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Fulton County educators, the drinks are on us 🥂 After Thursday's vendor fair, join us at South City Kitchen Buckhead to relax, refuel, and celebrate the work you pour into your classrooms. Food and drinks included, no homework required. And if you want to hear about GROW High Impact Tutoring while you're there? Well, Robert Clark will be on standby! Thursday, August 27, 6:30 to 8:30 PM >> Register here: https://lnkd.in/g4W9kT6i

Paper is hiring GROW tutors! Paper's GROW program delivers high-impact tutoring to students in school districts nationwide across the US. This fully remote role is ideal for those passionate about education who are interested in building strong student relationships and driving measurable academic growth in Math and/or ELA. We are currently recruiting for two open roles with different scheduling: https://lnkd.in/gzrPrhvu https://lnkd.in/gZ3kXW6m If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please apply or share with your network! #Hiring #Tutoring #EdTech #RemoteWork #Education

📣 Paper is hiring part-time Customer Engagement Specialists in Southern California and Visalia, CA! These roles are a great fit for current or former educators or district staff who know the classroom inside and out and want to put that experience to work in a new way. You'll lead in-person training and support local school districts as they roll out our GROW high-impact tutoring program, helping students achieve stronger academic outcomes. If you're a self-starter who loves connecting with educators and students and wants to make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you! Apply now 👇 https://lnkd.in/gKsRuEBA https://lnkd.in/gepsPbyk #Hiring #Educators #EdTech #CaliforniaJobs

Unless you're PJ Garcia (our NM partnership manager), you probably haven't been refreshing the New Mexico PED High Dosage Tutoring Grant page. Over. And over. And over.... PJ definitely has 🥴 And he tells us the HIT grant info for NM is finally here! 🎉 And here's something really cool. New Mexico isn't starting from scratch with High Impact Tutoring. GROW is already working in Las Cruces Public Schools. And so far, we've seen: 🔼 162 more students reach grade level (204 → 366) 🔼 An increase proficiency by 35% 🔼 82% of English Learner participants showing meaningful gains Connect with PJ to talk it through. He's worked on this grant with NM districts to get a HIT program in place that actually moves the Tier 2 needle. Book a call with PJ and learn more here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gb4MnV6s

"I don't know who you are, but I like you already." It’s officially boots-in-districts season at Paper. John Chapman is out in the Austin, TX area (and beyond) delivering Round Rock’s finest donuts and doing what matters most — showing up. ------ From in-person visits to talk about high impact tutoring to in-person rollouts where we can help you launch it. Face-to-face before the partnership. Shoulder-to-shoulder after. That’s how we do things.

There’s something powerful about being in a room where people are still willing to be learners. At the Women Leading Ed Summit, that’s what's standing out. Not expertise. Not certainty. But the willingness to stay open. To not have it all figured out. To keep listening, even when you could be leading. It takes something earnest to lead that way. To not armor up. To see work, to see the people in it. It’s the same thing we hope to preserve in students, the belief that learning is something you step into, not something you perform. The kind of space that doesn’t just make you think bigger, it makes you think more deeply. #WLESummit

“Your true north has to be what’s best for students.” That’s what really stood out in our conversation with Dr. Ryan Smith, Deputy Superintendent at Bellflower Unified School District. Everything else — AI, systems, strategy — only matters if it helps create schools where students actually want to be. Students first, systems strong. Because in Dr. Smith's own words: “There’s nothing better than students who love school." ▶️ Full episode: https://lnkd.in/gR2X8btp

🚫 High-impact tutoring shouldn’t be a marketplace of revolving door tutors. For Paper's GROW, it’s not. We use a dedicated tutor workforce; it's that structural difference changes outcomes. Because it allows us to: 🔁 Schedule the same tutor for every session of a HIT cohort 🎯 Selectively hire THE BEST tutors who meet a high bar 📈 Develop and support tutors to deliver consistent, high-quality instruction Why does this matter? Tutor quality and relational continuity amplify student gains. When the same tutor shows up every time, instruction builds instead of restarting. See what that actually looks like in practice — this is a full behind-the-scenes conversation with a beloved GROW tutor, Michael Remesic: ▶️ What high-impact tutoring looks like in GROW: https://lnkd.in/gSiF4EXZ

So what actually makes high impact tutoring… "high impact"? Not all tutoring is designed for targeted support. We believe high impact tutoring comes down to a few core conditions: 🔁 Continuity — same tutor, same students over time 🎯 Alignment — tied directly to classroom instruction ��� Cadence — frequent sessions that build, not reset Without this, tutoring becomes episodic. With it, instruction compounds and outcomes follow. We put together a short FAQ guide to help clear things up —what HIT is, what it isn’t, and how to tell the difference. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gH-avaXu

Short Cycle. High Impact. Rapid academic acceleration before EOY testing is 💯% possible. Independent practice helps. Guided instruction, however, is the amplifier for academic gains 🚀 When high impact tutoring is aligned to classroom instruction and centered on priority standards, even a shortened cycle can move real proficiency before assessments. Acceleration isn’t about covering more content. 🎯 It’s about focusing instruction on the skills that matter most while there’s still time for students to demonstrate it. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g6X4acYF