Success Stories
Hear what our partners are saying about Jounce.
“Jounce has mastered the art of teacher training.”
“At Relay, we believe that teachers get better by learning, practicing, and performing the most effective teaching techniques. Jounce has mastered the art of teacher practice. After a classroom observation, I had the opportunity to watch Paul model a specific technique, facilitate practice with clear directions, and use an interrupt protocol to provide targeted feedback. This cycle was repeated over 5 times until perfect execution of the technique. The most impressive takeaway? This cycle took less than 20 minutes! Lack of time is no excuse for ineffective practice with Jounce. This is the type of rapid-fire practice and feedback every teacher needs to become great!”
— Shemanne Davis, Dean of Relay, Philadelphia & Camden
“[The Jounce model] has the type of rapid-fire practice and feedback every teacher needs to become great!”
"[Jounce] took our once amorphous teacher support program and created a structure that was easy to follow and implement. The results were dramatic. On average, students at KIPP West Philadelphia made more than two years of growth in math and reading according to the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test."
— Greg Leap, Principal, KIPP West Philadelphia Prep
“The results were dramatic. Students made more than two years of growth in math and reading.”
I'd been training and supporting teachers for many years when I started getting coached by Jounce. The Jounce team has helped me bring a new and more analytical lens to my work with teachers. I now feel confident that I can hire a new teacher and coach her to be highly effective within a year or two. I have been coached by Jounce all 3 years that our new campus has been open. During this time our students' reading levels rose from 20% on grade level to 66%. This dramatic improvement has been possible because of the coaching work we have been able to do under Jounce's support.
— Kate O'Shea, Awbury Lower School Director, Wissahickon Charter School
"Our students' reading levels rose from 20% on grade level to 66%. This dramatic improvement has been possible because of [...] Jounce."
"Jounce has given me the best coaching I have ever received as a teacher. After each coaching session I feel like a better teacher. Their focus on bite-sized chunks makes it easy to practice a specific skill and then implement it immediately in the classroom. My classroom is always a better place to learn and to teach after my coaching sessions."
— Maura S., KIPP West Philadelphia Prep Teacher
“Jounce has given me the best coaching I have ever received.”
"Jounce has exponentially grown the abilities of myself and my staff. The concrete and practical skills that Jounce have given us have improved our school-wide practices and ultimately contribute to the betterment of our students."
— Zachary Duberstein, Principal, Vare-Washington Elementary
"[Jounce has] improved our school-wide practices and ultimately contribute[s] to the betterment of our students."
We've been working with Jounce for almost ten years now and their support has unquestionably helped us to grow as an institution. Often when we've worked with outside consultants, the fact that they were outside of our organization hindered the partnership. They don't often understand our mission and our approach or get to know our people. The coaches from Jounce work to immerse themselves in our culture, curriculum, mission, and team. It makes all the difference!
— Kristi Littell, CEO of Wissahickon Charter School Network
"The coaches from Jounce work to immerse themselves in our culture, curriculum, mission, and team. It makes all the difference!”
"The "war for talent" in ed reform has gotten us to a place where we have a few schools that are able to do great things for kids (and even in those cases, the results often aren't sustained for very long), but in most schools, we still aren't providing truly transformative teaching to our kids. Jounce comes at this problem from a completely different place - investment in the teachers and leaders we already have, through high-repetition, real-time coaching that quickly grows skill."
— Sean Gallagher, Chief of Schools, ReNew Schools