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Academic success is literacy. Implementing a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) can promote students’ literacy growth and the positive outcomes districts desire. Why? Because while literacy is often synonymous with English language arts, it’s a necessary skill in all subject areas.
As a school administrator, you’re tasked with many responsibilities. You oversee budgets, implement district initiatives, evaluate data, and manage staff. And that barely scratches the surface. The list of duties is exhaustive. Among these responsibilities, the most critical and challenging task is creating an environment where every student reaches their full potential. And it’s not just about test scores. It’s about ensuring that every student, regardless of ability level, can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
Recently, more schools have requested online training for using Clicker with younger learners, especially emergent readers. As a former early elementary teacher, I use my experience in these sessions to showcase how many of Clicker’s key features are beneficial for these students.
In a recent Clicker success story, AT Specialist Barb Lark mentioned that Clicker was used in Life Skills classrooms in Everett, Washington as part of the school district’s push to use Clicker to support students of all abilities. Life Skills courses often have an emphasis on communication and social interaction, health and self-care, daily living skills, and money management.
Schools use Google Classroom’s cloud-based platform for students and teachers to share work from anywhere – which helps with remote learning as it can be accessed in school and at home.
Assessing writing can be a difficult process. For many teachers, balancing the progress across different aspects of writing, like handwriting or spelling, to judge a student’s overall progress can sometimes feel unfairly subjective.
Clicker is purpose-built to offer writing support for students of diverse ages and abilities, including struggling writers, students with dyslexia, autism, and other special educational needs, and English learners. For those who are new to Clicker or are looking for ways to help their struggling writers, here are five top tips for incorporating Clicker into writing lessons effectively.
Over the last few years, we have all seen how important it is to help students build a strong foundation for emotional well-being and resilience. A lot of research and studies have been done to look at the benefits of social emotional learning.
Vanessa Simons has extensive experience using Clicker to support her son, Oliver, who is minimally verbal. Over the years, she has witnessed remarkable progress in Oliver's verbal communication skills, including a 60% increase in his verbal utterances since using Clicker.
After their training session, a school reached out for further support on how to guide their students through Clicker’s Writing Grids to encourage independent writing.
We recently published some Clicker LearningGrids resources aimed at facilitating self check-in for attendance - so here’s a spotlight and overview of how and why you might want to use these in your own settings.
We are excited to share a recent success story from AT Paraprofessional Nettie Reese. Nettie has worked with the AT team at Carroll County Public Schools in Maryland for 24 years, supporting students with learning differences, and Clicker is one of her go-to AT solutions!
We spoke with Sophie, an elementary school teacher who was using Clicker to support her students with nonfiction writing.
Recently, I had the opportunity to demonstrate to a school the power of Clicker's Word Pool in enhancing inclusivity within their learning environment. By adding words, particularly students' names, to the Word Pool dictionary, educators can ensure that these words are included in spell checks and accurately pronounced when read aloud by Clicker.
I recently ran a webinar on using Clicker as part of your whole class teaching. Clicker is an invaluable support tool, but we recognize that not all schools have the licenses or devices for every student to access Clicker in every lesson.