Forever Learning On Wheels

• Sherman Fuller, CEO• PJ Fuller, Executive Director• Mike Siegrist, Board President• Board Members Bio’s attached• Teachers Hired as Independent Contractors• http://www.foreverlearningonwheels.com

• 719-487-1564• 719-487-1564 (Fax)

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Mission

Forever Learning on Wheels is a non-profit organization providing tutoring services for K-12, in reading, writing, and math through the use of a mobilized platform in the Colorado Springs area and beyond

“Mobilizing Education”

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Vision

• Help students meet academic goals and Colorado standards in reading, writing and mathematics

• Reposition students to be successful in school, work and life

• Support our community in using research-based, instructional best practices

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How Are We Different?

• Lower overhead due to lack of facility costs• Convenience – we go to the student• No-cost assessments• Can reach at-risk students who cannot afford local Learning

Center fees• Everything we do is scientifically research based• Address behavioral needs, helping students reposition

themselves and attain goals with the help of experienced counselors with formal training

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Curriculum

Slides 7-13 Detail our Curriculum

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Reading Materials

Orton- Gillingham, Pa, Ph, Fl, Voc, Comp Orton-Gillingham methodology utilizes phonetics and emphasizes visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. Instruction begins by focusing on the structure of language and gradually moves towards reading. The program provides students with immediate feedback and a predictable sequence that integrates reading, writing and spelling.

For over a decade this research-validated approach has been successfully implemented by teachers to empower children at all three tiers of instruction to dramatically reduce reading failure.

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Read Well Fluency Foundations: (Units A-J) A Fast- Paced, Mastery-Based Instruction of First Grade Reading Skills Scientifically Based Reading Researched.

• Phonological Awareness and Phonics• Phonics• Vocabulary• Comprehension• Fluency

Read Well 2 (Units 1-20) is appropriate for: second grade students who are fluent with first grade skills

Ensures students learn and retain skills before moving on through the mastery-based instruction Achieves sustained reading results through research-validated approach Maximizes opportunities for skill mastery through ongoing assessment and progress monitoring, and placement into the appropriate small groups Includes small group differentiated instruction to ensure students’ needs are met regardless of skill level Provides continuous instruction with the unique scope and sequence so there are no gaps in student learning

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Read Well 2 Plus (Units 21-25) is appropriate for: advanced second grade students who have completed Read Well 2 Unit 20. Appropriate placement into each of these components is based on assessment results. (Sopris West)

Read Well Activity Center appropriate for Independent Practice (Sopris West) Sensational Strategies for teaching Beginning Readers (and writers) By Institute for multi- sensory education

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Headsprout Early Reading

Language ! The Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum Reading, Writing, Spelling, Vocabulary, Grammar and Speaking By Jane Fell Greene, Ed.D. (Sopris West)

Lakeshore Listen & Learn Word Family Activity Program

The Six – Minute Solution: A reading Fluency Program By Adams Gail & Sharon Brown

Daily Oral Vocabulary exercises by Susan M. Ebbers & Jill Carroll

Words for Academic Writing Vocabulary Across Curricula. Gail N. Adams and Susan Vanzant Sopris West

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The Multiple Meaning Vocabulary Program Level 1&2 by J. Ron Nelson

Stepping Stones to Literacy (Sopris West) by J Ron Nelson PhD

Watch Word A Multisensory Reading and Writing Program, by Karen Lacey, M.S

Sound Partners: A Tutoring program in Phonic- Based Early Reading, by Patricia Vadesy (Sopris West)

Spellography: A Student Road Map to Better Spelling, by Luisa Moats ED.D

How to Teach Spelling, by Laura Toby Rudsinsky & Elizabeth C. Haskell

Road to the Code, A Phonological Awareness Program for Young Children, by Benita A. Blachmac

Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness Sight Words and Spelling, by Nanci Bell

 

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Writing Materials

Step up to writing Improves Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking (Sopris West)

Write from the Beginning, K-5 Thinking Maps, by Jane Buckner ED.S

Rewards Plus Reading Strategies Applied to Science Passages (Sopris West)

Angling for Words Study Book, Decoding and Spelling Practice, by Carolyn C. Bowen

Dr. Jac Phonic Friendly Books, by Joyce, Armstrong Carroll

Vocabulary Practice Cards Grades 4-6 (Lakes Shore)

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Level 5

Phonics Activity Box R Blends R-Controlled Vowels

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Problems Solving Step by Step (7th Grade) Jack Beers (Sopris West)

The Math Rescue Series Resource for Computation, by Larry & Shirley Bradsby

Voyages : Mathematic program ( Kindergarten) 1. All about me theme, An apple a day, Autumn leaves, making quilts, winter wonderland, Hurray for Hearts, Animal friends, Spring into Spring, Life in the ocean.

V Math Second Edition

Summer Success Math: Number Sense, Basic Operation Problem Solving, Data Analyses, Patterns and Algebraic thinking, Measurement, Geometry

Math Materials (continued)

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Assessment & Demographics

• AIMs Web - Colorado standards-based progress monitoring tool• Client Base - K-12 Students needing extra support - Students with dyslexic symptoms and other learning disabilities - Students on Individual Education Plans (IEPs) or in TIER II and TIER III interventions

• Demographics - We must position ourselves ‘now’ as a community to meet the growing need of

support based on the growing population. - FLOW serves the entire Colorado Springs community, but with financial support,

FLOW’s deeply discounted tutoring service will provide the low income segment the opportunity to meet state standards and pursue higher-level education

- Though not targeting minority students, studies have shown that “Minority students in general are less likely to achieve the skills needed to succeed in higher education without outside support.”

FLOW meets the current support mechanism for academic success while its

business plan addresses the “future need” in our community and state.

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2010 – 2011 (projected)

Hispanic

White

Black

Asian

Am. Indian/ Alaskan

Two or more races

Hawaiian/ Pac.

Islander

Hispanic

WhiteBlack

Asian

Am. Indian/ Alaskan

Two or more races

Hawaiian/ Pac.

Islander

2009 - 2010

Colorado Demographics

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Student Projections

• 32 students in 18 months since FLOW has been operating– 90% success rate based on academic goals and state standards

• Initial annual estimate, with grant– 10 teachers– 70 students

• 2nd year estimate, with grant– 20 teachers– 140 students

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Actions

4. Annual Golf Tournament- fund-raiser

5. Decision MakingThe Board makes decisions and meets on a routine

basis. Minutes provided as requested

6. FLOW Future Vision- Skyping to other cities - Mobilizing to other cities - FLOW Academy by 2016

1. Business Plan

2. 501(c)(3)- in progress

3. GrantsMeghan Stidd, Board

Member, is a grant writer PJ Fuller, EO, has assisted in grant writing for a major

local agency

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Immediate Funding Priorities

1) Provide grants/scholarships to students on free and reduced lunch schedules, reducing the service fee to $10.00 a lesson

3) Marketing w/flyers, door hangers, mailers, & Sky Sox set-ups as weather permits4) Purchase Peter Daniels “Destiny of the 3rd Millennium”

Business Consultation Package5) Receive top-shelf training at Pikes Peak Summer Institute

for 2 Board Members, @ $825.00 ea

• Return on Investment: Supporting our community- mobilizing education

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We have

The VISIONThe COMMITMENT &

The ENERGY

For Success