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From YouTube: 02-01-18 Parent Connection
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Teresa talks with Linda Barbour, Executive Director, STAIR - Annapolis, about how important reading is to young children.
A
B
For
having
me
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
stair,
it's
my
passion
well,
first,
tell
me
tell
our
audience
a
little
bit
about
yourself:
okay,
I'm,
an
avid
reader
have
always
been
still
have
a
lot
of
my
childhood
books.
I
was
in
finance,
never
thought
about
working
with
children
and
then,
when
I
retired
I
had
been
a
tutor
in
the
Steyr
program
for
12
years
and
really
really
enjoyed
that
time
with
the
kids
and
they
had
an
opening
for
the
executive
director
position
and
so
I
took
it
and
haven't
regretted
one
minute.
Well,.
A
B
Stands
for
start
the
adventure
in
reading
and
we've
been
in
the
Annapolis
area
for
12
years.
We
started
out
as
a
project
of
the
First
Presbyterian
Church
in
Annapolis
and
then
for
fundraising
purposes.
We
became
a
501
C
3
not-for-profit
corporation,
and
we
actually
are
affiliated
with
the
original
stair
program,
which
is
in
New,
Orleans
and
they've,
been
in
existence
for
31
years
now,
and
they
have
probably
about
300
tutors
and
about
250
students,
and
we
have
about
a
hundred
and
fifty
tutors
and
this
year
we're
tutoring
74
students.
B
B
We
work
with
children
second
graders,
principally
who
are
reading
below
grade
level.
We
pre
provide
a
caring
and
warm
atmosphere
for
the
children
to
come
into
so
that
they
can
learn.
That
reading
is
fun
and
not
scary,
and
we
try
to
develop
in
each
child
a
sense
of
strongness
and
sense
of
goodwill
when
they're
reading,
because
they
come
to
us
afraid
to
read.
B
B
We
were
concerned
at
our
church,
First
Presbyterian
Church,
with
the
high
school
dropout
rate
at
Annapolis,
High
School.
So
we
tried
a
brief
program
of
trying
to
tutor
and
help
troubled
16
17
18
year
olds.
That
didn't
work
very
well,
because
you
need
really
good
skills
and
special
skills
to
do
that.
But
at
that
time
we
had
an
associate
pastor
who
knew
about
the
Steyr
program
in
Louisiana
and
we
connected
with
them.
B
Unfortunately,
the
same
year
as
Katrina
hit,
oh
wow
and
all
of
their
materials
were
under
water,
and
so
we
we
believed
that
as
people
we
could
probably
tutor
second
graders
and
do
a
pretty
good
job
of
it.
So
we
started
with
a
partnership
with
Annapolis
elementary
school
and
our
first
site
was
actually
located
at
the
Stanton
Center
in
Annapolis
and
we're
still
at
the
Stanton
center.
We've
been.
A
B
It's
a
community
just
like
any
other
Annapolis
community,
and
so
we've
been
at
Robin
wood
for
seven
years
now
and
from
there
we
branched
out,
as
people
began,
to
hear
about
steyr,
we
began
to
be
invited
to
schools
and
we
normally
starts
our
start.
Our
sites
fairly
small
six
students,
our
largest
site
this
year,
is
Robin
wood,
which
is
11
kids
and
we're
also
at
other
local
area,
elementary
schools,
and
also
at
Edgewater
Elementary
Nantucket,
elementary
in
Crofton
and
Severn
Elementary
on
Reis,
road
and
Severn.
So.
A
B
B
A
B
And
see
the
children
who
with
a
hand
up,
could
actually
be
reading
at
2nd
grade
level
and
that's
our
mission,
because
if
you
can
read
and
read
at
level
or
above
when
you
leave
second
grade,
then
your
slope
is
kind
of
upward-facing.
But
in
third
grade
you
read
to
learn,
and
so,
if
your
skills
are
not
good,
so
our
kids
come
to
us
via
their
reading
teachers,
parents
sign
a
permission
slip.
Our
sites
run
either
Tuesday
Thursday
or
Tuesday
Wednesday.
The
students
come
either
off
the
bus.
B
They
walk
from
school
or
they're
right
in
the
school,
and
it's
typical
that
the
kids
burst
through
the
doors
and
look
for
their
tutors
and
the
first
few
days.
It
isn't
quite
like
that
all
right
cuz
everybody's
a
little
shy,
but
we
have
some
stuff
that
we
do
in
the
beginning.
Tell
me
about
you
and
getting
acquainted
stuff.
Children
arrive,
every
child
gets
a
snack
healthy
and
we
read
to
the
students.
A
B
Reading
happens
and
the
tutors
also
show
their
enjoyment
of
the
story
and
gosh.
What's
going
to
happen
on
the
next
page,
I
know
look
at
these
beautiful
pictures,
then
we
start
work
on
the
curriculum
and
we
have
eight
different
levels
of
curriculum.
So
we
try
based
on
talking
to
the
reading
teachers
and
to
and
the
fountas
and
pinnell
assessments,
we're
in
that
string
of
curriculum.
We
will
put
them.
We
don't
make
it
hard,
because
stare
is
going
to
be
fun
and
we
do
a
lot
of
review
work
to
support
what's
happening
in
the
classroom.
Well,.
A
I
think
that's
really
important,
because
lots
of
times
when
you
hear
programs
like
that
they're
operating
separately
from
the
school
or
totally
independent
and
the
difference
with
steyr
is
really
that
you
coordinate
everything
through
the
school
through
the
reading
teachers
and
the
classroom
teacher.
So
it
is
important
that
the
students,
the
transition,
is
just
seamless
for
students,
yes
and.
B
We
get
a
lot
of
good,
so
the
teachers
are
very
thoughtful
about
the
information
they
give
us,
but
they
so
they
don't
share
secrets,
but
they
do
tell
us
about
the
students
a
little
short
bio
of
how
it's
best
for
us
to
work
with
them.
And
then,
during
the
year
we
try
to
meet
with
the
reading
teachers,
and
we
certainly
invite
them
to
all
of
our
celebrations
that
we
do,
which
are
three
a
year.
But
so
we
work
on
curriculum.
B
So
we
try
to
keep
most
of
the
exercises
that
we
do
in
stair
fitting
the
age
of
the
student,
because
most
of
the
time,
a
seven
year
old
only
has
about
seven
minutes
of
attention
span
right,
plus
it's
after
school.
So
we
try
to
keep
short
snippets,
so
snack
read
to
them
work
on
curriculum
as
a
part
of
the
curriculum.
There
are
actually
seven
or
eight
steps.
One
is
to
review
sight
words,
sight
words
or
high
frequency.
B
Words
are
the
words
that
basically
make
up
about
65%
of
anything
that
anybody
reads
in
the
United
States
today.
So
we
have
word
banks
which
are
just
individual
three
by
five
cards
that
have
the
sight
words
and
high-frequency
words
on
them,
and
we
do
a
review.
You
know
flipping
the
cards
or
playing
concentration
with
them,
so
we
focus
on
sight
words
because
we
figure,
if
the
kids
know
all
the
sight
words
they're,
a
hundred
percent
ahead
of
the
game
right.
B
We
do
some
fluency
work.
We
do
exercises
where
the
children
read
to
us.
We
work
on
AEIOU
and
how
they
connect
with
the
consonants
so
that
we
can
make
words.
So
we
review
all
that
and
then
at
the
end
of
the
session,
never
before
we
do
reading
games
and
we
have
all
different
kinds.
We
have
some
stair
made
games
that
we
do.
B
One
is
called
ants
in
your
pants
and
we
have
them
for
long
and
short
vowels
and
you
have
you
matched
the
ants
up
with
their
words
on
there
into
pants
that
have
a
e
I
o.
U
so
cap
goes
for
short
vowel
with
the
EH
and
then
the
session
is
over.
We
normally
let
once
we
all
get
familiar
with
each
other.
We
let
the
children
call
5-minute
warnings,
so
they
know
to
close
up
their
stuff
and
then
the
kids
are
out
and
we
close
up
our
materials
and
come
back
the
next
time.
Well,.
A
B
And
many
thanks
to
all
of
the
staff
in
the
schools
where
we
work
and
at
the
community
centers
where
we
work.
Yes,
parents
are
provided
with
permission
slips.
We
have
both
Spanish
and
English
permission
slips.
They
must
agree
or
tell
us
if
they
don't
want
the
child
photographed,
because
we
do
photograph
the
kids.
B
C
A
B
Don't
need
math
or
anything,
and
typically,
what
happens
is
we
give
those
permission
slips
to
the
teachers
and
the
teachers
are
the
ones
that
contact
the
parents
and
tell
them
about
stare?
Okay,
because
we
want
that
connection.
We
want
that
Bryan
and
then
the
parent
signs.
Most
of
the
time
the
parents
are
responsible
for
coming
to
the
schools
to
pick
up
the
kids.
We
always
invite
them
in
to
sit
and
see
what's
happening,
and
so
yes,
the
parents
do
have
to
give
permission
and
stair
runs
all
year
long
all
school.
A
Year
long,
so
that's
really
important
too,
because
a
lot
of
programs
don't
run
the
whole
school
year.
They
might
be
a
six
week
or
an
eight
week
program
or
something
like
that,
but
the
importance
of
that
relationship
that
you've
built
with
the
child-
yes
also
I'm
sure,
is
it's
what
drives
them
to
make
sure
they're,
always
there
for
theirs
their
programs.
Yes,
our.
B
Absentee
rate
is
pretty
low
and
we
just
learned
to
know
and
really
care
about
the
kids
and
they
become
really
good
friends
with
their
tutors.
So
the
end
of
stare
when
we
have
our
graduation
parties
is
some
kind
of
a
little
misty
because
we're
saying
goodbye,
but
we
say
we're
not
saying
goodbye
because
in
third
grade
you
can
come
back
and
read
to
the
other
second-grade
children
and.
B
B
In
the
beginning,
most
of
the
tutors,
because
this
was
a
project
of
the
First
Presbyterian
Church-
came
from
the
Presbyterian
Church
right
now
it's
about
5050,
so
word
of
mouth
is
the
most
important.
Our
tutors
go
back
out
to
their
book
clubs
to
their
communities
to
their
knitting
groups
wherever
and
they
say
this
is
a
fabulous
program,
come
and
join
us.
You
would
be
great
for
this
program.
A
B
Registered
with
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Volunteer
Center,
and
we
make
a
habit
of
going
out
and
talking
to
other
groups
to
tell
them
what
we
do.
We
talk
to
churches.
We
talk
to
civic
groups,
rotaries.
All
of
the
libraries
are
really
good
friends,
so
a
lot
of
word-of-mouth,
but
we
advertise
as
well
and
we
have
a
website.
So
you
can
go
and
look
at
us
and.
A
Like
you
said,
one
of
the
best
ways
to
get
volunteers
and
keep
volunteers
are
somebody's
made
that
personal
ask
yes
and
especially
I
liked
what
you
said
when
the
volunteer
says
to
them.
Oh,
you
would
be
really
good
as
a
tutor.
Yes,
because
you
know
what
what
a
great
place
to
get
volunteers,
but
from
book
clubs
and
all
the
other
civic
organizations,
but
just
that
personal
reach
lots
of
times.
If
we
are
excited
about
something
we
will
get
our
friends
involved.
A
B
So
a
couple
things
first
of
all,
anyone
who
participates
in
the
Steyr
program
has
to
be
background,
checked,
there's
a
coordinator
at
every
site.
Who
is
there
at
every
session
to
basically
have
eyes
on
the
class
tutors
and
students
do
not
leave
the
classroom.
Everybody
is
in
the
same
space
for
the
entire
steyr
hour.
B
A
B
Their
tutor,
we
know
the
numbers
of
child
services,
we
know
how
to
dial
nine-one-one
for
the
schools
where
the
parents
come
to
pick
up
the
children.
They
must
always
designate
if
they
are
not
picking
up,
they
need
to
give
us
the
names
and
the
phone
numbers
of
other
people
they
deem
ok
to
come
and
get
the
children,
and
then
we
have
them
sign
out
the
children
to
make
sure,
and
we
always
look
at
the
children
and
say:
are
you
cool
with
this
right
right?
So
we
get
their
intake.
B
We
are
at
three
community
centers,
we're
at
eSport
community
center,
Robin
wood,
community
center
and
Stanton
center,
but
still
affiliated
with
the
school
right.
So
for
eSport
community
center
we
are
affiliated
with
Eastport
elementary
for
Robin.
Wood
were
affiliated
with
Hills
mirror
and
we
talk
back
and
forth
with
them.
In
fact,
they
just
had
a
session
where
the
reading
teacher
sat
for
about
45
minutes
with
the
tutors
and
just
talked
about
techniques.
B
B
B
We
have
bill
Hathaway
who's
on
our
board
and
is
also
the
minister
of
First
Presbyterian
Church.
So
I
want
to
be
sure
that
I
say
is
stare
is
secular.
We
don't
do
religion
in
stare
because
there
are
people
from
all
walks
of
life
who
come
and
Tudor
for
us,
but
at
any
rate
we
well.
We
always
celebrate
Read
Across
America
day
or
doctors
right.
D
B
Bill
is
got
kind
of
gray,
hair,
sorry,
Bill
and
a
beard,
and
he
puts
on
this
big
tall
Cat
in
the
Hat
hat
right
and
he
very
quietly
will
step
into
the
media
center
or
classroom
wherever
we're
meeting
and
eventually
the
kids
begin
to
see
him
and
they
go
is
that
dr.
Seuss
and
he
just
smiles
and
they'll,
run
up
to
him
and
say:
are
you
dr.,
Seuss
and
he'll
say
no
I'm,
a
good
friend
of
his
though
oh
nice
and
so
he'll
visit
with
the
kid
he
sits
and
reads
with
them?
B
So
that's
a
great
story:
our
kids
are
kind.
We
just
had
a
child
who
was
working
with
his
tutor
and
she
read
a
story
called
rags,
which
is
about
a
dog
in
World
War,
one
and
she's
an
animal
lover.
So
it
kind
of
is
a
sad
story
but
then
gets
happy
and
she
was
so.
She
was
really
emotionally
distressed
and
her
student
when
she
finished
the
book
walked
over.
B
D
B
A
fabulous
dictionary
and
we
send
it
home
as
a
home
resource,
so
at
Germantown,
the
little
boy
came
over
to
the
coordinator
after
the
dictionaries
had
been
introduced,
and
he
said
so.
I
can
take
this
dictionary
home
and
she
said
yes,
it's
got
your
name
in
it.
It's
yours
to
take
home
and
he
was
like
really
I
get
to
take
this
dictionary
home
and
she
said
yes,
absolutely
we're
gonna,
give
you
a
bag.
You're
gonna,
take
the
dictionary
and
go
home
and
you
can
share
it
with
your
family.
B
A
B
Very,
very
lucky:
there
are
a
lot
of
people
who
give
us
new
or
gently
used
books.
I
call
them
to
make
sure
we're
not
giving
something
kind
of
weird
and
we
set
out
the
books
on
a
table.
So
at
the
end
of
stare
or
maybe
ten
minutes
before
the
end
of
stare,
we
allow
the
kids
to
go
up
and
choose
books
on
their
own
and
I
feel
like
that
is
so
important
that
somebody's
not
standing
there
saying
you
have
to
take
this
book
right.
I
do
too
they
can
choose.
B
A
B
Fact
there
are
two
happening
today:
one
at
Germantown
and
one
at
Annapolis,
Elementary
and
the
the
rule
is
no
stuff,
because
you
can
get
stuffing
rice
classic
books,
pears,
but
they
can
buy
any
book
or
set
of
books
that
they
want
up
to
ten
dollars
and
I'll
normally
hedge,
that
a
little
if
they
go
over
a
little
because
of
attacks
right,
because
I
just
want
them
to
have
books.
Because
I
think
books
are
the
most
wonderful
things
in
the
world
and
they
can
take
you
anywhere
and.
A
It
is
so
important,
like
you
said
that
they
get
to
pick
out
their
own.
Yes,
whether
it
be
at
the
stair
actually
during
the
session
or
at
Scholastic
Book
Fair,
because
some
of
these
are
students
who
aren't
gonna,
have
the
money
to
actually
normally
go
to
the
Book,
Fair
and
just
pick
out
books,
and
so.
A
Really
empowers
them
to
choose
the
books
that
they
want
to
read
and
just
like
you
and
I,
we
know
if
we're
reading,
something
that
we
picked
out
and
we
really
like
we're
gonna,
be
more
interested
than
maybe.
If
it's
something
for
work
or
something
that
sometimes,
if
you're
in
a
book
club-
and
they
say
you
have
to
read
this
book
and
you
didn't.
B
Because
you
know
I
give
huge
credit
to
all
of
the
amazing
volunteer
programs
there
are
in
County
and
to
the
schools.
I
can't
imagine
what
we
would
do
without
the
teachers
and
the
people
who
back
them
up
who
work
day
after
day
to
tirelessly
educate
kids,
because
educated
kids
is
really
important,
but
beyond
anything
beyond
stem
or
steam
or
math
or
any
of
those
things.
If
you
can't
read
this,
is
your
trajectory
well.
A
That's
exactly
true,
and
it's
why
it's
one
of
our
superintendent's
goals
to
make
sure
that
every
child
is
reading
by
3rd
grade
it's.
We
know
that
that,
like
you,
said
earlier,
then
you're
starting
to
get
into
content
that
you
need
to
read
for
every
subject
to
be
able
to
do
the
subject
matter.
So
it's
so
important.
It's
something
that
we
just
can't
leave
children
behind.
A
We
need
to
make
sure
and
as
public
schools
we
do
need
people
like
you
and
stare
and
those
programs
to
really
support
our
students
who
need
that
extra
push
they
just
need.
They
can
learn
to
read
just
like
everyone
else.
Can
they
just
need
that
little
extra
boost,
and
we
are
so
grateful
that
stairs
they're
doing
bad
I.
B
A
Well
and
getting
them
this
education
that
they
need
giving
them
the
tools
that
they
need.
That's
that's
really
all
they
need.
So
one
of
the
things
that
I'd
like
you
to
share
with
our
audience,
is
how,
if
I'm
interested
I'm
hearing
about
this
wonderful
program,
how
can
we
get
in
touch
with
someone
from
stair
if
we
want
to
be
part
of
it
or
if
I'm,
the
principal
and
I
might
want
it
in
my
school?
Yes,
a.
B
The
book
six
training
so
there's
different
dates,
sometimes
the
other
heavy
duty
time
is
in
late
August
and
early
September
in
getting
ready
for
the
start
up
of
stair,
because
we
normally
start
the
last
week
in
September.
The
shift
in
school
starting
date
kind
of
changed
things,
so
we're
kind
of
working
with
that,
but
that.
A
Gives
people
opportunity
yes
for
these
two
different
times
of
the
year,
depending
on
maybe
when
they're
available
or
what
works
for
them
or
what's
coming
up
absolutely
well,
we've
really
appreciate
you
being
here
today,
Linda
sharing
this
wonderful
program
and
we
truly
appreciate
everything
that
stair
does
for
all
of
our
students
in
the
Anne
Arundel
County.
Thank.
B
D
The
new
kindergarten,
first
and
second
grade
curriculums
are
designed
to
engage
students
in
a
variety
of
learning
opportunities
that
involve
cooperation
and
problem-solving
student
discourse
and
structure
play
developed
social
foundations
through
peer
interactions.
This
learning
bloc
promotes
curiosity,
imaginative
thought
and
responsiveness.
The
primary
focus
is
on
the
work
of
young
children
play
the
use
of
tools
and
materials.
Allow
students
to
share,
take,
turns
and
develop
the
confidence
to
make
effective
decisions
in
school
and
in
life.
Ask
your
child
how
they
interacted
with
their
friends
today,
while
engaging
in
structured
play.
C
I'm
corporal
gamble
at
the
Anne
Arundel
County
police
in
regards
to
school
safety.
There
are
certain
items
that
are
not
allowed
in
school
weapons.
Anything
that
can
be
construed
as
a
weapon
cannot
be
brought
to
school
things
like
switchblades
knives.
Anything
with
the
sharp
point,
fingernail
files
guns
of
any
sort
cannot
be
brought
to
school.
Also,
illegal
drugs
prescription
drugs
unless
they
are
issued
by
the
health
room
cannot
be
brought
to
school
tobacco
products
of
any
sort
alcohol.
Anything
of
that
nature
is
not
something
that
you
can
have
in
school.