Tier 1: Your MTSS foundation, with Sarah Brown, Ph.D.
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown, Ph.D., is a consultant and co-author of the books Effective Universal Instruction: An Action-Oriented Approach to Improving Tier 1; MTSS for Reading Improvement: A Leader’s Tool Kit for Schoolwide Success; and Routines for Reading Results: A Practical Approach for Accelerating Growth. She serves schools through her MTSS Data Academy. She’s served in a variety of educational roles, including Bureau Chief leading special education and MTSS implementation for Iowa, special educator director, professional learning administrator, and school psychologist. She is passionate about empowering systems to improve outcomes for every learner.
Meet our host: Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert, Ed.D., is Chief Academic Officer of Literacy at Amplify and host of Science of Reading: The Podcast. Throughout her career, she has focused on creating high-quality learning environments using evidence-based practices. Lambert is a mom of four, a grandma of four, a world traveler, and a collector of stories.
As the host of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Lambert explores the increasing body of scientific research around how reading is best taught. A former classroom teacher, administrator, and curriculum developer, she’s dedicated to turning theory into best practices that educators can put right to use in the classroom, and to showcasing national models of reading instruction excellence.
Quotes
“Our labels don’t define our students’ skills and abilities. The quality and intensity of our instruction is really what matters.”
“We are running ourselves ragged trying to provide intervention for too many students.”
“Tier 1 instruction really deserves the same love and attention as your interventions and other tiers.”
“[An] MTSS is a framework, not a roadmap, which means that it doesn’t look the same in every school.”