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Elevate: Transforming Adolescent Literacy

Elevate: Transforming Adolescent Literacy

A comprehensive system designed to transform the way schools support older striving readers by combining high-interest adolescent literacy materials from Storyshares with evidence-based instructional routines and sustained professional learning from HILL for Literacy.

  • Cohesive framework: Coordinated supports across tiers and content areas
  • Engagement meets evidence: High-interest materials paired with proven instructional routines
  • Sustained support: Coaching, courses, and classroom tools for lasting school-wide transformation

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Ready for the transformation?
Wraparound support
Elevate provides a comprehensive, evidence-based wraparound model for secondary schools. Our structured literacy approach connects curriculum, coaching, and leadership development — ensuring that literacy interventions are not only adopted, but sustained.
First of its kind
Elevate answers the persistent call from educators for intervention designed specifically for teenagers. Every component — from high-interest books to evidence-based routines — centers the lived experiences of adolescent striving readers, making motivation and engagement the foundation of literacy growth.
Backward planning model
Connected texts anchor each lesson, embedding literacy instruction and practice in knowledge-rich, accessible content. By integrating foundational reading standards with core content standards, lessons build coherence rather than isolating literacy from meaningful learning.

Real books are the foundation of every lesson

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Middle and high school teachers often face the challenge of addressing a wide range of literacy levels among their students. While some are ready for complex texts, others struggle with fundamental skills like phonics and decoding, leading to frustration and disengagement. Elevate is grounded in:

  • Engaging decodable chapter books written specifically for older striving readers
  • High-low books with supporting resources
  • Fluency passages that scaffold up as students improve their skills

Curriculum Materials (LIFT)

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Simplify literacy instruction and maximize student growth with our complete intervention curriculum, LIFT:

  • Detailed Instructor Manual with scripted and adaptive lesson plans (including a phonics-based scope and sequence)
  • Sound-Keyword Cards and a Syllable Division Dry Erase Board provide hands-on practice with multisyllabic word decoding
  • Fluency Passages help students read effortlessly.
  • Vocabulary Cards and Book Club Role Cards enhance comprehension and knowledge.
  • Opportunities to engage with written language activities prepare students for complex material.
  • Student Decoding and Fluency Workbooks offer additional practice and reinforcement.

Ideal for general education teachers integrating literacy instruction and special education teachers providing Tier 2 intervention.

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Professional Learning

  • Asynchronous Courses by HILL for Literacy:
    • Intervention for Striving Readers (Tier 2): Small Group Initial Training for Secondary Grades, including 6 microcourses for ongoing implementation of the Storyshares LIFT program.
    • Training for Content Area Teachers (Tier 1): Adolescent Literacy Professional Learning Series to enhance reading and writing engagement for all students during Tier 1 instruction.
  • Co-Learning Opportunities:
    • Co-Learning Coaching Sessions: Provides responsive guidance for interventionists through co-coaching (HILL coaches for instructional routines, Storyshares coaches for book engagement).
    • Site Visits: Hands-on, direct, in-person coaching to build and strengthen your literacy ecosystem and address emerging needs quickly.
    • Interdisciplinary Professional Learning Sessions: Connects research to practice and supports a shared approach to adolescent literacy across subjects and tiers.
    • Literacy Leadership Mini-Series: Helps literacy leaders articulate and schedule an MTSS model to identify students for LIFT or other interventions.

View the Elevate PDF.