Next Statewide CRISS Level I training will be held on May 13 & May 27, 2005 at the Capital School District - Central Middle School Large Conference Room - Room G from 8:00 - 3:00.

Please contact Jo-Ann Baca for more information.

Project CRISS (CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies) is an interdisciplinary program incorporating reading, writing and study strategies for literature and content classes in secondary schools.
It focuses on helping all students read, understand, organize and study material to facilitate their learning. Students learn to integrate new information with prior knowledge thereby becoming actively involved in their learning.
The Project was developed in 1979 and continues to be revised to incorporate new techniques and the latest research. CRISS was approved as a National Diffusion Network program in 1981, 1985 and 1993 and was recommended in 1999 by the National Staff Development Council in their book, What Works in the Middle: Results-Based Staff Development.

Since January 2001, national CRISS Project trainers have trained over 200 Delaware teachers and administrators from the 19 districts in the state. Many of the trainees have requested additional training to become CRISS trainers within their own districts. The Department of Education supports this secondary literacy project through training and follow-up sessions.

State and District CRISS trainers

Visit the Project CRISS web site