{"id":4621,"date":"2024-09-18T10:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningally.org\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2024-10-22T09:52:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:52:42","slug":"district-wide-investments-in-audiobooks-and-professional-learning-lead-to-big-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningally.org\/resource\/district-wide-investments-in-audiobooks-and-professional-learning-lead-to-big-results","title":{"rendered":"District-Wide Investments in Audiobooks and Professional Learning Lead to Big Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HOMEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS \u2022 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homewood.k12.al.us\/\">Homewood City Schools<\/a>, located right outside Birmingham, Alabama, is a district of 4,300 students spread across three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Already one of the highest-performing districts in the state, they introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/learningally.org\/Solutions-for-School\/K-12\/Audiobook-Solution\">Learning Ally Audiobook Solution<\/a><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>&nbsp; to address the needs of a specific student population.&nbsp; It has since blossomed into an important learning support for many students across the district, helping them to <strong>read more than 213,000 pages<\/strong> over one school year!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>65% White | 16% Black | 11% Hispanic\/Latino | 5% Multi\/Other | 2.2 Asian\/Pacific Islander<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15% Free\/Reduced Lunch | 8% English Language Learners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.learningally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18102215\/HomewoodCitySchlsblogimage01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-media.learningally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18102215\/HomewoodCitySchlsblogimage01.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/wp-media.learningally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18102215\/HomewoodCitySchlsblogimage01-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp-media.learningally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18102215\/HomewoodCitySchlsblogimage01-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-challenge\">The Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Homewood City Schools\u2019 pursuit of continued district success surfaced a key population of students in need of additional in-school support. With a significant number of students diagnosed with dyslexia, a local parent advocacy group had been helping to fund tools to support this specific population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District administrators eventually realized they needed to implement a school-based, district-wide tool that would ensure quality support of these students as well as other struggling readers across all grades. While impressed with the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution\u2019s long record of proven results, Homewood City Schools\u2019 Director of Instruction, Cristy York, was sold on the solution\u2019s ease of use and how quickly the students engaged with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c[The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>] was so much more user-friendly, more human-voice, more engaging for the kids.\u201d  \u2014 CRISTY YORK, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION, HOMEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-implementation-of-learning-ally-s-audiobook-solution\">Implementation of Learning Ally\u2019s Audiobook Solution<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While other dyslexia- and audiobook-focused tools had been tested in the district before, York said of the <a href=\"https:\/\/learningally.org\/Solutions-for-School\/K-12\/Audiobook-Solution\">Learning Ally Audiobook Solution<\/a>: \u201cit was so much more user-friendly, more human-voice, more engaging for the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents, students, and school administrators agreed that the solution\u2019s flexibility and ease of use made it an important addition to their existing learning accommodations and resources. Any early concerns about the availability of specific key texts\u2014class novels and the like\u2014were quickly resolved by Learning Ally\u2019s expansive, <a href=\"https:\/\/learningally.org\/browse-audiobooks\">ever-growing library<\/a> of thousands of titles and by working with the Learning Ally team to add their preferred resources to the library. It didn\u2019t take long for teachers to fully embrace the tool, even requesting additional professional learning opportunities around using the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When district administrators saw the impact the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution had on their students with only a few teachers utilizing it, they decided to prioritize broader usage in their strategic goals. York\u2019s office partnered with the Assistant Principal of Instruction at each school in the district to leverage professional learning from Learning Ally that enabled teachers to more effectively use the solution in their classrooms. Educators even learned how to engage with parents and encourage usage outside of school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe tried to make it really accessible,\u201d York said of her school communities. \u201cI do a district-wide push at the beginning of the year, and then I\u2019ll do it again at the beginning of the second semester. \u2018Remember, these are the resources we have, these are the things parents and students understand.\u2019 We just try to keep it in front of them and kind of over-communicate it and make it easy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s encouraged students who are more reluctant to read at home to do that more often.\u201d  \u2014 CRISTY YORK, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION, HOMEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.learningally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18102633\/HomewoodCitySchlsblogimage02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-media.learningally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18102633\/HomewoodCitySchlsblogimage02.jpg 717w, https:\/\/wp-media.learningally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18102633\/HomewoodCitySchlsblogimage02-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-measurable-outcomes-with-human-read-audiobooks\">Measurable Outcomes with Human-Read Audiobooks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Its immediate impact, paired with a multi-year investment in professional learning, has given the entire Homewood City Schools community, from teachers to parents to students, the confidence to invest in the use of audiobooks generally and with the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution specifically, making it an essential component of their literacy education. Many Homewood City Schools saw an increase in literacy test scores in the second year of use, especially among students with dyslexia and other reading challenges. Homewood\u2019s administrative strategy to communicate and collaborate with teachers and parents about the tool has garnered huge results for this small school district. After one year with 300 students actively reading with the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution, students read over 213,000 pages, even surpassing some major metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have become more proactive in assigning [the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution] to students as opposed to waiting for a request from a parent or teacher,\u201d York says. \u201cSaying, here are the kids who need an account. One of our big focuses this year is that we\u2019ve really tried to teach parents how to use it with students, rather than just saying we\u2019ve offered it and check the box.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positive reactions and reviews have not come from just teachers; students have had a very positive response, too. \u201cIt\u2019s encouraged students who are more reluctant to read at home to do that more often,\u201d York said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of brought an awareness to the benefits of having the audiobooks. I\u2019ve seen classrooms utilize it more, now knowing it\u2019s a valuable resource, incorporating it into their regular instruction, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe teachers overall feel like it\u2019s a really good thing to be able to offer parents and students who are struggling and for students to be able to use year-round from home,\u201d York continued. \u201cTeachers at the secondary level have seen that it\u2019s been helpful for kids who know the content but are struggling with the reading part of it. It\u2019s offered kids a chance to show what they know without reading being a barrier to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s offered kids a chance to show what they know without reading being a barrier to that.\u201d  \u2014 CRISTY YORK, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION, HOMEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learningally.org\/solutions-for-school\/schedule-demo?utm_source=internal&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=hvf\">Learn more<\/a> about the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution and it how it can impact your students reading below grade level this school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/learningally.org\/solutions-for-school\/schedule-demo?utm_source=internal&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=hvf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEARN MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOMEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS \u2022 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Homewood City Schools, located right outside Birmingham, Alabama, is a district of 4,300 students spread across three elementary schools, one middle school, and one&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/learningally.org\/resource\/district-wide-investments-in-audiobooks-and-professional-learning-lead-to-big-results\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,74],"tags":[75,78],"class_list":["post-4621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audiobook-solution","category-curriculum-access","tag-audiobooks","tag-k-12-reading-strategies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>District-wide Audiobook Investment in Homewood City Schools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Homewood City Schools&#039; district-wide implementation of the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution has significantly improved literacy outcomes for students, especially those with dyslexia. 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