CustomPro
Every school and district has a unique environment. CustomPro service modules enable you to build a tailored package to meet your unique requirements. We offer remote and onsite services options to maximize your resources and investment, and accommodate schedule constraints. Our certified technical experts and experienced training specialists enable you to attain maximum results from your investment in AutoSkill reading and math intervention programs.
Implementation & Deployment Planning
Onsite Implementation Planning
Experienced implementation experts work with district and building administrators to ensure that the goals of the program are understood, defined, documented and communicated, and that the rollout is well-planned.
- Enable requirements gathering in order to design the optimal implementation, review any barriers or limitations, and establish specific objectives for training and ongoing support to meet achievement targets
- Ensure teachers have clear objectives at the outset of the program to help them to understand their role in the success of the implementation
- Set administrators’ expectations at the outset to make sure that the commitment, usage and results are in line with district or building goals
Remote Implementation Planning
Using our proven implementation planning framework, implementation experts work with school and district leaders remotely to conduct a needs analysis, set goals, define student groups, key stakeholders, training schedules, and establish the implementation framework for the school year.
- Provide low-cost access to experienced implementation experts
- Set up the implementation to meet achievement targets and timelines
Onsite Installation & Setup
Certified technical experts install building-level AutoSkill software, setup your administration pages, and activate your initial user accounts.
- Rely on the experience of AutoSkill experts to ensure that products are installed properly, while reducing burden on local IT staff
- Allow IT staff to focus on core infrastructure and essential IT services support
Remote Installation & Setup
Using a remote access tool, certified technical experts install AutoSkill server software remotely for a wide area network (WAN) implementation. District and school information is entered and SuccessTrack is configured.
- Provide low-cost access to experienced implementation experts
- Rely on the experience of AutoSkill experts to ensure that products are installed properly, while reducing burden on local IT staff
- Allow IT staff to focus on core infrastructure and essential IT services support
Professional Development
Introductory Training
Successful implementations begin with expert training. Certified training experts facilitate hands-on computer-based training to educators facilitating the implementation. Includes 10 Instructor Resources Guides per product and classroom modeling in a live startup with students. We recommend a minimum two days of training for a single product; three days for Academy Suite.
- Prepare teachers to run the intervention program effectively and protect the investment the district has made in AutoSkill intervention programs
- Learn about the program’s pedagogical approach and gain a thorough understanding of the student training modules, as well as work with reports to enable formative instruction
Onsite Consultations
Two onsite consultations are recommended per school. The first consultation occurs two to six weeks after students begin to use the AutoSkill intervention programs, and the next should occur two to six months later. A certified training expert follows up with teachers to ensure that students are progressing optimally through the programs. Teachers learn how to make program modifications to deal with exceptional students. Teachers learn how to use program reports and data to measure student progress and remediate problems.
- Discuss progress against program objectives to adjust where necessary
- Gain practical, on-the-job training in effective program management and the creation of strategies to improve student and teacher engagement
Remote Consultations
Two to six weeks after student training begins, teachers can discuss their early results and review student progress with a certified training expert, who can recommend modifications and tips for improving results. Includes two remote sessions.
- Give teachers access to training experts to troubleshoot issues, ask questions, and make changes early in the program
- Ensure teachers have the information and strategies they need to get top results
Best Practices Workshop
A one-day session for teachers that can cover both reading and math, this session focuses on the best practices in using AutoSkill intervention programs. Learn how to best monitor and track student data, how to interpret data, and learn various coaching strategies.
- Give teachers access to advanced training to improve implementation results
- Have access to local experts who can troubleshoot issues and model effective implementation strategies
Online Courseware
Online courses provide timely staff development to increase effectiveness with Academy of READING® and Academy of MATH®, including instructional strategies, program management, tracking, and reporting. Content modules are designed to be self-contained and the concepts can be applied immediately in the classroom. Web seminars can be conveniently viewed at any time – from anywhere – through the password protected AutoSkill Customer Portal. There are ten courses. Each is 45 minutes in duration.
- Access low-cost, high-value professional development for intervention programs at the teacher’s convenience, ensuring they build the skills they need without losing classroom time
- Review courses at key times during the implementation to refresh knowledge
District Train-the-Trainer Certification Program (a district-only service module)
Most districts aim to become a self-sustaining, high performing center of excellence. The Train-the-Trainer Certification Program is designed to provide districts with a sustainable economic model for their Academy Suite implementation. The first year involves identifying district and regional personnel that will be responsible for the implementation. These key individuals receive master level training, mentoring and coaching by AutoSkill’s expert trainers. Shadowing and modeling continues over year two, with the program designed to reduce dependency on external trainers. By year three, knowledge transfer is complete and district staff are taking the lead in supporting schools within the district.
- Deliver district-wide student achievement in reading and math programs
- Manage ongoing professional development costs effectively by leveraging internal resources
- Achieve continued excellence in the program
- Protect investment in Academy Suite
Download now: Train-the-Trainer Certification Program (PDF, 94K)
Teacher Refresher Training
Designed to get new teachers up-and-running and refresh best practices with returning teachers, refresher training covers components of introductory training and can include more advanced topics, such as report interpretation and motivation techniques. Course content is modified to adapt to your unique requirements and teacher skill sets.
- Ensure that new teachers have all of the skills and knowledge they need to get top results
- Provide returning teachers with a refresher course in best practices as well as more in-depth training on advanced topics
- Start the new school year with confidence and provide students with the guidance to excel with AutoSkill intervention programs
Management & Reporting
Interim & Year-end Report Cards
Reports provide teachers and administrators with summary usage and progress data against program goals, based on student training in Academy of READING and Academy of MATH. Includes recommendations for mid-year adjustments and considerations for next year’s programs.
- Use progress data to adjust instruction in the next session and highlight areas for improvement
- Use mid-year data to ensure that programs stay on track and objectives are met for the year
Onsite Principals’ Seminar
An effective and engaging way to communicate to the leadership teams about the district’s intervention initiatives is to conduct a one-day, onsite principals’ seminar. The onsite seminar informs and excites the school leadership about AutoSkill programs and enables in-person, group discussion and engagement.
- Drive local accountability for the implementations and highlight the district’s initiative and investment
- Access certified training experts face-to-face to enable an onsite audit of the implementation
- Enable principals to learn more about school implementations to provide effective leadership and make informed decisions about program direction and resources
Online Principals’ Seminar
A convenient and informative way to communicate to the leadership teams about the district’s intervention initiatives is to conduct a two-hour principals’ web seminar.
- Learn more about school implementations to provide effective leadership and make informed decisions about program direction and resources
- Log on any time and from any location
Impact Study
Administrators need comprehensive overviews of students’ training achievement and gains in reading and math proficiency. The Impact Study enables data-driven decisions for the entire district. Conducted by specialized researchers, the Impact Study provides research-based evidence of students’ gains as a result of strategic investment in intervention programs. Mid-year reports provide feedback on how well the implementation is progressing. At the end of the session, a final report provides details of students’ achievements and gains on reading and math proficiency assessments.
- Guide schools in making meaningful improvements to their programs as well as monitor the effect of changes
- Draw conclusions from the reports to demonstrate that grant funding was spent effectively
- Support the decision to expand investment to more schools in the district
Download now: Impact Study (PDF, 108K)
Onsite Interim Implementation Review
An onsite mid-program review session acts as a checkpoint for district leadership to learn more about the implementation to date. Troubleshooting performed by experts increases the likelihood of detection of issues allowing for adjustments to scheduling, teacher approach and so on.
- Detect and address issues early in the implementation to increase the success rate of the program
- Discuss concerns, issues or points of confusion around in-class facilitation of the program and learn best practices that have helped other teachers
Hosting & Data Integration
Data Integrator Services
IT professionals face the challenge of integrating disparate software programs for district-wide implementation. AutoSkill understands this issue. That’s why we developed Academy Data Integrator and Academy SIF Agent software modules that will seamlessly interoperate with student information systems (SIS). When administrators choose Academy Suite, IT professionals can be confident that the intervention programs will seamlessly integrate to the backbone of the district-wide or building level SIS.
Academy Data Integrator is customized software designed to integrate Academy Suite to proprietary SISs, such as SASIxp and PowerSchool. The service includes planning, custom development and data integration.
Academy SIF Agent enables the Academy Suite to seamlessly interoperate with SIF-compliant SISs. The data integration service includes planning and data integration.
- Consolidate student data
- Improve data integrity, accessibility, and reporting
- Simplify year-end AYP analysis
- Maximize investment in technology
- Manage data in high mobility districts
Download now: Student Data Integrator
(PDF, 103 KB)
Hosting Service
AutoSkill hosts perpetual licenses on our server, managing all of the software maintenance and reporting for your implementation.
- Lower hardware infrastructure costs
- Outsource ongoing software management to the AutoSkill experts so that you can focus on core infrastructure
