TIER I
TIER I Engages best practices and a rigorous instruction for all students with well-designed differentiated teaching and learning strategies. Teacher needs to meet the individual's needs to the best of their ability.
Universal Screening is for all students. This gives you a snap shot of the students that you want to monitor more closely during the next step.
When TIER I classroom instruction is truly differentiated using a variety of strategies, fewer students are identified for TIER II.
Fidelity Check is when you invite another teacher and/or administrator to come into your classroom and watch you teach.
- Look for's:
- Good teaching method?
- Dosage - Is the student getting enough of the intervention? Check what he/she is using.
- Observe student - How does the student respond? Example: cooperative, bored, oppositional, etc...?
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Best Practice Research "Is not what we do, it is how we do it."
Rule 1 - Time
Don't waste a single minute
Rule 2 - One size fits few
Differentiation is the key
Rule 3 - Intensity is the greater equalizer
Amplify the instructional level
Rule 4 - In addition to; over instead of
The power of double dipping
Rule 5 - Repeated practice
Transferability is the end goal
Repeated exposure - Multiply context - Time to practice
