Staff Passport to Literacy with trained paraprofessional interventionists receiving 8 hours of training over 2 days¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The program's staffing model uses paraprofessionals as interventionists: "Reading instruction is provided by trained interventionists in small groups of 4-7 students. In the validating study, the interventionists were paraprofessionals with at least B.A. degrees." Training was brief but structured: "interventionists received 8 hours of training over 2 days." This makes the program implementable without certified reading specialists.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Interventionists with at least B.A. degrees
• 8 hours of training over 2 days

Constraints¶

• Training and staffing details reflect the validating study's configuration

Target Learners¶

• K-5 students reading below grade level

Target Learning Goals¶

• Foundational reading skills and comprehension

Related Strategies¶

• Train paraprofessionals to deliver Sound Partners lessons using a local trainer plus manual and video-based professional development
• Embed supplemental one-on-one tutoring within the school day using existing school support staff
• Provide LLI interventionists with 3-day formal training including follow-up on-site coaching
• Train paraprofessional tutors with one initial day of training plus two two-hour booster sessions
• Staff online tutoring with experienced, highly qualified classroom teachers and provide training in literacy, trauma-informed teaching, and remote instruction

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Passport to Literacy. (2024). Evidence Rating: strong. https://www.evidenceforesight.org/passport-to-literacy