Quarterly Update for Acadience Mentors

An opportunity to share updates & highlight Mentor related resources with the Acadience Mentor Community.

Connect with Acadience

We love the opportunity to meet Acadience Mentors in person. When at conferences or events, we invite you to find us and say hello! Then snag a picture and share it for a chance to be our next Connect with Acadience winner.

Where You'll Find Us:

June 11th: PaTTAN Literacy Symposium (Virtual, 9:45-11:00 EDT) | "Implementing Best Practices in Early Vocabulary Assessment and Intervention" presented by Dr. Susan Rattan with her co-author Dr. Jenlyn Furey
June 18th-20th, 25th-26th: Embracing Literacy hosted by WDE at the University of Wyoming | Acadience will have two sessions, in-person and virtual.
- Alex Frazier will be presenting during the in-person learning on June 19th.
- Alisa Dorman and Dr. Jeff Wayman will be presenting virtually on June 25th.
June 26th: MSJ Reading Science Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio | "Importance of Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring in Middle School" presented by Alex Frazier and Catherine Claes
August 1-3: Big Sky Literacy Summit in Big Sky, Montanna | Alisa Dorman, Alex Frazier, Dr. Susan Rattan will all be onsite

In addition to tagging @acadience in social media, please share your picture with us at
[email protected].

As small token of thanks, we are offering 30% off of our asynchronous workshops when ordered through our website.

Use code: THANKYOU2024

This offer is good through May 2024.

Checkout the Learning Options Here

Acadience Learning Online

In case you missed it, we are highlighting new features or functionality recently released in Acadience Learning Online.

Those with Manage permission at the district level in ALO can now re-add staff who were previously enrolled in the district.

Check out this and other newly released ALO features by clicking the button below.

ALO Release Notes

Have You Seen This?

Reminding you of resources available to you in the Mentors' Network or on the Acadience Website. Each quarter we will highlight a tool likely to be of support in your Mentor role.

When you log into the Mentors' Network and select Exclusive Mentor Resources, you will find this recently added support.

Did your email change? Has your name changed recently? Use the new form in the the Mentors' Network to insure your mentors records stay connected to you!

Keeping your name and email up to date will support continued communication and an efficient experience during Mentor Renewal.

Professional Learning Spotlight

Making you aware of the professional learning options and opportunities.

Did you know the website has a product download hub with helpful resources for Acadience assessments?

Anyone who administers or uses Acadience assessments should have access to and read these manuals.

The manuals include things like:

an overview of how measures align with skills
general guidelines on administration and scoring of measures
how to interpret results, specific administration
scoring procedures for each measure
scoring examples
assessment accuracy checklists
sample annoucement letters
sample results letters

Please be sure to access and share these helpful resources with all users of the Acadience assessment in your district!

In the first drop-down option, select the assessment you are utilizing. Then use the second drop-down option to select the Assessment Manual to download for use.

Check Your Understanding

We have fielded some great questions from Mentors this quarter and wanted to highlight a few to share with the Mentor community. Read the question below, consider how you would respond, and then click the button to see how the Authors replied.

From an Acadience Mentor:

We have a 1st grade student who scored above benchmark is both CLS and WWR, ans at the PM last week was scoring above benchmark. However, Acadience is projecting her progress in the well below typical (red) pathway. Why is that and what does that mean?

Check Your Response Here

Mentor Time of Year Checklist

Many of our mentors are headed toward spring benchmarks. Are you ready? Use the checklist as a reminder of typical Mentor tasks for this time of year.

TOY Mentor Checklist

Planning to build capacity?

Mark your calendars and share out the upcoming opportunities.

You will also find dates for reoccurring Mentors support opportunities below.

Upcoming Dates

2024 Acadience Reading K-6 Mentor Workshop: June 6, August 22, October 24

2024 Acadience Math K-6 Mentor Workshop: August 21

2025 Acadience Reading K-6 Mentor Workshop: January 23, March 20, May 22

2025 Acadience Math K-6 Mentor Workshop: February 6, May 15

To learn more about upcoming Mentoring Workshops, and to locate registration, please visit our website.

You may also complete this form to be added to an interest list regarding upcoming training you may be interested in personally or for a colleague.

Acadience Opportunities

Research Team Positions Open

We are hiring a Research Scientist and Research Analysts! If you or anyone you know is interested, please see the job announcement by clicking below.

Research Team Positions

Participant Recruitment

Acadience is recruiting research partners to participate in studies during the 2024-2025 school year. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a research partner, please visit this link for more information.

Research Interest Form

Office Hours

Acadience offers two sets of Office Hours you can access for additional support and learning. Mentor Office Hours are specifically for Acadience Mentors while Acadience Office Hours are open to all users.

Mentor Office Hour Registration

Specifially for Mentors, we host quarterly Mentor Office Hours. We are hosting the Spring Mentor Office Hour on May 30th @ Noon EST. Please mark your calendars, register below and submit your questions or topics you'd like support with.

Acadience Office Hour Registration

For all Acadience users, we host Acadience Office Hours. Click on the button below for dates and times of upcoming sessions. These webinars provide an opportunity for users of Acadience assessments to ask questions on test administration, data reporting and more.

Promising Practices Invitation

Excited about the growth you are seeing in your classroom, building or district?

Have a great way to guide the use of Acadience data with grade level, school or district teams?

Acadience invites you to share your celebrations and implementation success stories with the Acadience Mentor Community. If interested, submit your proposal using the button below. If selected, you will be invited to share during a Mentor Office Hour or Mentor Webinar and receive free access to the Acadience Professional Learning Workshop of your choosing.

Submit Your Proposal to Share!