Meet 安妮辛克莱, Chief Learning Officer at Reading & 数学,公司. – the organization that oversees 阅读队, 数学队 和 other AmeriCorps programs
完成博士学位后, 安妮辛克莱 knew that she wanted her work to make a direct impact on young students. When offered the position of Chief Learning Officer of Reading & 数学,公司. (RMI), she moved across the country to Minneapolis because she knew that RMI 和 ServeMinnesota actively 和 effectively implement evidence-based practices in schools. 今年秋天, she 和 the team at RMI 和 ServeMinnesota decided to take their expertise in helping students’ success in school to helping them while they are learning at home – which is the new reality for so many.
In this interview, Anne discusses why she knows 阅读队 和 数学队 provide solutions in this time of Covid-19 upending the “normal” school year.
Now that so many students are home with their caregivers trying to learn online, 这对学生的学习意味着什么?
我们正处于大流行之中, 和 schools 和 parents 和 other caregivers are trying to navigate a re所有y changed world of education 和 educational opportunities, 这真的很难. 一切都是新的. People are having to learn a lot of new systems, 很多新技术, 有很多和孩子交流的新方法, because what we have had available to us in the past is not available to us in most cases now. This is why we are excited to start offering 阅读队 和 数学队 directly to families.
We have used schools as one means of providing high quality interventions to kids. We think it might be useful to also provide those interventions directly to families who may or may not be already be served (by 阅读队 和 数学队) in their schools. Because schools are strapped, they’re trying re所有y hard to figure this out too.
How is providing 阅读队 和 数学队 assessment 和 interventions to families the same or different from providing in a school context?
Since we don’t have schools supporting student selection for the services, we have trained coaches who have worked in our organization for awhile to field requests from families for tutoring. We’ll do the same kinds of screening activities that we do usu所有y with kids to determine what interventions are a good fit for the kids whose families are asking for help. 然后在 培训课程中, we’ll be pairing those families with tutors who have already been trained in our interventions 和 how to deliver them online. It’s not 所有 that different from a tutoring session in person.
What continues to drive you in this work during this ch所有enging time? 什么事让你夜不能寐?
For me, I think the inequities in educational access to opportunities are re所有y surfacing for me. 我有一个上幼儿园的孩子, 和 we’re in a public school where they’re doing completely virtual instruction, 这真的很难. 所以即使在最好的情况下, I am lamenting that educational opportunities are not the same for 所有 kids, especi所有y as things look different across the state 和 across the country. 寻找新的接触方式 所有 kids with high quality intervention 和 high quality instruction is motivating to me. And this seems like one way to reach kids who may, or may not be receiving high quality instructional experiences.
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Do you want to learn more about this new initiative to bring 阅读队 和 数学队 directly to families? 以下是如何工作的:
If you are a Minnesota family with a child in PreK – 8th grade, it’s easy to get started:
- Visit 阅读队/数学队 online for a personal consultation -免费! — minnesotareadingcorps.org/families
- 与识字或数学专家会面 讨论学习者的需求
Based on the identified needs of your student, you’ll either:
- 与阅读/数学专家配对 who will work with your learner(s)directly
to provide skill building 和 practice (likely in a virtual setting) 和/or - Receive resources 和 activities you can do at home 支持学习
Schools across the country rely on 阅读队 和 数学队 to support students who need extra help. Our highly trained specialists focus on skill building 和 use research-based activities proven to work. For homework help 和 other assistance, please contact your child’s school.
