Just a reminder of how thankful we are for you
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Happy Native American Heritage Month! We owe many of our education milestones to Native Americans—from mathematical principles to governmental models. While we're grateful all year round, we put a special emphasis on celebrating these contributions and the culture and heritage of Native Americans during the month of November.


You have a lot on your plate, and each month this newsletter aims to deliver the most important insights and updates to support you as you shape the minds of future generations. Did you know we have an archive of Amplify ELA newsletters? If you’ve missed an issue, our Amplify newsletter archive is a great place to explore recent highlights, tips for the classroom, educator spotlights, and more.

You can also relive the learning from our recent webinar series, Back to Basics: Getting started with Amplify ELA, now available on start.amplify.com/bonus. Replays and checklists for all three sessions can help you brush up on Amplify ELA or catch up on any insights you may have missed!


We're thankful for all that you do, today and everyday. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Amplify!

Introducing Thankful Thursdays: A celebration for all that you do!

Over the next several months, we at Amplify want to shower you with giveaways and special events to show our appreciation for your dedication. This week on the Amplify Education Facebook page, we’ve been featuring profiles of teachers doing amazing work in the classroom. You can check out the schedule of all the exciting new things to come on a special start.amplify.com page dedicated to Thankful Thursdays. This is just one way we strive to give back to educators like you who make an impact every single day!


Shape your Amplify ELA features

Our teams are hard at work developing new products and features for your classroom—from teacher planning tools to lesson customization, we want to develop the program with your feedback in mind. Sign up for a feedback session, and receive a $50 gift card to DonorsChoose for your input!


The Science of Reading Star Awards are on the horizon!

This year's finalists have been announced and notified! Stay tuned for next month's announcement recognizing the teachers, principals, and school districts that have gone above and beyond to champion their students through the Science of Reading.

Spotlight

Cori Vandergriff

Knox County Schools, TN

“They're children first, instead of just a score. Seems obvious but I still see so many teachers forget that these little people have lives [and] emotions too. They don't just come to school to act up. They get stressed and worried and anxious and hyper, just like their teachers. So, it's much better classroom management when you think of them first, not their test scores and completed homework.”

We want to spotlight you next!

Each featured educator will receive a special gift from us.

Advice and answers

Access and review student work in Classwork

Classwork empowers you to review submissions with side-by-side scoring, commenting tools,  and streamlined navigation between students. Learn how it can help improve your scoring process!

Amplify uptime

Each month, we share our historical uptime for your Amplify program. During the month of October, the Amplify ELA uptime was 99.95%. 

Learn more about uptime and subscribe to status updates to stay informed.

Customer insights

We want to hear from you!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Back to Basics webinar series! If you joined us, would you take just a few minutes to share your experience? Please complete our short Back to Basics feedback survey, and we’ll send you a gift as a token of our appreciation!
We asked and you responded:

When it comes to virtual events, which do you prefer:

   

23.1% • Short, focused learning overviews (5–15 minute clips)
   

15.4% • In-depth training sessions (hour-long presentations)
   

38.5% • Something in between (30 minutes)
   

23.1% • It depends on the topic

Let's connect

Have you joined our Amplify ELA community on Facebook? You can collaborate with other educators, share classroom photos, and maybe even win some great prizes along the way! Mandy K. won our recent giveaway by sharing that she is grateful for strong and caring leadership.