BetterLesson
Disrupting the one-and-done paradigm, BetterLesson combines innovative technologies and immersive adult learning experiences that lead to sustainable changes in practice. Proven to accelerate outcomes and ESSA Level III Certified, we are dedicated to delivering on the promise of accessible, continuous, job-embedded professional learning. Our comprehensive professional learning programs offer guiding structure and personalized attention to ensure we meet the unique needs of your district and every educator, turning strategic goals into measurable growth.
About Our Team
BetterLesson currently has over 300 instructional coaches who can be deployed flexibly across schools and districts across Delaware. We deploy coaches for each partnership based on a personalized coach-match process. Given our deep bench of coaches, we can match coaches for your educators who best match the needs of the District. They average nine+ years of experience as teachers, instructional leaders, or principals and have experience as innovators, having pioneered new programs and curricula or led technology initiatives. Our contractors reflect the school populations we serve, with diversity in race, gender, linguistic background, culture, and experience.
Service Overview
BetterLesson delivers proven professional learning that translates directly into student achievement. We provide comprehensive, curriculum-based professional learning for ELA, math, and science HQIMs, guiding educators from adoption to sustained implementation. Our services also include expert, research-based training in the Science of Reading for all K-12 educators. With a demonstrated record of boosting student outcomes through workshops, personalized coaching, and Learning Walks, we partner with districts to turn strategic goals into measurable results, ensuring every student benefits from high-quality, equitable instruction.
Building District Capacity
We build capacity using a connected ecosystem that includes workshops, coaching, Learning Walks, and asynchronous courses and strategies. Participants and coaches use our Try-Measure-Learn framework to translate change in practice into actionable strategies. Teachers continuously take the next step towards their desired outcome by measuring impact on students and iterating as needed.
Concurrently, we equip district and building leaders to support this growth. Leaders attend workshops and learn to conduct non-evaluative Learning Walks, building their capacity to assess and sustain shifts in instruction and provide targeted feedback. This process empowers leaders to sustain effective implementation independently, creating lasting system-wide capacity.
Addressing Equity
BetterLesson’s services prioritize instructional and leadership approaches that support all students. Our professional learning helps educators examine their assumptions and adapt curricula to meet the needs of every student. We focus on building teachers’ capacity to provide every student access to rigorous, grade-level instruction and the opportunity to meet high standards. BetterLesson continuously strives to make an excellent education for ALL the cornerstone of our society.
Science of Reading: Competency Based Learning
Assessments are embedded throughout the course, including:
- 20-question untimed Knowledge Inventory (pre-assessment) following the course overview but preceding Tool 1 content
- 5-question untimed tests following Part 1 of each tool’s content (10 total)
- 10-question untimed tests following Part 2 of each tool’s content (10 total)
- 20-question untimed Knowledge Inventory (post-assessment) following completion of all course content.
- Participants must score at least 80 percent on each assessment to unlock content for the next Part or Tool in the course.
Science of Reading: Learning During School Day
As an asynchronous course, participants can access Top 10 Tools whenever and wherever is convenient, including during the contractual school day.
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Approved Content Areas
ELA
- EL Education Grades Language Arts Curriculum (6-8; 2019)
- EL Education Language Arts (K-5; 2017)
- Expeditionary Learning (2016)
- Imagine Learning EL Education 6-8 Language Arts (2020)
- Imagine Learning EL Education K-5 Language Arts (2019)
- Odell Education High School Literacy Program (2020)
Math
- Imagine Learning IM (6-8; 2019)
- Imagine Learning IM (9-12; 2019)
- Imagine Learning IM (K-5; 2021)
- Kendall Hunt Illustrative Mathematics (6-8; 2019)
- Kendall Hunt Illustrative Mathematics Traditional (2019)
- Open Up Resources 6-8 Math (2017)
- Open Up Resources K-5 Math (2022)
Science
- OpenSciEd (2017)
Professional Learning
HQIM Adoption
Initial Implementation
Ongoing Implementation: Support for Teachers
Ongoing Implementation: Support for Leaders
Professional Learning: Science of Reading
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
- Delaware Design-Lab High School and Serviam Girls Academy
Other states vendor has worked for
BetterLesson partners with Ohio to deliver student-centered mathematics professional learning across the State via its Education Service Centers and Teach for America to provide training to their corps. We also partner with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to pilot our Integrated Insights resource allocation analytics platform and provide professional learning on using data from our Equitable Opportunity Analysis service. Past partnerships at the state level include the Utah Board of Education to deliver training to its Adult Education Department.
