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My role as project manager for this intervention strategy takes on the many hats. I will need to be the leader. It will be up to me to get everyone on board for the intervention. This will include the teachers and all other staff members. I will present the data and materials to the staff accompanied by all the data that will be needed to convince them of the necessity of the intervention. It will be my responsibility to obtain the correct amount of iPads needed to accommodate the students in third grade. I will relay this information to the bookkeeper. After the material arrives, I will make sure that the eBooks are downloaded onto the computers for the students to use and provide the purchase information to the bookkeeper. Then the teachers and I will conference about the best way(s) to implement the materials into the third grade classrooms and still meet the needs of the current required curriculum. This will include a question and answer session for the teachers that are expected to utilize the resources. This will include using the eBooks regularly, scheduling time to use them, appropriate units for use with the eBooks, vocabulary and other strategies to utilize that will ensure the best possibility of success. Providing a Survey Monkey pretest on the teachers’ comfort and ability in regards to the use of eBooks would be the first step. This first strategic step would provide teachers the results of the test without letting others know any specific person’s weakness. The teachers would then need to take on the task of student grouping according to their Developmental Reading Ability (DRA) levels according to Fontes and Pennell (2008) which indicates their specific strengths and weaknesses in reading aligned with the standards needed and preparation to be successful on the state Palmetto Achievement Specific Standards (PASS) test. The eBooks will be assessed monthly in alignment with the questioning set forth by the South Carolina PASS test information and adjust and if necessary restructure the implementation according to the needs indicated by the post tests. DRA tests will also be utilized in order to see the growth of students in their reading ability. My role as project manager will be to motivate, coach, and analyze the test results to focus on the specific skill weaknesses indicted by the monthly testing.
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Debra

This looks great. I couldn't find your justification for selecting the interventions.

Val

Hi Val, I have re-done the info, but it will not let me cut and paste it, but I justified it with the low test scores on the MAP test in informational text this year and end of year tests on the state PASS which is largely comprised of informational texts. I plan on doing like you and Lynne did and insertng the whole document as an attachment. You have helped so much. Thanks, Deb : )