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For the success of every child!
3rd Baltic Sea Conference on Reading
17th Nordic Reading Conference ,
16.08.2016, Turku
Every Teach For Bulgaria teacher needs to be a
reading teacher
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• The context in Bulgaria
• The context in the Teach For Bulgaria classrooms
• TFB first steps in developing reading literacy
• Key learnings
Outline
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44th place - PISA 2009
More then 1,5 years of schooling behind the OECD average
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Inequity
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Key challenges
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One day every child in Bulgaria will have quality education, regardless of the school he/she goes to, the town or village he/she resides in or if his/her parents have any financial means or not.
Teach for Bulgaria’s vision
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‘Success’
Closing the gap
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Every Teach For Bulgaria Teacher needs to be
a reading teacher!*
*Inspired by Ark Academy in the UK
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• Teachers were not engaged with developing literacy in their classrooms
• No signs of improvement of student’s literacy
First struggles
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• 2013-2014 : Joint study with researchers from the Centre of Quality of School Education
– 9 TFB 6th grade classrooms
– 9 control classrooms
Trying to find an answer
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• No significant difference in the beginning and end of year results in both groups
• No significant difference in the student results in the TFB classrooms and the control group
Results from the study Beginning of
the year
End of the year
Number
of schools
Number of students
Average result
SD Average result
SD
TFB classrooms
9 170 509 7 508 7
Control group
9 117 510 9 510 9
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• Various groups involving members of the team, teachers, alumni
• Main conclusions
– lack of shared understanding what functional reading literacy is
– no systematic approach towards functional literacy development
– TFB teachers weren’t prepared to develop reading literacy skills in their classes
Reflection
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• Teacher led think tanks on reading literacy
• Goals:
– create shared understanding what we mean by functional reading literacy and how it looks in the classroom
– Set learning goals
– Research and share good practices to develop reading literacy in different subject areas
New approach
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The new approach
How does the skill
actually look like ?
Why is it important?
Division into
elements Set goals
Tracking progress
Approach adaptation
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Results in 2014-2015
*255 students 15 classrooms 5-7 grade
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Significant improvement in results for the goal with the lowest score on Diagnostic assessment
Extracts information from tables and charts
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• Higher commitment and personal responsibility to develop literacy
• Peer training
• Advocate for functional literacy in every subject area
Results - teachers
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Teachers
• Literacy mentors for the new teachers
Students
• Awareness
• Ownership of learning
Stepping further
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• video
One classroom example
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• Teachers are learning best when:
– their expertise is valued
– engaged in a community of practice
– engaged in inquiry process
• Students learn best when they are:
– aware of the stakes
– owners of their learning
– partners of the teachers in the inquiry process
Key learnings
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Thank you!
Maria Sendova
m.sendova@zaednovchas.bg
http://zaednovchas.bg/en
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