Erath Middle School Educator Receives National Recognition

Mrs. Christine Hebert was awarded Accelerated Reader Master Classroom Certification by Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., based company.
Master Classroom Certification acknowledges that Hebert’s efforts to promote personalized reading practice, assess comprehension, and monitor progress have resulted in measurable improvements in reading proficiency.

Accelerated Reader Master Classroom Certification demonstrates that a majority of her students have met or exceeded goals for reading practice and comprehension. After reading fiction and non-fiction books at the appropriate level, students take quizzes to assess their comprehension. Accelerated Reader provides immediate feedback to help teachers facilitate reading level growth.

“Mrs. Hebert is dedicated to reading instruction and proficiency by her students.  She provides data to her students which allow them to make good choices about their reading responsibility.  These choices and their success contribute to making our school what it is,” said Lynn Moss, Principal at Erath Middle.  The school’s mission is academic success for all students. Mrs. Hebert and her students take the mission seriously and work hard to make us proud.  Reading and comprehension are of utmost importance in assuring students are college and career ready.

This is Hebert’s first year reaching Accelerated Reader Master Classroom Certification and third time achieving Accelerated Reader Model Classroom Certification. Mrs. Hebert takes pride in her students’ efforts to accomplish this goal with her.

Accelerated Reader, the world’s leading reading software program, enables teachers to personalize reading practice and monitor comprehension to optimize growth.

Today’s real-time version provides access to more than 150,000 quizzes, more than half of which are for non-fiction books.  This vast collection of quizzes provides opportunities for students to read and comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity from early grades through graduation. With a teacher’s permission, students may take quizzes on most mobile learning devices, reducing the need for students to wait for computers.