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HOW SOUND TRAINING
HAS THE SOLUTION
FOR EMPLOYERS
If you’ve heard positive
murmurings about Lexonik
by Sound Training, it’s hardly
surprising. The Teesside
company is creating waves as
far afield as the United Arab
Emirates and the USA – and
now it’s ready to make an
impact in business too. Tees
Business finds out more…
I
t was never meant to be like this. Life
has taken a rather different path from the
one Katy Parkinson expected when she
launched her company nearly seven years
ago.
Katy is the founder director of Lexonik by
Sound Training, the Middlesbrough-based
company that’s improving literacy levels and
life outcomes for learners way beyond the
fields she initially envisaged.
Katy developed the unique teaching
programme with the aim of supporting
learning at all levels and raising achievement
for local students. But since the company’s
inception in September 2011, things have
taken a very different flight path.
In June alone, Katy, along with the
firm’s CEO Claire Preston, travelled by
aeroplane and train to meet with education
professionals in Qatar, Oman and Texas, with
the aim of extending the reach of the award-
winning teaching resource.
Katy and Claire avidly believe that literacy
levels impact not only upon success within
education, but on employment opportunities,
career advancement, and ultimately, personal
fulfillment and life chances.
Katy said: “Regardless of their start in
life, we want all individuals to have access
to Lexonik, a truly positive educational
experience, which we have proven can be
life-changing. Sadly, so many people do not
experience this.”
Lexonik is a revolutionary way of raising
attainment using a combination of unique
resources and instruction. Sound Training,
the company behind it, has been improving
literacy and accelerating learning for those of
Katy Parkinson (left) and
Claire Preston of of Sound
Training are set to launch
Lexonik to unleash the
potential in employees.
all abilities across the UK and beyond for the
last seven years.
What you may not realise is that Lexonik
can provide the solution that many employers
have been seeking too.
Suitable for even the most able of learners
or employees, Lexonik enhances literacy and
vocabulary levels, improving communication,
comprehension, confidence and ultimately
personal and professional development.
So far more than 60,000 students have
benefitted from Lexonik - with staggering
results.
After only six hours over six weeks,
reading and comprehension are raised
dramatically. While the impact of this is easy
to recognise and measure in school or adult
education settings, the wider application is as
yet untapped.
In addition to wider implementation in the
UK and international schools, plans are in
place to work with federal departments in
the US with young as well as older learners,
including an innovative project working with
those within the criminal justice system.
But it doesn’t end there. High on the
agenda for Katy and Claire is the desire
and intention to work with local employers
wishing to invest in their workforce, improve
literacy, communication and education levels
generally.
Watch this space…
For more details about Lexonik by
Sound Training, visit lexonik.co.uk or
email [email protected]