3 Reasons Teachers Are Still Not Implementing Tier 1 (Despite all the PD)

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3 Reasons Teachers Are Still Not Implementing Tier 1 (Despite all the PD)

Biggest Takeaways You Don't Want to Miss:

Teachers don’t need another definition of Tier 1. They need to know what it looks like in their classroom, with their students, tomorrow morning.
You can’t fix Tier 1 from a spreadsheet. The most important data is happening in the moment, not after the fact.
When teachers can’t tell the difference between productive struggle and destructive struggle, they start rescuing kids who don’t need rescuing — and missing the ones who do.
Most “inconsistent implementation” isn’t a motivation issue; it’s an architecture issue. The system doesn’t make it easy to do the right thing consistently.
Great Tier 1 instruction doesn’t start in the classroom, it starts in planning that anticipates where students will stumble and builds supports before the lesson begins.

I’ve spent years watching principals pour time, energy, and training into Tier 1 instruction—only to walk into classrooms and see the same inconsistencies.

In this episode, I’m unpacking why that happens. Teachers understand Tier 1 in theory, but they struggle to translate it into their own classrooms, anticipate where students will stumble, and respond to the real-time data happening right in front of them.

When you fix those three things, Tier 1 finally becomes doable, sustainable, and effective #LikeABuilder.

Check out these highlights:

Why teachers still struggle to implement Tier 1 effectively—even after all the PD and coaching.
How small shifts in planning can move teachers from reacting to student struggle to anticipating it.
What most schools miss when they rely on data dashboards instead of the real-time data happening right in front of them.
Why Tier 1 breaks down when teachers understand the concept but can’t translate it to their classrooms.
The simple framework Builders use to make Tier 1 doable, sustainable, and visible in every classroom.

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