
review panel that includes representatives from the Comprehensive Center
and the Massachusetts Department of Education. Selection of districts will
be made by April, 1999.
The RSN Implementation Team is composed of a district-level
staff developer, school-based coaches and one or two additional
teachers as determined by consultation with each district. This
group will participate for five days in sessions on cognitive
coaching, assessment, data-based decision making and instructional
interventions.
Announcing . . .
The Reading Success Network
(RSN)
For high-poverty, high-needs schools and their districts
A research-based approach to improving schools
K-3 Literacy Program so that all children
can be successful readers by Grade 3.
The National
RSN is designed to improve student reading achievement by
developing a network of schools that provide effective, assessment-driven
literacy instruction that leads every child to become a reader
by grade three. The New
England Comprehensive Center, in partnership with New England
State Departments of Education, will provide professional
development and ongoing support for school-based coaches, district-level
staff developers, principals and other administrators who participate
in the RSN.
A National Comprehensive Centers Initiative
The fifteen
regional Comprehensive Centers of the U.S. Department of
Education have made a commitment to provide assistance to states,
local education agencies, tribes, schools and other recipients
of funds under the Improving
Americans Schools Act (IASA). These
Centers have created a national technical assistance system that strives
to ensure that each student achieves to high academic standards. The
Reading Success Network (RSN) is a collaborative initiative of the
National Network of Comprehensive Centers to provide a standards-based
approach to improving literacy instruction, Grades K-3.
Goals, Objectives, and Performance Indicators
The goal
of the RSN is for all students to be readers by the end of Grade 3. To
achieve this, the New England RSN has the following objectives:
2) For schools to rigorously
apply a coaching model that supports the use of an assessment-based
approach to literacy instruction.
The work of the Reading Success Network incorporates the following
findings of the recent federal report, Preventing
Reading Difficulties in Young Children:
At the heart
of the RSN is a process for improving early literacy that includes
professional development and a system of networking for ongoing support
for K-3 teachers, their principals, and district-level support personnel.
The RSN uses standards-based materials and research-based instructional
strategies, including five components:
1. Assessment
Coaches
are trained to use an RSN document, Taking a Reading .
A Teacher. s Guide to Reading Assessment. Their training
emphasizes how and when to use the tools in this resource, and
how to share this information with the teachers at their schools.
The goal is to pinpoint the sources of individual students.
reading strengths and areas for intervention.
2. Data Analysis to Inform Instruction
Coaches learn to lead their colleagues in an analysis and discussion
of classroom reading data as they discover the significance of
outcome, demographic, and process data. Questions explored include:
Which students. needs are being met and which students are
having problems? How does the school grade-level team determine
"grade-level" reading?
3. Intervention
Coaches acquire a process that they can use to involve teachers
in selecting and using effective intervention strategies based
on information about students learned through assessment.
4. Coaching for Results
Each RSN school will have at least one coach to help faculty
members become successful teachers of reading. Coaches learn
how to 1) create a learning community with teacher colleagues,
2) establish trust and effective listening strategies, 3) ask
effective questions, and 4) conduct a group conference.
5. Support Network
Through peer networking for coaches and principals, ongoing
support is provided for continuing professional development, sharing
successes and resolving problems.
Schools should be eligible for or already implementing a schoolwide
program. Districts should be able to demonstrate a high need
for RSN, and be willing to make the commitments listed below.
Commitments for Implementation
By the Comprehensive
Center:
1) the seven full days of workshops for district staff-developers
and school coaches,
2) the two full days of workshops for administrators and support
personnel, and
3) facilitating all networking meetings.
By the District and Participating Schools:
New England. s RSN in Operation
The New England Comprehensive Center supports states, schools
and districts in implementing the components of the RSN. The
expectation is that the program will be tailored to the individual
needs of specific sites.
The following is an example of an
implementation plan for RSN:
The RSN Support Team
is composed of district and school-level administrators as determined by
each district. These individuals will participate on August 16 and 17 to
learn how to provide the necessary supports to ensure success.
Here is another example of an implementation plan for
RSN:
- November - February, 1999: Meetings of the state advisory
group to set goals and strategies
- February - March 1999: Exploratory and Buy-in Period
for the First Cohort of RSN Sites
Your Department of Education will work with districts interested in joining RSN. Each district will designate an RSN contact person at the district level.
- April 29-30 and May 26-27, 1999: Initial Professional
Development for District and Higher Ed RSN Leaders, Principals,
RSN School Coaches
The April workshop provides an orientation to RSN and introduces some of the classroom assessment tools that coaches will assist teachers in using and interpreting. The May two-day workshop begins the training in cognitive coaching. The entire four days are intended for:
1) potential RSN trainers (district or higher education reading
specialists),
2) school coaches, and
3) up to 2 additional K-3 literacy teachers from each participating
school.
Principals and other interested administrators should attend
the first day, April 29, and are welcome to attend all four days.
- School-Year 1999-2000: Ongoing professional development
and networking
Coaches and Potential Trainers: In both September and October there will be an additional two full days of professional development for enhancing coaching skills, use of classroom data to improve reading achievement, and assistance in planning for implementation in each participating school. Four additional afternoon networking meetings will be scheduled.
- Principals: Principals of participating schools will
participate in at least 2 two-hour networking meetings.
- Schools: Each school will be visited monthly by a representative of your Department of Education or member of the Comprehensive Center's staff for trouble-shooting and assistance in tracking progress. Schools will be provided the option to contract for up to five days of RSN professional development on-site for the entire K-3 staff.
Please Contact Your Comprehensive Center:
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EDC, Inc. 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458 Tel.: 1-800-332-0226 Fax 617-969-7578 e-mail:compcenter@edc.org |
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(NYTAC) New York University 82 Washington Squ. East Suite 72 New York, NY 10003-6680 Tel.: (800) 4NYU-224 or (212) 998-5100 Fax: (212) 995-4199 |
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New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC |
1730 North Lynn Street, Suite 401 Arlington, VA 22209 T: (800) 925-3223 (703) 528-3588 F: (703) 528-5973 E-mail: r3cc@ceee.gwu.edu |
RSN Website |
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1700 N. Moore Street Suite 1275 Arlington, VA 22209-1903 (703) 276-0200 (800) 624-9120 |
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330 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 430 Metairie, Louisiana 70002-3573 Tel.: 1-800-644-8671 or (504) 838-6861 |
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1025 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706 Tel.: (888) 862-7763 or (608) 263-4220 fax: (608) 263-3733 e-mail:cvi@macc.wisc.edu |
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Public and Community Services 555 Constitution St. Norman, OK 73072-7820 (800)228-1766 (405)325-1729 (405)325-1824 (fax) |
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5835 Callaghan Rd. Suite 350 San Antonio,TX 78228-1190 Tel.: 1-888-FYI-STAR or (210) 684-8180 Fax: (210) 684-5389 |
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1700 Grande Court, Suite 101 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Tel.: (505) 891-6111 Fax: (505) 891-5744 |
(NM, UT, NV) Michelle Haddad (AZ) Nilda Garcia Simms (CO) |
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Telephone (503) 275-9500 |
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All California counties except: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego |
730 Harrison Street San Francisco, CA 94107-1242 Tel.: (415) 565-3009 or (800) 645-3276 Fax: (415) 565-3012 |
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includes (Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Riverside Counties) |
9300 Imperial Highway Downey, CA 90242-2890 Tel.: (310) 922-6364 Fax: (310) 940-1798 |
RSN Website San Deigo County's RSN Website |
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210 Ferry Way, Suite 200 Juneau, Alaska 99801 Tel.: (907) 586-6806 Fax: (907) 463-3811 |
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1979 Lake Side Parkway, Suite 400 Tucker, Georgia 30084 Tel.: (800) 241-3865 Fax: (770) 723-7436 |
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Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau |
Pacific Comprehensive Assistance Center 828 Fort Street Mall, Suite 300 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4321 Tel.: (808) 533-6000 Fax: (808) 533-7599 |
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