What happened for the learners?
Since April 2017 I have been tracking 6
students predominately in years 1 and 2 (now 2 and 3) in the context of their
reading progress and much more specifically this year in terms of their
language acquisition and development given the whanau engagement initiatives I have
facilitated and diversified at G.I.S…
SK (a Tongan boy) overall moved 13 reading
levels.
He is now working within his expected curriculum level
Baseline oral
language; 3 years 8 months
T4; 6 years
6 months. (5 months behind his actual age)
Overall gain of 2 years
10 months.
FH (a C.I.M girl) overall moved 12 reading
levels.
She is now working within her expected curriculum level
Baseline oral
language; mirrored 6 years
1 month.
T4; 7 years 5 months. (7 months
ahead of her actual age).
Overall gain of 1 year 4 months.
AG (a C.I.M twin girl) overall moved 8
reading levels
She is now working within her expected curriculum level.
Baseline oral
language; 4 years 11
months.
T4; 5 years
10 months. (1yr 2 months behind her actual age)
Overall gain of 9 months.
NK (C.I.M twin girl ii) overall moved 9
reading levels.
She is now working within her expected curriculum level.
Baseline oral
language; 5 years old. of 6
T4; 7 years 3 months. (3 months ahead of her actual age)
Overall gain of 2 years 3 months.
JT (a Nuiean girl) overall moved 11
reading levels.
She is now working above her expected curriculum level.
Baseline oral
language; 5 years 10
months.
T4; 6 years 6 months. (11 months behind her
actual age)
Overall gain of 8 months.
TA (a NZ Maori boy) overall moved 5
reading levels,
He is now working above his expected curriculum level.
Baseline oral
language; 6 years 6
months.
T4; mirrored chronological age equivalent of 7 years 7 months.
Overall gain of 1 year 1 month.
What evidence do I have for this?
Standardised T4
2017/T4 2018 reading data comparison which shows...
- 66% acceleration progress
within a curriculum level.
- 33% acceleration progress into a higher
curriculum level.
Standardised
termly reading tracking in 2018 which shows...
- accelerated progress
within or exceeding expected curriculum levels.
Standardised
Oral Language assessment data (gathered over a 6 month period)...
- significant accelerated progress from the baseline gathering…
- ranges in
increases from 130% > 560%
What did I do to make this happen?
- Community initiatives...soap box derby, Christmas store, rugby
- Class Dojo...instant communication
- Reading Together ( i & ii)...listening to whanau
voice
- Story Sacks...thinking outside the bag
- Pasifika Early Literacy Programme...embracing culture
- Kete Talanoa's...inclusive diversity
Wonderings about what next...
I WONDER....
- If we are willing to let go of the lesson we have planned, so as to
have the lesson that is waiting for us...
- If when an opportunity doesn't knock, do we build a door...
- If success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm...
I
WONDER IF EVERY CHILD HAS A CHAMPION, A MAGIC
WEAVER,
AN
UNCONDITIONAL CONSTANT WHO NEVER GIVES UP ON THEM,
WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF A CONNECTION
AND
INSISTS THAT THEY BECOME THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE...
THEY
ACTUALLY WILL!
