Tiers of Instruction: A Guide to Effective Teaching Practices
Understanding Tiers of Instruction: A Guide to Effective Teaching Practices Traditionally, Response to Intervention (RTI) is often visualized as a pyramid, with Tier 1 at the base, encompassing the largest group of students, and Tiers 2 and 3 narrowing towards... read more
How the Mind Learns: Information Processing Model and EDI
Explicit Direct Instruction and Cognitive Processing: A Perfect Pair for Learning In today’s dynamic educational landscape, educators must understand not only what to teach but how students absorb and retain new knowledge. Leveraging the Information Processing Model... read more
Learning to Read English
The Problem with ELD Instruction Imagine being dropped in the middle of a foreign country where you don’t know the language. Now, imagine that you have been placed into a high school English class and the assignment is to analyze the metaphors in chapter 4 of The... read more
Six Components of an Effective Literacy Program
What makes an effective literacy program? As an adult, you already know how to read and write. You were given skills and tools in school to master reading and writing. These skills and tools came from a literacy program. A literacy program contains all the components... read more
Finland – What’s the big deal?
A surprising powerhouse In 2012 while working with Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) Center of Excellence in Astana, Kazakhstan, as an educational consultant, I started to do reports and work on research, specifically, “Best Practices” methodologies. NIS wanted... read more