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AutoSkill Celebrates Academy Star Award 2009 Winners



AutoSkill International (http://www.autoskill.com) today announced the winners of its Academy Star Awards 2009. The two outstanding teachers who earned the Academy Innovator Award in its debut year are Elizabeth Allen, Reedy Creek Middle School, Cary, N.C.; and Amy Bjork, instructional specialist, George E. Anderson Elementary, Spring, Texas. The two Academy Star Student winners are Jonathan from Ware County High School in Waycross, Ga.; and Tia from Kingstree Elementary School in Kingstree, S.C.     



The teacher winners will each receive a $500 gift card, and the student winners will each be awarded a $100 gift card. This year'ss winners were chosen from more than 200 nominations in both the student and teacher categories. Because of the number of high-quality nominations in the award program'ss third year, AutoSkill added a finalist category, and 28 students and 13 teachers earned gift cards as finalists.



Every year when we review the Academy Star Award nominations, we are amazed at the incredible achievements of our students. This year, it was particularly exciting to review the teacher nominations for the Academy Innovator Awards and learn more about the dedicated teachers who work with these students every day, said KC Lim, president and CEO, AutoSkill International. We are proud to honor this year'ss winners and finalists and know that their success is an inspiration to teachers and students everywhere.



Both Academy Star Student (http://www.autoskill.com/research/academy_stars_2009/) winners exemplify the kinds of success that learners in schools around the United States and Canada are achieving when they work hard to build their skills with AutoSkill'ss Academy of READING's174; and Academy of MATH's174;.



In her nomination essay for her student Jonathan, teacher Colleen Lagoueyte praised the ninth grader for his hard work, which took him from being essentially a non-reader at the beginning of the school year to reading on more than a fifth-grade level after practicing with the Academy of READING. Lagoueyte said, On April 23, 2009, he made straight As on his progress report for the first time ever in his academic career. Jonathan deserves to be recognized for his extreme hard work, his fidelity to the Academy of READING program, his positive attitude day after day and his incredible will to conquer his reading problem.



Tia'ss teacher, Cassandra Pressley, said in her nominating essay, I could not be any prouder of Tia if she were my own child. After learning with the Academy of MATH for just 25 hours, Tia moved up three levels - more than any other student in her class - and has now gone from below basic performance to proficient.



The award-winning Academy Innovator teachers both demonstrate the exciting things that can happen for students when the Academy of READING and the Academy of MATH are used in a classroom with a dedicated, motivated teacher.



The essay nominating Elizabeth Beth Allen emphasized the ways that she uses the Academy of READING to support classroom instruction and ensure that all students excel. The essay concluded, As Beth'ss students progress through the Academy, their self-esteem appears to increase as their reading skills improve. This in turn reflects an improvement with their grades in all subjects. Through Beth'ss expert coaching, most of her students progress quickly through the Academy and achieve not just one or two levels of growth, but three and four levels! Most of her students exit the Academy not just on grade level, but above grade level!



Amy Bjork was nominated by her colleague Kathy Morrison at George E. Anderson Elementary. Morrison said in her essay, Amy is an outstanding educator and an exemplary model to the profession. Her extraordinary work ethic and dedicated commitment to the AutoSkill Academy of MATH are truly exceptional.



With the Academy of READING (http://autoskill.com/products/reading/index.php), at-risk students build fluency in the foundation skills of reading to achieve rapid, permanent gains. The Academy of READING uses a patented methodology to deliver individualized, Web-based instruction with an adaptive intervention engine, skill mastery based on automaticity and motivational principles. AutoSkill'ss RtI Package for the Academy of READING is the only completely Web-based solution that connects the key components of RtI: universal screening, scientifically based intervention, progress monitoring and data-driven decision-making.



The Academy of MATH (http://autoskill.com/products/math/index.php) is a reader-friendly math intervention software solution that helps at-risk elementary, middle and high school students build a strong foundation in mathematics. Using the same powerful adaptive intervention engine as the Academy of READING, the Academy of MATH builds math skills for beginner through algebra-ready students in 10 skill areas that align to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards.


The essays nominating the 2009 Academy Star Award winners are available at http://www.autoskill.com/research/academy_stars_2009/.



For more information about the award-winning Academy of READING and Academy of MATH, visit www.autoskill.com.


    


About AutoSkill International


AutoSkill International delivers award-winning reading and math intervention solutions to close the achievement gap for K-12 students. Based on original neuroscience research and patented methodology, the company'ss flagship Academy of READING and Academy of MATH's174; software help educators develop intervention strategies that enable at-risk students to build fluency in the foundation skills of reading and math. Using a brain-based approach that incorporates automaticity, extended practice and motivation, AutoSkill solutions provide a universal mechanism for the development of permanent reading and math foundation skills. Students of all ages in a wide range of learning environments demonstrate significant progress with just 30 minutes of training a day, three to five days per week. For more information, visit www.autoskill.com.






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