On-Demand Webinars
10 Questions & 4 Tips for Transforming
Literacy Leadership | Presented Live 12.15.22
In this on-demand webinar, Laura Stewart, Chief Academic Officer, and Sharon Dunn, MTSS Leadership Consultant, joined forces to share 10 Questions & 4 Tips for Transforming Literacy Leadership. The session was designed to help leaders jumpstart Science of Reading-aligned practices to improve student outcomes.
Topics included:
- Understanding and continuing to ask the correct questions to build sustainable Science of Reading knowledge and instructional practices across all grade levels,
- Putting a non-negotiable, cohesive Science of Reading aligned product and professional learning ecosystem in place to directly impact reading achievement, and
- Forming a guiding coalition with other school or district changemakers to make continuous literacy improvement.
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What is a Phonics Ecosystem & Why Does it Matter? | Presented Live 11.29.22
In this webinar, What is a Phonics Ecosystem & Why Does it Matter?, Laura Stewart, Chief Academic Officer, and Joni Maville, Director, Content Development, were joined by Renee Hall, Supervisor of K-5 Reading, and Barbara Karsnitz, Second Grade Teacher with Wicomico County Public Schools in Maryland who shared their literacy success story.
Session highlights include:
- Taking a closer look at 95 Percent Group’s phonics ecosystem – a cohesive suite of products and professional learning services aligned with the science of reading.
- Discussing the benefits for administrators, teachers, and students in working within an ecosystem that includes consistent instructional practices and routines across all tiers.
- Reviewing the Wicomico implementation journey with key changemakers and examining the results of a two-year research study demonstrating that students using the 95 Percent Group ecosystem made twice as much progress as those in the comparison group.
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TEXAS TIPPING POINT:
How Literacy is Changing in Texas | Presented Live 10.18.22
Dr. Tracy White Weeden, President & CEO of Neuhaus Education Center in Houston, TX, recently joined Laura Stewart, Chief Academic Officer at 95 Percent Group, to discuss advancing literacy and academic excellence for children and adults. During this webinar, she shared essential insights about:
- the science of teaching reading and the science of leading reading
- how she views Texas at a “tipping point” for advancing literacy
- her perspective on educators being the “inventors of the future for the children of our state.”
At the end of the event, Dr. Weeden answered questions and shared resources to support advancing instructional literacy practices in Texas districts and schools.
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Achieving Success with MTSS: Supporting Students in ALL Tiers of Instruction | Presented Live 05.24.22
A WEBINAR FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS
Summer School That Works: Explicit, Efficient, and Effective | Presented live 04.20.22
Research shows that for rising 1st-3rd students, the number of students entering these grade levels with gaps in their foundational reading skills can be reduced by adding evidence-aligned phonics instruction to your current summer school ELA curriculum.
Maximizing Summer School Curriculum to Advance Student Outcomes | Presented live 03.30.22
If you're getting ready to plan your K-2 Phonics Summer School Curriculum and have questions on how to incorporate Structured Literacy practices that are aligned with The Science of Reading into your daily lesson plans - then you won't want to miss this timely webinar.
During this session, Laura Stewart, Chief Academic Officer, and Joni Maville, Director of Development, 95 Percent Group, share evidence and research-based phonics strategies to move all rising K-2 students towards grade-level mastery this summer.
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This Science of Reading session was presented in collaboration with The Reading League Illinois, featuring Dr. Susan Hall, Retired Co-founder, 95 Percent Group and a panel of IL Educators.
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