Summer Program

Planning
ELA Menu of Best Practices and Strategies

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs
January 2016
Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 2

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Intensive Summer Intervention Programs

Well-designed
Appeal to the diversity and
needs of students and families

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 3

January 2016
Inventory of Evidence- and Research-based Practices
Report on the Learning Assistance Program
Summer Learning Program
Academically focused

Summer Book Programs

Multiyear interventions
One-year intervention with support
One year intervention
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
Rigorous research for meta-analysis
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 4

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Extended Learning
Summer School | Summer Book Programs
Expanding learning time is as
much about improving the Accelerate reading development
quality of the actual amount Perception of self as a reader
of time a child learns as it is
about expanding the quality Attitudes toward reading
and diversity of a childs Balanced literacy
learning.
(Del Razo & RenEe, 2013, p.28)

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 5

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Summer School Educational Outcomes
What the Research Says
Can provide students with at least a short-term gain in standardized test
scores (Roderick, Bryk, Jacob, Easton, & Allensworth, 1999)

Has the potential to accelerate reading development it is not a quick

fix for all students (Duffy, 2001)

Shows positive effect on students literacy performance at the

elementary school level (Kindron & Lindsay, 2014)

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 6

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Summer School: Population & Implementation
Population
Considerations

Free and reduced lunch students

English language learners Implementation

Success Factors
Small class sizes
All K-12 LAP students
Free programs
Transportation and food
Highly qualified professionals
Participation and engagement
Academic and enrichment
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Evaluate program
Summer Programs 7

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Summer Book Programs Educational Outcomes
What the Research Says

Non-readers lose 2-3 months growth; Readers tend to gain a month

(Allington & McGill-Franzen, 2003)

Multi-year programs yield the greatest growth (Allington & McGill-Franzen,

2013)

Digital devices can enhance summer reading (Fink, 2012)

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 8

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Book Programs: Population & Implementation
Population
Considerations

Free and reduced lunch students

English language learners
Implementation

Success Factors
All K-12 LAP students
Student choice
All K-4 students Multi-year programs
Family literacy strategies
Collaborate with community
Access and availability
Evaluate program
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 9

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes

Spotlight
Schools
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 10

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Spotlight on Washington School Districts
Washougal
Community volunteers Renton
Shared reading Student choice
Field trip to school Independent reading time
Growth Guided literacy
Lego Robotics simulations

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 11

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Spotlight on Washington School Districts
Tahoma
LAP students 10 books Bellingham
Return books in fall Promise Academy
NEWSELA and Readworks.org Balanced literacy
Build confidence
Parent nights
Showcase work
Summer newsletters

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 12

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Whats in a Name?
Remediation Class | After-school Tutoring | Summer School

Summer Extravaganza
Sing! Play! Dance!
Theater Club
Dr. Seuss Summer Camp
READ & FEED

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 13

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Plan Your Summer Book Program
This Summer Reading Camp Self-Study Guide was
developed to help state-, district-, and school-based
practitioners and stakeholders conduct self-studies of
planning and implementation of state-required
summer reading camp programs for grade 3 students
who scored at the lowest level on the state reading
assessment.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 14

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Fidelity of Implementation

the degree to which

an intervention or
practice is delivered
as it is intended

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 15

January 2016
Active OR Passive Implementation
Active
80% met criteria for
fidelity in 3.6 years
Passive

14% of well-researched
innovations used in practice

in 17 years
Summer Programs
January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
SSEO Online @ OSPI

http://www.k12.wa.us/SSEO/
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 17

January 2016
 The Research
2015 Technical Report on Best Practices and
Strategies for English Language Arts

Appendix G: References, page 97

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs
January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Your Turn

Design the best summer program

youve ever seen.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 19

January 2016
 Strengthening Student
Educational Outcomes
Questions ?
Amy Thierry LAP, ELA & Research
Program Supervisor
360-725-6026
amy.thierry@k12.wa.us

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Summer Programs 20

January 2016