At Holley-Navarre Middle School in Florida, educators are seeing transformative growth in their students thanks to Progress Learning. Assistant Principal Pete Della Ratta couldn’t contain his enthusiasm when he described Progress Learning as “the best thing in all my 20 years of being in Santa Rosa County Schools.” He added that it helps \u201cthe students and especially parents so the accountability falls on the students to do the work and it allows the teacher more autonomy to work within the subject matter.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
We wanted to hear more about what\u2019s going on at Holley-Navarre so we sat down with Mr. Della Ratta and four educators to hear how Progress Learning has transformed their teaching. Here\u2019s what they had to say\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
A common theme we heard from the educators at Holley-Navarre was that Progress Learning has saved them time and made their jobs easier. Mr. Della Ratta first saw a demo of Progress Learning at the ISTE Conference, and when he saw that the program could improve time management for teachers, he was immediately sold. As Mr. Della Ratta shared, \u201cPlanning period is only so long\u2026 A lot of [teachers] are planning at home, on the weekend sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
With Progress Learning, teachers have more time to actually<\/em> teach, without causing disruption to their students. \u201cRight now, the longest I’ve gone in a classroom without an interruption is 13 minutes. That’s it,\u201d notes Mr. Della Ratta. \u201cI can get the teachers to manage their time more efficiently by using [Progress Learning].\u201d Speaking about the Progress Learning assessments and assignments, he says, \u201cThey don\u2019t have to create it. They can go click, click, click. It\u2019s there.\u201d With Progress Learning in their school, there\u2019s less disruption and more learning, allowing teachers to maximize their time and truly ensure that their students grasp and retain the material.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n