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A. Public Input(I) <br /> Mr. Brown provided information on the Oakland Road property. <br /> New Business (out of order) <br /> RISE Presentation <br /> Debbie Butts, RISE Preschool Director introduced her staff. She went on to <br /> provide an overview of RISE. The Reading Integrated School Experience (RISE) <br /> is the Reading Public Schools preschool program that provides an integrated <br /> school experience for children age 3 —5. RISE is the first face that many families <br /> meet as they begin their children's educational journey. <br /> The RISE Preschool curriculum follows the Common Core standards and the <br /> students are provided with Literacy, Mathematics and STEM lessons geared for <br /> the preschool student. RISE also has implemented the standards based report card <br /> which provides a clearer assessment of student learning. <br /> Mrs. Camenker shared information on the implementation of the Multi-Tiered <br /> System of Support (MTSS) as part of the district-wide initiative. Mrs. Camenker <br /> stated that the RISE staff looked at the core values and developed a behavior <br /> matrix for the RISE community. Using the RISE acronym they chose the areas of <br /> respect, include, safe and effort and what each of these items looked like in <br /> different areas of the preschool. The staff will work to finalize the matrix and <br /> how to teach common behavior language. The plan is to roll the behavior matrix <br /> out in the fall. It will be included in the parent handbook as well as in all areas of <br /> the preschool. <br /> Ms. Butts reviewed predictors for academic success for reading. The National <br /> Panel for Reading has determined that students must be able to read by grade 3. <br /> Oral language, alphabetic code and print awareness are literacy components that <br /> need to begin in preschool and are linked to later learning, reading and academic <br /> success. The RISE staff incorporates these skills into the everyday learning <br /> through play, social skills, structured and designed activities. <br /> Mrs. Boran shared information on preschool math and literacy assessments. <br /> Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDI) uses data to assess student <br /> growth. Areas addressed by the IGDI include alliteration, rhyming, sound <br /> identification, picture naming and comprehension. <br /> Mr. Robinson arrived at 7:25 p.m. <br /> In addition, early numeracy assessment is also addressed in the areas of oral <br /> counting, number naming, quantity comparison and one to one correspondence <br /> counting. <br /> Dr. Snow Dockser asked about homogeneous groupings. <br /> Mrs. Boran shared that students do work with others on similar skill levels but the <br /> students are continually being regrouped based on activities. Students also work <br /> in heterogeneous groups. <br /> Page 1 2 <br />