Expand one-to-one reading support
Use available high school talent to give more elementary students focused time with a trained tutor.
Once CTE · Career and Technical Education
Strengthen early literacy and your future educator pathway
Give high school CTE students meaningful, supervised experience helping younger students learn to read—while expanding one-to-one early-reading support across your district.
One program, value across grade levels
Create meaningful learning for students at both ends of your district.
CTE students gain experience in education careers. Elementary students receive focused reading instruction. Once provides the curriculum, coaching, and visibility that connect the two.
A stronger pathway with immediate impact
Turn your future educator pathway into early-literacy support
No teaching experience required
Once’s scripted lessons give high school students clear language and a clear sequence for every tutoring session.
Based on the Science of Reading
Students follow a structured early-literacy curriculum built around explicit, systematic reading instruction.
A practical cross-school model
Connect CTE learning with an urgent district need
Once makes it practical for high school students to contribute to early literacy with clear lessons and ongoing adult support.
Embed CTE students
Schedule high school CTE students into elementary classrooms during dedicated times in their school day.
Deliver Once tutoring
CTE students provide in-person, one-to-one instruction using Once’s scripted early-reading curriculum.
Review and improve
Use recorded sessions, attendance and progress data, and coaching to strengthen implementation over time.
Confidence for CTE leaders
Support students in the field without being in every classroom
Once gives teachers and supervisors the information they need to guide CTE students, recognize strong practice, and respond when support is needed.
Recorded instruction
Review what happened during tutoring without relying only on infrequent in-person observations.
Attendance
See whether scheduled sessions are happening consistently across participating classrooms.
Pacing and progress
Follow elementary student progress through the curriculum and regular oral reading fluency checks.
Help new instructors succeed
Build instructional skill with coaching from Once
Choose support for your CTE leader, your student cohort, or both—so everyone has a clear path to better instruction.
For CTE leaders
CTE Supervisor Coaching
30 minutes · weekly, biweekly, or monthly
A Once coach reviews CTE student videos with the supervisor or teacher, evaluates instructional performance, and identifies practical ways to improve delivery.
For the full cohort
CTE Learning Community
Monthly virtual meetings
A Once coach meets with the CTE supervisor or teacher and the high school students providing instruction to strengthen practice with the Once curriculum.
Once CTE FAQs
Questions from CTE and district leaders
What is Once CTE?
Once CTE is a delivery model for the Once Early-Reading Program. High school students, typically in a Career and Technical Education pathway, provide Once tutoring to elementary students while embedded in elementary classrooms.
Who provides the reading instruction?
High school CTE students provide in-person, one-to-one reading tutoring during dedicated times in their schedules. They use Once’s scripted early-reading curriculum with elementary students.
What can CTE teachers and supervisors see?
Once records instructional sessions and tracks attendance, student pacing and progress, and elementary student mastery through regular automated oral reading fluency tests.
Who receives coaching?
Districts can choose coaching for the CTE supervisor or teacher, a learning community that includes the high school students, or both. Once can also coach CTE students directly.
How often does supervisor coaching happen?
CTE Supervisor Coaching is available in 30-minute meetings on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly cadence. Meetings use recorded instruction to evaluate performance and improve delivery.
Can the two coaching services be purchased separately?
Yes. CTE Supervisor Coaching and the CTE Learning Community can be purchased together or separately.
The research behind Once
Built on reading research. Designed for real classrooms.
Explore the studies and evidence behind Once’s early-reading curriculum and instructional model.
Learn more about Once CTE
See if Once CTE is a fit for your district
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