1. Building Teacher Capacity to Deliver Tier 1 Interventions: An 8-Step Checklist Jim Wright

2. Team Activity: Building Tier 1 Capacity
At your tables:
Review the video clip of Mr. Grimes’ 9th-grade math class.
Select one or more academic ‘Tier 1’ instructional or other ideas that you believe would benefit Mr. Grimes in helping his students to be successful in his course.

3. Maintaining Classroom Discipline (1947): Pt. 1 of 3 (4:12)
Source: Internet Archive. Retrieved September 23, 2007, from

15. Team Activity: Building Tier 1 Capacity
At your tables:
Consider the eight steps to building Tier 1 teacher capacity to deliver effective classroom interventions.
Discuss the strengths and challenges that your school or district presents in promoting classroom teachers’ appropriate and effective use of Tier 1 interventions.
Be prepared to share your discussion with the larger group!

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