He or she organizes and monitors data from eight-week assessments and acts as liaison between teachers, administrators, tutors, family support staff, and parents to ensure that each child becomes a successful reader. Professional Development Professional development for Success for All requires three consecutive days of training for all teachers before the program begins. Success for All trainers return to the school for visits during the first year to work with the principal, facilitators, and teachers to built a strong implementation. Additional days focus on the development of the Family Support and tutoring programs. Successes for All trainers are available for telephone consultation during the year.
Facilitators follow up on initial training with classroom visits, coaching, and team meetings.
We have a very poor student body, so this program's Family Support focus on parent involvement is all more important to us. Three years ago, before Success for All, we had just parent volunteers. Now we have 58 - and we haven't formally recruited any of them. Parents, see the success their children are having in school and they reach out to our staff with help that's much needed.