Welcome to Amplify Texas Tutoring!

A partnership between TEA and Amplify presents this support website, where tutors, teachers, school leaders, district leaders and Education Service Centers (ESCs) can find information about initial and ongoing training and support structures for tutoring programs during the 2024-2025 school year.

Begin exploring helpful resources and professional learning opportunities for every phase of your program timeline. Additionally, read about our most recently featured Texas spotlights of success!

Launch

Getting started

(Month 1)

Prepare for and getting started with your program launch

View program lead, enrollment lead, and tutor onboarding courses and instructions within the Launch tab below.

Implement

Track learning impacts

(Months 2-3)

Monthly usage reports and supports

Monthly usage reports are provided to Texas Tutoring districts to provide current status and resources to expand use. Reports are typically sent the second week of each month.

Strengthen

Ensure program engagement

(Month 3 and beyond)

Live training sessions

Register for Office hours, Getting started sessions, and Strengthen sessions hosted weekly within the Strengthen tab below.

Launch

Let’s launch into your program! We’re delighted that you chose Amplify Texas Tutoring and we look forward to working closely together to benefit educators and students.

Select the tabs below to review steps 1 and 2 as you learn more about your onboarding trainings and how to get started with Amplify Tutoring (Month 1).

To support a successful implementation of Amplify Tutoring, preview the checklists below for implementation guidance for your Amplify Texas Tutoring districts. 

• The Non-TCLAS Implementation Checklist outlines the required implementation deadlines for non-TCLAS (districts that do not receive Decision 6, Decision 11, or Texas ACE grants).
• The TCLAS/Texas ACE LEA Recommended Implementation Checklist outlines the recommended timelines for Amplify Tutoring implementation for Decision 6, Decision 11, and Texas ACE districts.

1. Onboarding trainings

Become familiar with mCLASS Intervention

Amplify Tutoring seamlessly extends teachers’ reach by leveraging the tools and resources currently available to Texas teachers. Tutors will use Amplify’s research-backed mCLASS Intervention to deliver reading intervention to students most in need of support. mCLASS Intervention will group students of similar skill levels and provide tailored lesson sequences using data from mCLASS® Texas Edition, the gold standard literacy system designed for Texas, which will be available for all K-5 students in Amplify Tutoring. 

Watch this brief video (10:34) to learn more about mCLASS Intervention.

Then, explore this section to quickly find resources to help your program, enrollment, and tutors get started with Amplify Tutoring. You can also access material resources to guide your implementation of mCLASS Intervention.

Preparing for your program launch

Review the following onboarding information by role.

Program Lead

1.Direct your tutors to the directions to access the asynchronous training course. These directions are found on the “Tutors” tab.

There are two pathways for tutor training.

• One tutoring training pathways is for veteran educators and another training path for tutors with minimal educational and/or literacy experience. The estimated length of this course is 4.5 hours.

• The second pathway contains two additional modules that focus on early literacy basics and engaging all students in learning. The estimated length of this course is 6 hours.

2. Watch the Orientation for School/District Leaders webinar (1 hr. 14 min.) and complete/delegate all action items described in the webinar.

3. Optional: Share the Orientation for Tutors webinar (1 hr.) with tutors and teachers who are participating in Texas Tutoring.

4. Optional: Share the Orientation for Classroom Teachers webinar (48 min.) with all teachers who aren’t actively tutoring, but have students who are participating in Amplify tutoring. Available via Texas Tutor Support.

5. Begin tutoring!

Enrollment Lead

Navigating Educator Home

Select the mCLASS® icon on Educator Home to access reports. 

The Intervention link on the top navigation bar will open the mCLASS Intervention application in a new tab.

There are two navigation bars at the top of the page. 

The top global navigation bar allows users to switch between reporting, assessments, and the new demo feature. They can also navigate back to Educator Home and their Programs & Apps menu.  

The black navigation bar below allows users to easily switch between English classroom reporting and Spanish classroom reporting. This image shows an example of the English classroom reporting page that should already be familiar to our mCLASS customers.

Enrolling students and tutors

1.You will enroll students and tutors that are not currently listed on mCLASS staff or student rosters. 

• If you do not see an active Intervention button, please call 888-671-3789, share that you’re part of Texas Tutoring and you need assistance with your mCLASS Intervention licenses. 

• If tutors are not current teachers/staff members, please select and follow one of the processes:
  • Add tutors to your SIS and include them in your mCLASS SSE staff file, or
  • Manually upload tutors to mCLASS staff rosters through the “Admin tab”.
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: If you select option B, you must first verify that you do not have an all-in-one replace SSE staff file in mCLASS.

2. Enroll each tutor & student that is enlisted for tutoring following your mCLASS enrollment process. (For a refresher, access the self-enrollment help portal here.) Please ensure the tutor is associated with their students through a class or a group.

Tutors

1.The Amplify Tutoring Asynchronous Training course provides an interactive learning experience for tutors to learn about and practice using mCLASS® and mCLASS Intervention platforms. The first time you access the course, you will be prompted to create an account using your email address. This will ensure that your progress is saved and your completion of each module is documented.

• Review the asynchronous course options below, and select the path that best aligns with your training needs. Be sure to bookmark the course to easily access content for review.
  • Option 1
    • Amplify Tutoring program course
    • This course is best suited for tutors/teachers with educational experience. 
  • Option 2
    • Amplify Tutoring program and best practices course
    • This course is designed for tutors/teachers with limited educational experience. This course provides the same program overview in the initial course, and additionally provides modules addressing Early Literacy Basics and Engaging All Students in Learning.  

• Note: You will need to access your mCLASS account during these modules. If you do not have your login credentials, please reach out to your program lead.

2. Contact your school’s Tutoring Program Lead for more information about synchronous learning opportunities.

2. Get started

Get your tutoring program started in three steps:

1. Teachers/tutors ensure students have been assessed in mCLASS®.
   • Learn more about the steps to administer mCLASS assessments. 
2. Tutors login to mCLASS Intervention to generate intervention student groups. If using Clever or ClassLink, please login through your SSO.
   • Learn more about grouping here.
3. Teachers/tutors generate and deliver mCLASS Intervention lessons to students.
   • Learn more about mCLASS Intervention lessons here.

mCLASS looks a little different!

Unified educator home

Amplify will have a single entryway for educators (Educator Home) as well as for students (Student Home). All Amplify users (teachers and students) will enter their programs via learning.amplify.com.

Starting in July, when teachers log in they’ll arrive at Educator Home, where they’ll find a new, streamlined way to access their assessment, reporting, and instructional tools. 

Learn more about unified educator home.

Quick links to resources

Review the instructions to delete mCLASS Intervention groups, when you need to remove inactive groups.

Digital cards are available digitally for activities using letter, word, picture, vocab and fluency cards. You will find alternatives here for games that require printing cards.

The Intervention hub is a landing page for mCLASS Intervention assessment and lesson materials, modules for leaders & tutors on using the platform, grouping and scheduling, along with guidance on best practices with getting started, delivering lessons and progress monitoring. 

mCLASS assessment overview is a reference document for mCLASS DIBELS 8 and Intervention assessment measures by grade and administration time.

The mCLASS Intervention TEKS alignment guide shows the connection between mCLASS Intervention and TEKS specific standards within each of the strands grades K-6.

Implement

Let’s implement Amplify Tutoring.

This phase is the heart of the program, where the vision and planning come to life through engaging tutoring sessions! Students are making academic growth, gains, and truly accelerating their learning.

Review steps 3 and 4 below to learn more about data and the continuous learning supports for your implementation (Months 2-3).

Implementation checklist

To support a successful implementation of Amplify Tutoring, view the checklists below for implementation guidance for your Amplify Texas Tutoring districts. 

• The Non-TCLAS Implementation Checklist outlines the required implementation deadlines for non-TCLAS (districts that do not receive Decision 6, Decision 11, or Texas ACE grants).
• The TCLAS/Texas ACE LEA Recommended Implementation Checklist outlines the recommended timelines for Amplify Tutoring implementation for Decision 6, Decision 11, and Texas ACE districts.

3. Data

Monthly usage reports and supports

Monthly usage reports are provided to Texas Tutoring districts to provide current status and resources to expand use. Reports are typically sent the second week of each month.

Questions? Contact Allison Pilley (apilley@amplify.com) 

Impacts in Texas

Texas students in LEAs using Amplify Tutoring materials were 15% more likely to make outsized gains and narrow their skills gaps compared to peers who also score well below benchmark at BOY but did not participate in tutoring. Students who participate in the recommended number of sessions are more likely to close the achievement gap. 

Learn more about the impacts of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and Amplify Tutoring Partnership.

Explore this section to find resources to guide you to better understand your data while using mCLASS and mCLASS Intervention.

Resources:

mCLASS Assessment Overview is a reference document for mCLASS DIBELS 8 and Intervention assessment measures by grade and administration time.

Administering and Scoring DIBELS Measures introduces progress monitoring and scoring guides for mCLASS DIBELS 8 and mCLASS Intervention measures.

For proper placement in mCLASS Intervention, reference the Administer the mCLASS Intervention Measures to learn more about additional assessments that are often required for students in grades 2-5.

The mCLASS Program Guide covers the mCLASS Literacy suite’s key components.

The Texas mCLASS Intervention Guide provides an overview of mCLASS Intervention, research on program implementation, and a detailed section on intervention reports.

Learn where to access the DIBELS 8 and Intervention Measure assessment materials.

mCLASS Reporting Guide provides an overview of all the reporting features available to educators in the mCLASS Literacy suite.

Learn how to read the provided Amplify Tutoring monthly usage reports using this how to guide.

The mCLASS Intervention Implementation Steps document provides a step by step guide on implementing mCLASS Intervention and generating usage in the program.

Learn how to access mCLASS Intervention usage data within the platform on a frequent basis using the Lesson set progression instructions.

Follow the steps in Setting up groups in mCLASS Intervention instructions after benchmarking students.

4. Continuous support

Amplify Texas Tutoring supports

To ensure the highest quality instructional implementation, Amplify’s professional development is designed to support all tutors in becoming well-trained and effective tutors who support small groups of students in order to (a) build early literacy skills, (b) build strong relationships, and (c) build students’ confidence in reading.

You may have already completed Amplify Tutoring’s self-paced, asynchronous tutor training course. It is recommended that this course be completed by Tutors before the tutoring program has launched. 

Tutors and teachers in Texas Tutoring districts can receive a live 3-hour capstone session delivered by ESCs to cement learnings from the initial course. This professional development will provide opportunities for peer practice, collaboration, and clarification before beginning tutoring.

Additional learning

View the Strengthen tab to register for live sessions or view session recordings for additional learning opportunities and implementation supports such as:

• Office hours

• Getting started webinars

• Strengthening trainings

Strengthen [live sessions]

Live sessions

Amplify supports Texas Tutoring customers from the beginning of your implementation and beyond.

Register now for live sessions! View the upcoming schedule of sessions below where Amplify team members provide live support to get started with mCLASS Intervention implementation, or expand your usage.

Office hours

Register now for the session that best fits your schedule:

There are no available sessions.

Throughout the school year, ongoing office hours are available to tutors and school/district leaders throughout the year to answer any questions. The office hour sessions will not be recorded, so please join us live for personalized learning. Check back monthly for newly released session dates.

Getting started with mCLASS Intervention

Amplify is hosting FREE webinars, during which attendees will receive step by step instructions to using mCLASS Intervention with students.

These sessions will be recorded and posted on the recordings tab within 48 hours of the session date.

Register now:

There are no available sessions.

Strengthening sessions

Join the Amplify team during these one hour, monthly sessions to dive deeper into timely topics related to implementing mCLASS Intervention. These sessions will be recorded and posted on the recordings tab within 48 hours of the session date.

Register now: There are no available sessions.

Action plan for summer school

Texas tutoring leaders,

Register now:

May 2, 12:00 p.m. CST

Recordings

Amplify supports Texas Tutoring customers from the beginning of your implementation and beyond. Check out the list below to register for live sessions or review recordings.

Review previously offered webinars and learning opportunities to support your mCLASS Intervention implementation. 

Getting started with mCLASS Intervention webinar recordings

• View the Jan. 25 session recording.
• View the Sept. 25, 3:30 p.m. CT recording using passcode 8%t2v!RG

Strengthening session recordings

• View the Administering and Analyzing the EOY Benchmark session recording.
• View the Maximizing the components of an mCLASS Intervention lesson set recording.
• View the Progress monitoring best practices session recording.
• View the Administering and analyzing MOY benchmark recording using passcode %TI8^@XB
• View the Tutor strategies session recording and access the lesson plan template.
• View the Progress monitoring best practices session recording using passcode !8.l6Z*Y
• View the Using mCLASS data for grouping decisions session recording.

On-demand onboarding sessions

Teachers or Tutors

If you are actively tutoring:

Watch the Getting Started with mCLASS Intervention recording (1 hour) and session resource page to learn how to implement Amplify Tutoring during or before/after the school day.

If you aren’t actively tutoring:

Watch the teacher orientation recording (48 minutes) to learn how Amplify Tutoring will be implemented in your school/district.

District/School Leaders

Become acclimated with Amplify Tutoring by watching the School Leader Orientation recording (1 hour 14 minutes).

Watch the Nuts and Bolts of Implementing mCLASS Intervention recording (1 hour 27 minutes) and view the session resource page to plan implementation of your Amplify Tutoring program.

Renew

As a current TEA-approved provider for HB1416, Amplify Texas Tutoring offers ESSER aligned, high-impact tutoring programs to complement the efforts of students, educators, and families in building reading proficiency and confidence. Our program extends teachers’ reach by leveraging the tools and resources with Amplify’s researched-backed mCLASS Intervention to deliver reading intervention for students most in need of support. Data-driven skills focused small groups are created using data from mCLASS® Texas Edition, the gold standard literacy system designed for Texas.

Renew now

School year 2023–24 Amplify Texas Tutoring licenses will expire on August 31, 2024. To avoid any disruption in your service, please complete this brief form to schedule a one-on-one consultation with an Amplify Tutoring team member. We look forward to connecting with you, learning more about your district needs, and creating a plan of action together!  

Click here to renew your Amplify Texas Tutoring licenses for use in the school year 2024–25.  

About Amplify Tutoring

Amplify Tutoring provides ESSER aligned, high-impact tutoring programs to complement the efforts of K–6 students, educators, and families in building reading proficiency and confidence.

Anchored in mCLASS TX Edition and mCLASS^Ⓡ Intervention, these tutoring materials complement the Amplify materials that educators currently use and trust through the Texas Home Learning (THL) initiative to instruct hundreds of thousands of students across the state of Texas. Amplify Tutoring provides classroom teachers and tutors access to the same student data, including visibility into all tutoring lessons.

Learn more about mCLASS

Tutors are able to use the mCLASS^Ⓡ Intervention curricula to seamlessly support either in-person or remote tutoring. All materials are adaptive and data-driven, based on initial data collected by teachers or tutors in mCLASS TX Edition and progress monitoring administered by tutors to individualize student supports. Amplify’s tutoring program provides Texas tutors with complimentary, high-quality, comprehensive professional development. Tutors are trained in pedagogical best practices, engagement strategies to build strong relationships with students, and using Amplify Tutoring materials to support student growth.

Learn more about mCLASS Intervention

Spotlights on success

Districts across Texas with high mCLASS Intervention users were interviewed to learn which factors led to implementation success. The advice from these district leaders will be shared on an ongoing basis!