Senior Leadership Team Expanded to Drive Digital Strategy and Expansion into New Markets
Bill Scarlett joins as Vice President of Software Development and Susan Quarino named Vice President of Sales
95 Percent Group recently announced the addition of two new executives to accelerate the company’s mission to support educators in addressing the reading needs of all children.
With over 25 years of edtech software development experience, Bill Scarlett joins the company as Vice President of Software Development. In this position, Scarlett will advance our strategy to expand digital solutions for both educators and students.
As Vice President of Sales, Susan Quarino bring extensive education leadership experience stemming from her roles as a classroom teacher, district administrator, and a senior sales executive. At 95 Percent Group, Quarino will lead a growing team of account executives as they partner with schools nationwide to provide educators with instructional materials and professional learning services to effectively improve student outcomes.
“I'm delighted to welcome Bill and Susan to the 95 Percent Group family,” said CEO, Brad Lindaas. We are rapidly expanding our evidence and research-based suite of literacy products and services, all of which are rooted in The Science of Reading, and Bill and Susan are the perfect executives to help us bring them to market.”
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INTRODUCING OUR ALL-NEW PHONICS SUPPLEMENT
95 Phonics Skill Series™: Short Vowels
95 Phonics Skill Series™: Short Vowels is a supplemental resource developed to meet the needs of all
students (Grades 1 - 8) who require instructional reinforcement and explicit instruction of all 5 short vowels in CVC words to reach closed syllable pattern mastery. This product is the latest addition to our suite of multitiered phonics supplementary programs, grounded in the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy, to strengthen your current ELA curriculum.
Having experienced what explicit, systematic, and sequential phonics instruction looks like with our intervention suite of products, our clients asked us to consider developing additional phonics resources that allow teachers to improve their depth of phonics concepts and their ability to provide effective instruction, in a variety of educational settings.
The 95 Phonics Skill Series™: Short Vowels is the first in a series of phonics lessons designed to fill gaps, review, or enrich specific phonics skills. The program includes all-inclusive Teacher and Student Packages requiring little teacher prep for immediate implementation.
Click here for additional information about this engaging, versatile resource.
Get ready to give your students a Phonics Tune-Up on Day #1!
95 Phonics Booster Bundle™: Tune-Up Grades 1 - 3
95 Phonics Booster Bundle™: Tune-Up was developed to provide teachers with an explicit phonics program to quickly address and close critical phonics skill gaps at the beginning of a new school year.
Tune-Up provides teachers with scripted phonics and word study lessons to immediately catch up students who have experienced gaps during the prior school year. We encourage educators to use this 25-day structured literacy based program on day 1 - even before all BOY assessments are completed.
Study shows Summer School Edition 2021 and Tune-Up Contents Significantly Improved Student Outcomes
A recently published independent study conducted to evaluate the impact of the 95 Phonics Booster Bundle™: Summer School Edition (SSE) on phonics growth using the SSE assessment measures showed that all grade levels demonstrated significant gains. In fact, the main takeaway from this study was that:
"95 Phonics Booster Bundle: Summer School Edition effectively increases students' phonics skills in a four-week summer program, helping close phonics gaps before the start of school."
Targeting Grades 1 - 3, the Tune-Up program was created by reintroducing 100% of the content in our 95 Phonics Booster Bundle: Summer School Edition 2021. Tune-Up is designed to quickly address phonics deficits and improve student outcomes.
Tune-Up Includes Full-Color Presentation Files
The teacher's package includes a Presentation Files component to improve instructional pacing and student engagement. Watch the Presentation File Demo below to see how this animated digital feature can be used in class to navigate key lesson components.
Download Tune-Up Overview and Sample Lessons
Learn more about our
Phonic Booster Bundle™: Tune-Up, download sample lessons, and discover how our proven evidence-based approach can be used to close phonics gaps and prepare students to master grade-level reading.
Advancing Evidence-Based Instructional Practices to Improve Reading Achievement
In general, educators agree as to what skilled word reading is, and what it looks like. The disagreement lies in HOW to help their students become proficient readers. This well-publicized reading debate centers around the best way to teach students to read.
In this video presentation, Dr. Susan Hall examines the current views about word reading, takes a closer look at how skilled readers read, and explores evidence-based science of reading practices that are connected to brain research. What is the science behind reading? And, how can we fix the 'profound disconnection between the science of reading and educational practice'*?
Watch to learn more about the Science of Reading and how this knowledge can positively impact your instructional practices in the new school year. Download the session handouts and share this presentation with your colleagues to continue this important discussion and learning experience.
Be sure to check out our Foundational Literacy Course: Understanding the Science of Reading, a perfect starting point for all educators to have a shared understanding of this critical topic.
*Seidenberg, M. (2017). Language at the Speed of Sight. How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It. Basic Books, p 9.
10 Success Factors for Literacy Intervention
In some schools, MTSS/RTI is losing steam because other initiatives are consuming educators’ attention. A systemic approach to differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students should be non-negotiable.
Download this complimentary 8-page booklet to preview the 10 Success Factors and watch our on-demand webinar series. This publication can also be used as a comprehensive Book Study for a district, school, or grade-level team. The Book Study Bundle includes a Facilitator's Guide to promote meaningful conversations among participating staff and Reader's Guides to further engage participants.