At Lavinia Group, we close the opportunity gap by helping our partner schools and networks achieve world-class literacy and math instruction through world-class leader and teacher training.

RISE 2022 Summer Program

Leveraging Lavinia Group’s evidence-based best practices for professional development, instruction, and technology, including Lavinia Group’s proven methods for Intellectual Preparation and Student Work Study, Lavinia Group will partner with select networks and districts this summer to implement our RISE Summer School Program. The program, which can be taught virtually or in-person, will ensure that:

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  • The maximum number of students possible begin the year on grade level
  • Teachers and leaders have tools to mitigate learning loss
  • Schools leverage the summer term to implement data systems and structures that will be mission-critical in the 2022-2023 school year
  • Schools have the opportunity to participate in Lavinia Group’s proven professional development structures to support and rapidly develop leaders and teachers
  • Students have access to high-quality, culturally-relevant, and standards-aligned curriculum this summer

RISE 2022 Summer School Program Curriculum

At the heart of our program are the evidence-based methods and content that Lavinia Group has pioneered and leveraged to help our partner schools across the country transform student learning and improve outcomes. This summer, we will provide 5 weeks of standards-aligned daily lesson plans for rising 1st - rising 9th grade students for the following components:

Math for Meaning™ Story Problems

Grounded in the belief that ALL students are mathematicians, Lavinia Group's Story Problems curriculum and method engages students to develop multiple approaches for solving on and above grade level problems through hands-on learning and rich mathematical discourse. As students persevere through problem solving and share their mathematical reasoning, they develop the confidence and precision necessary to tackle ANY mathematical task independently while building their mastery of grade level standards.

Insight Humanities™ Book Studies

Grounded in highly-engaging, multicultural literature by award-winning and prolific authors, students will read, analyze, discuss, and write about world-class novels. This work will rapidly develop students’ critical thinking skills, passion for reading, and ability to analyze ANY novel with confidence and precision.

Close Reading for Meaning™

Using genre as an inroad, Lavinia Group’s Close Reading for Meaning™ method teaches students to use a symphony of strategies to unpack complex texts that are at or above grade level. Through a carefully designed Roadmap of Questions™, Lavinia Group’s curriculum prepares students to attend to both the essential meaning as well as author’s craft. After engaging in a shared experience with their teachers, students are given the opportunity to apply the Close Reading for Meaning™ method to a new text, honing their ability to tackle ANY text confidently and independently.

Systematic Phonics Routines

Grounded in the science of reading research and designed with the understanding that decoding plays a crucial role in learning to read and deeply understand text, Lavinia Group’s phonics curriculum includes direct, explicit, sequential, and multisensory routines that teachers can use throughout the summer and into the school year. Lessons provide consistent and systematic instruction for students and flexibility for teachers to personalize instruction by targeting existing gaps for both individuals and groups of students.

RISE Novel Examples

Examples of texts featured in our Insight Humanities™ Novel Study

RISE 2021 Summer School Program Results

Students in the Lavinia Group RISE 2021 Summer School program made substantial progress in just 5 weeks!

+26% MATH IMPROVEMENT

MATH: The percentage of students demonstrating Basic or Proficient knowledge on the Math assessments grew by 26%, from 24% to 50%.

+21% ELA IMPROVEMENT

ELA: The percentage of students demonstrating Basic or Proficient knowledge on the ELA assessments grew by 21%, from 32% to 53%.

"One of the highlights of the summer program was seeing my students excited to attend class each morning. Some logged in up to 30 minutes in advance and they're just ready to participate, share, and engage. I also really enjoyed seeing them take more creative ways to solve story problems. They taught each other (and myself) to be flexible and open to a variety of strategies."

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"I LOVED the development meetings because we focused on specific lesson plans and that REALLY helped someone like me who was teaching an unfamiliar subject."

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"Overall, the text choices were excellent and very representative of our students' backgrounds and engaging."

Rise 2021 Teacher

"The push to define what great student work looks like, to prepare for what's coming next, and to have a completely open and collaborative atmosphere are things that I am taking back to my building in the new school year. "

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"Watching the scholars take risks and try new strategies has been the very best part of the summer program. This was the first time in my career that I REALLY enjoyed teaching Math!"

Rise 2021 Teacher

"Students are starting to read more closely and understand the importance of rereading as a result of the curriculum and the constant push to go back to the text when responding to questions."

Rise 2021 Teacher

"The development meetings gave me a chance to connect with other teachers and hear some of the approaches that were working for them so that I could take those practices and implement them in my own classroom. I enjoyed meeting during the week to analyze student work and go over upcoming lessons so that we could plan, anticipate misconceptions, and troubleshoot in preparation for teaching our kids."

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RISE 2022 Summer School Program Package Options

We are excited to offer three packages for the RISE 2022 Summer School Program.

Option #1

  • RISE Summer 2022 Teacher Training Week
  • Rising 1st - 9th RISE Summer School Curriculum
  • Close Reading for Meaning™ and Story Problems Data Trackers
  • ELA and Math pre-assessments and post-assessments
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Option #2

  • RISE Summer 2022 Teacher Training Week
  • Rising 1st - 9th RISE Summer School Curriculum
  • Close Reading for Meaning™ and Story Problems Data Trackers
  • Weekly teacher development meetings for all rising 1st - 9th grade Math and ELA teachers
  • ELA and Math pre-assessments and post-assessments
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Option #3

  • RISE Summer 2022 Teacher Training Week
  • Rising 1st - 9th RISE Summer School Curriculum
  • Close Reading for Meaning™ and Story Problems Data Trackers
  • Weekly teacher development meetings for all rising 1st - 9th grade Math and ELA teachers
  • ELA and Math pre-assessments and post-assessments
  • Enrollment in the RISE Summer 2022 Leadership Program, which includes:
  • Five 2-hour virtual leadership coaching sessions specific to your school to support with leadership development and instructional management of the RISE Summer School Program
  • One 3-hour virtual leadership training session with leaders from across the country to support in running an effective RISE Summer School Program
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RISE 2022 Summer School Program Session Dates

Session 1

Teacher Training Week: Monday, June 13 - Friday, June 17

Student Start Date: Tuesday, June 21

Student End Date: Friday, July 22

Session 2

Teacher Training Week: Monday, June 27 - Friday, July 1

Student Start Date: Tuesday, July 5

Student End Date: Friday, August 5

Teacher Training Week Tentative Schedule

Lavinia Group will provide a full week of professional development opportunities for teachers to prepare them for the RISE 2022 Summer School Program. Below is a tentative outline of the training week. Topics and schedule subject to change.

Day 1

Morning: Program overview, assessment and logistics training

Afternoon: School-based set up and preparation (school leaders can use this time to meet specific needs of their schools)

Day 2

ELA Daylong Intensive

Day 3

ELA Daylong Intensive

Day 4

Math Daylong Intensive

Day 5

Optional ELA & Math Professional Development Mini-Sessions

RISE 2022 Information

If you are interested in learning more about RISE 2022, please contact us at rise2022@laviniagroup.org

RISE 2022 Summer School Program Registration

Early Registration (10% discount): October 15 - January 14

Standard Registration: January 15 - April 29

Complete this form to get more information on the RISE 2022 Summer School Program