Each instructional session is 15 minutes each day. If a staff member is dedicated to the program full time, the staff member could work with 20 students over the course of a day (taking breaks for lunch, gym, etc.)
You can start with a small number of students in a grade and grow over time. A district may start by using Once with just Tier-III students. When your district is comfortable with the approach, we recommend using this program as a Tier-I intervention with all of your kindergarten students, so that they enter 1st grade reading fluently and independently well above grade level.
Unlike many High-Dosage Tutoring programs, Once is in-person and one-on-one. We believe that the relationships necessary to motivate sustained academic growth are best built in that setting. Once is also more affordable than many High-Dosage Tutoring programs because Once instructors are existing staff members at your school.
Once augments the Science of Reading-based instruction already happening in your classrooms. Most Science of Reading curricula have similar progressions because they are drawing from the same research base. If a student learns a phoneme first in Once, the student will be even more prepared for whole-group instruction with the lead teacher. If a student learns a phoneme first in whole-group instruction with the lead teacher, the student will move through Once even more quickly.
The Science of Reading is more than just phonics. Here at Once, we are huge advocates for reading authentic texts. Every lesson in Once (we call lessons Cycles because the instructional content is spiraled) contains an opportunity for students to read and engage with authentic text by asking questions, drawing connections, and making inferences and predictions.
No, the Once program provides staff members with all of the training and coaching they need to become highly effective instructors. Staff members who serve as instructors in the program may be eligible to receive college credit at participating universities.
Once is being used in public elementary schools in Hawaii, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington D.C.
Your Once quote includes costs for student licenses, coaching, student and instructor consumables, program management and professional services including training. We don't provide special discounts to large customers that aren't available to small customers or vice versa. All school district customers receive uniform pricing.
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