Benchmark Education Company
Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators. BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research.
About Our Team
BEC employs nearly 100 facilitators/coaches. Approximately 25% identify as being from diverse backgrounds or underserved populations.
Service Overview
Initial Implementation
Initial Implementation includes four sessions designed to introduce participants to the instructional design, components, and standards support within the program.
- Program Overview is a broad overview of program structure, spiral design behind the instructional framework, lesson structure, texts, and assessment.
- Program Resources covers whole-group, small-group, and independent components. Participants explore Benchmark Universe, including the online Teacher’s Resource System.
- Using the Resources goes deeper into the instruction found within Read-Aloud, phonics/word study, reading and writing mini-lessons, and small-group lessons. This session also includes planning for instruction.
- Program Review is separated into grade bands and covers resources and content previously shared.
Ongoing Implementation: Support for Teachers
Follow-up trainings are available for Benchmark Advance/Adelante through topic-focused sessions. The topics are designed to enhance teachers’ understanding and enable them to help students be as successful as possible. For Districts wanting to go beyond initial and ongoing training topics, classroom demonstrations and teacher coaching can be purchased for further job-embedded learning.
*See Benchmark’s detailed Professional Development Brochure for further details on topic sessions and additional support.
Ongoing Implementation: Support for Leaders
We partner with LEAs to offer consultation session that will ensure professional learning (PL) is effectively applied and consistently implemented to improve instructional practices. Our sessions involve in-depth discussions with leadership teams to identify specific needs and goals, allowing us to tailor our support to each LEA’s unique context.
Building District Capacity
Benchmark Education is committed to providing a comprehensive implementation plan designed to support teachers, literacy coaches and leadership teams. The dissemination strategy involves a structured, as well as customized, approach to ensure success and sustainability. To offer districts flexibility in their initial and ongoing training options, Benchmark provides a combination of onsite, live virtual, and on-demand training formats. Additionally, Benchmark Education’s train-the-trainer model is designed to build capacity by training key instructional leaders who will become content experts. We believe in engaging educators in a variety of modalities that will help them to accomplish their PL goals while implementing the resources.
Addressing Equity
At Benchmark Education, we place a strong emphasis on cultural, equitable, and linguistic competencies in our professional learning opportunities. This focus helps educators understand and address the diverse needs of their students, promoting an inclusive learning environment. Educators who attend our professional learning gain deeper content and pedagogical knowledge rooted in equity to support their students’ diverse needs, ensuring that every student can succeed. We partner with educators and leaders to create an environment where professional learning is prioritized and seamlessly integrated into their educational community, ultimately leading to enhanced instructional practices and improved student outcomes.
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Approved Content Areas
ELA
- Benchmark Advance (K-5)
Professional Learning
Initial Implementation
Ongoing Implementation: Support for Teachers
Ongoing Implementation: Support for Leaders
Experience
Systems experience
- Traditional District
- Charter
- Private
- Parochial
- Urban
- Suburban
- Rural
- Fewer than 2,500 students
- 2,500 to 10,000 students
- 10,000 to 50,000 students
- 50,000 to 100,000 students
- More than 100,000 students
- Greater than 60% of economically disadvantaged students
- Greater than 20% of English language learners
- Greater than 20% of students with disability
- Greater than 80% students of color
DE districts or charters vendor has worked for
- Christina School District
- Sussex Academy Charter School
- Indian River School District
- Delaware DOE (Spanish Immersion Program)
Other states vendor has worked for
BEC partners with over 30,000 schools across the United States. We also partner with schools in Canada, Asia, and the Middle East through our International Division.
