{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"OnYourMark Podcast","title":"Designing Literacy Intervention That Works: How Jamie Thomas Builds for Student Impact at OnYourMark","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2191,"description":"In today's episode, host Mindy Sjoblom sits down with Jamie Thomas, Managing Director of Program Design and Impact at OnYourMark and one of the organization's founding team members.\nJamie shares how her journey from elementary teaching to early childhood program design, instructional coaching, and literacy intervention shaped the work she leads today. Together, Mindy and Jamie reflect on how OnYourMark has evolved over the past five years--from an early idea to supporting thousands of students with targeted literacy intervention.\nMindy and Jamie discuss what it really takes to design an effective literacy program: listening to students, tutors, and school partners; grounding decisions in the science of reading; using data to continuously improve; and protecting the relationship between students and tutors. They also explore why early intervention matters, how support needs to change for older struggling readers, and what research has taught OnYourMark about delivering effective and sustainable high-dosage tutoring.\nKey Moments\n01:05 Jamie's path from classroom teacher to literacy program leader\n05:37 Designing intervention through research, data, and listening\n07:48 How school collaboration improves student outcomes\n11:37 Using tutor feedback to strengthen program design\n13:07 Listening to student voices in tutoring\n15:51 Why early literacy intervention matters\n18:03 Supporting older struggling readers differently\n23:22 Creating coherence across different literacy curricula\n28:46 What research has taught OnYourMark about tutoring\n32:58 How OnYourMark trains and develops tutors\n35:03 What schools should look for in a literacy intervention partner\nWhy You'll Love This Episode\nIf you care about literacy intervention, high-dosage tutoring, or designing programs that actually respond to student needs, this conversation offers a behind-the-scenes look at how OnYourMark approaches the work.\nJamie shares why strong program design starts with listening, how research and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5NydEFA_qXyiCW0KwnrKe3r-T7cwMW6JrfLozUoHRfY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZjZm/YTE1ZjRlMjNkMDU4/MzI1MTBjZWJkOGU5/M2FiYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}