1. FAIRLAWN L OCAL S CHOOLS Meaghen Hays Project M.O.R.E. Coordinator

2. A BOUT M E Meaghen Hays Intervention Specialist at Fairlawn Local Schools Service Students with Disabilities and At-Risk students in grades Kindergarten through 3 rd Grade I am in my 4 th year of teaching at Fairlawn Local Schools This is my 3 rd year as the Project M.O.R.E. Coordinator

3. F AIRLAWN D EMOGRAPHICS 638 students currently attending Fairlawn Local Schools in grades Kindergarten through 12 th Grade We have an additional 36 students receiving early intervention through our Pre Kindergarten program Project M.O.R.E. Participation 52 students, both disabled and at-risk, are participating in the Project M.O.R.E. program 13 students participating in Project M.O.R.E. have been identified and are receiving special education services 12 students participating in Project M.O.R.E. currently have an active IAT or SBIT team 38% of our students are currently receiving Free and/or Reduced Lunch services This qualifies Fairlawn Local Schools as a Title 1 building K-12

4. M Y P ROJECT M.O.R.E. P ROGRAM I am currently serving 52 students through Project M.O.R.E. I currently have 42 adult and student mentors 5 of the Project M.O.R.E. mentors are classroom paraprofessionals and/or aides that donate their time to the Project M.O.R.E. program My mentors range in age from 7 th grade students to 12 th grade Seniors Most successful mentors are my 8 th grade student mentors Project M.O.R.E. operates in three sessions throughout the school day

5. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. C LASSROOM

6. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. H EADQUARTERS (O RGANIZATION ) All pertinent information regarding students, session schedules, Big Buddy/Little Buddy Pairings, mentor attendance, and questions are posted on the Project M.O.R.E. bulletin board

7. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. H EADQUARTERS (O RGANIZATION ) Project M.O.R.E. student bins are located at the Project M.O.R.E. Headquarters The Question Bin is also located at the HQs Students are to place any information, questions, and/or concerns that need addressed prior to the next session of Project M.O.R.E. The Question Bin is checked daily

8. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. H EADQUARTERS (O RGANIZATION )

9. Additional student bins are located in cabinets in the Project M.O.R.E classroom

10. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. R EADING -T UTORS M ATERIAL (O RGANIZATION ) Reading-Tutors materials are located in the filing next to the Project M.O.R.E. Headquarters Materials are categorized by reading levels and are color coded to maintain the material order

11. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. R EADING -T UTORS M ATERIAL (O RGANIZATION ) In order to cut paper usage, the Reading- Tutors materials have been made into file folder games that can be recycled for each student. Student books continue to be copied for the students to take home and build their student libraries. In doing this, we have cut our paper usage by 80%.

12. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. R EADING -T UTORS M ATERIAL (O RGANIZATION ) Reading-Tutors materials are maintained by a student aide during non-session periods of the school day. My student aide (Cara), is responsible for making sure at least 20 copies of each book are in the filing cabinet at all times. If books need to be made, the materials shown in the picture are available all day, everyday. Cara also communicates when more duct tape and staples need to be purchased

13. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. W ORK S TATIONS (A CADEMIC S TRATEGIES ) In order to continue reaching the needs of our students, teacher collaboration takes place 4 times each year to develop further strategies to meet deficits. The following stations on the slides have been implemented due to teacher requests

14. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. W ORK S TATIONS (A CADEMIC S TRATEGIES )

15. COZY CORNER

16. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. W ORK S TATIONS (A CADEMIC S TRATEGIES ) Lakeshore ELA File Folder Games: Vocabulary, Phonemic Awareness, Alphabet, and Word Work Lakeshore Math File Folder Games: Patterning & Sorting, Beginning Operations, Shapes & Measurement, Numbers & Counting

17. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. W ORK S TATIONS (A CADEMIC S TRATEGIES ) Frog Publications Classroom Learning Game Sets are also available to students and mentors.

18. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. W ORK S TATIONS (A CADEMIC S TRATEGIES ) Students also have access to manipulatives and other items needed to extend Reading- Tutors materials

19. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. F UN D AYS (I NCENTIVE ) Academic Games Available to Students and Mentors

20. P ROJECT M.O.R.E. F UN D AYS (I NCENTIVE ) Academic Games Available to Students and Mentors