High Progress Literacy

Our work is to help teachers and students create these classrooms. We do this through:

• Working side-by-side with teachers and instructional leaders
• Providing Professional Learning Experiences
• Creating instructional videos
• Developing assessment tools
• Compiling content materials that promote high progress classrooms

It is typically a combination of these practices that bring the best results. (By “results” we mean student learning that results in higher achievement, which in our experience, is almost always reflected in student test scores.)

Districts and schools have different needs. To find out what might work best for you, contact us!

High Progress Literacy Associates is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. We are available to work with schools and districts throughout the U.S. and Canada. Please contact us by emailing Jennifer at [email protected]. 

Please note: for any of you who may have tried to contact us in the past 3-4 months through the web portal that was here, we apologize that we did not respond to your messages. Unbeknown to us, security protocols changed so your messages were not received. Please accept our apologies!

Our “lead associates” are our company employees and consultants who support the work of our school-based associates. These are the folk who develop and promote this website and other materials.

Jennifer’s experiences include classroom teaching, curriculum and instruction at the school and district levels, and coaching in the South Carolina Reading Initiative, South Carolina Reading First,and for the SCDE’s Office of Literacy and Early Learning. She has expertise in designing and implementing interventions through years of experience as a Reading Recovery teacher and teacher leader, SC Reading First Intervention Trainer, RTI Intervention Specialist for the SCDE, and Literacy Specialist for the SCDE. 

Beginning in 2011, Jennifer headed up a research team charged with exploring how to make practical the descriptions of high progress literacy classrooms in the research. She has been a high progress literacy educator ever since.

An avid writer, Laura holds a B.S. in Biology from Duke University. Her experiences include curriculum development for online and in-person courses, one-on-one teaching, and guiding students and their parents through the college preparation process. Her dream is to help make lifelong learning–whether through college or technical school–an option for all students rather than just a dream.

Rachel has been in education for 7 years, working as a district science coach in Florida, and as the professional learning and curriculum specialist for K-5 science instruction in Augusta, Georgia. She currently works as a full-time mother raising her four young children, and works with High Progress Literacy as a consultant. Rachel will completed a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Liberty University in Spring of 2018.

Michael holds a PhD. in Quantitative Methods in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently teaches research methods and statistics for graduate students at the University of South Carolina. He also worked in college administration at the UofSC for 15 years as a department chair, associate dean for administration and research, executive associate dean, and special assistant to the dean of education.