1. ABC Elementary School EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: IMPLEMENTATION OF SAXON PHONICS AND SPELLING K

2. ABC Elementary School BACKGROUND

3. THE EVALUAND The Saxon Phonics program includes (a) the controlled vocabulary and practice, (b) the annotated bibliography, (c) coding, (d) spelling, (e) assessments, (f) pacing, (g) handwriting, and (h) reading fluency (Simmons, 2006).

4. Implementation of Saxon Phonics and Spelling K CURRENT ISSUE

5. HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS

6. LITERATURE REVIEW Eclectic Approach Phonics Approach Pre- Literacy Skills Whole Language Approach

7. How does the classroom implementation of all the components of Saxon Phonics and Spelling K impact the effectiveness of the program? How has the lack of on-going professional development for the Saxon Phonics and Spelling K program impacted the fidelity of the program? EVALUATION QUESTIONS

8.  Observations  Interviews  Review of program documents  Review of student data EVALUATION DESIGN

9. LOGIC MODEL

11. QUALITATIVE DATA SUMMARY

12. QUANTITATIVE DATA

13. Question 1: Classroom Implementation of the program components and the impact on effectiveness DISCUSSION OF RESULTS  Individual teacher interpretations of importance of components  Inconsistency of implementation  Recommendations  Horizontal alignment of component usage  Six-weeks review of component utilization  Compare utilization with student achievement data during that time period

14.  Staff changes since last professional development led by Saxon trainers  Last training was 3 years ago  Recommendations  Provide a Saxon led training for all teachers, including support personnel  As new teachers are hired/transfers occur, have a plan to train them on implementation of the program  Offer support training: concept of word, letter and sound recognition, spelling, and other literacy concepts Question 2: Professional Development DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

15. Future Evaluation Possibilities Evaluation after training has been provided using the program checklist provided with this evaluation Expand the study to include the other elementary school in this school division