Kaputol Y' Kapatid: A Cradle to Learning towards Effective School to School Partnership for Reading Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Kaputol y' Kapatid is a school to school program of Calamba Elementary School and Lecheria Elementary School. Kaputol y' Kapatid, literally are Tagalog (dialect) words which describe strong ties like siblings and a strong linkage like a branch to its trunk. In this study, Kaputol y' Kapatid is a term about sharing of best practices in the reading program. This was utilized as an intervention for Grade II pupils. CES introduced "Project I Can Read" to its partner Lecheria Elementary School (LechES). The exchange of ideas to reinvent the said program gave birth to LechES' Reading Habits for Young Minds in English Skills (RHYMES). The researchers will determine the effect of CES' Project I Can Read on the reading improvement of the pupils in LechES in the same way it improved CES pupils.

METHODS

The study utilized a quasi-experimental design which allows the use of a single group of respondents and a pre-test/post-test as instruments to determine the effects of the intervention on pupils reading development. Purposive sampling was used in the selection of 40 participants among Grade 2 pupils enrolled in school year 2017-2018. The purpose of the selection process was to implement reading intervention among pupils identified as non-readers.

RESULTS

The pre-test assessment data confirmed that the reading performance of Grade 3 pupils were at frustration level before the implementation of Project I can Read Program in Lecheria Elementary School. After the reading program, the post-test administered among pupil participants shows 65.59 % a big leap on their reading skills from frustration level to instructional level. The results of the formative test manifest gradual progress on the participants reading comprehension during the reading program implementation. The project I Can Read Program conveyed a significant impact on pupils reading performance after its implementation which is proof of its effectiveness.

DISCUSSIONS

Since the study proves the effectiveness of Project, I can Read Program, the researchers suggest the use of the action plan for reading intervention program at primary level. This paper provides a partnership program. This systematically promotes effective reading intervention by mobilizing resources namely: school administrators, teachers, and parents of both schools. Thus, reading comprehension is achieved if barriers to learning are addressed, when parents and teachers are engaged in ways that support learning, and school partners work with each other to expand and enhance the reading program.