The TIERS project represents a mutually beneficial relationship of technical assistance, information exchange, and collaborative data collection to improve the implementation of three tiers of instruction (Response to Intervention). Technical assistance and support activities provided through this project are delivered to schoosl by the consultants of the HDC TIERS (Human Development Center Teams Intervening Early to Reach all Students). The consultants and school staff collaborate on the professional development including:

• Data collection and analysis related to student performance,
• Implementation of three tiers of instruction,
• Evaluation of effectiveness and,
• Design of continuous improvement activities.

Members of the TIERS staff collect needs assessment information, provide technical assistance relevant to determining priorities that school staff identify related to the full implementation of three tiers of instruction.

Schools and TIERS staff also collaborate in the analysis of information and data related to the implementation and the evaluation of three tiers of instruction.

Registration Now Available
 
Registration for a series of six (6) webinars addressing different aspects of Response to Intervention is now open. Registered participants will earn one (1) CEU credit for each webinar and may earn additional CEU credit by completing a post-webinar activity. Click HERE for more details and a glimpse inside each of the topics that will be covered.

Future webinar topics will include: Early Childhood Services, Transition from School to Life in the Community, Employment, Post-Secondary Options for Individuals with Disabilities, and many others.

TIERS Presentations

Given the critical nature of parent involvement in education, improvement efforts by the school need to be focused on enhancing this area. To this end, the TIERS team developed a set of seven modules based on evidence based practice that will likely improve schools’ performance on this indicator if rigorously applied. In addition to improving facilitation efforts by the school for involving parents of students receiving special education services, most of these strategies are generalizable to broad education practices as well. The module content includes: General Communication Strategies, Parent Friendly Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Practices, Home-School Note, Behavior Strategies, Reading Strategies, Mathematics Strategies, and Homework Strategies.

These modules can be downloaded by clicking the desired module linlk.

Best Practices for Improving Behavior

This series of documents focuses on the importance of family involvement, specific strategies that if applied correctly can improve the school’s approach to family friendly practices, and a discussion of how these strategies impact our environment & how we can take steps towards improving.

Communication Strategies

The focus of this module is to assist schools in improving the facilitation of family involvement with regards to communication strategies. This module emphasizes the importance that schools and parents must have a shared responsibility in educating students and that a relationship among all partners is crucial to student success.

Home School

The focus of this module is to assist schools in improving the facilitation of family involvement with regards to student behavior in the classroom using a Home School Note. This module will provide useful information about concepts, technical information, goals, and references for schools and parents.

Homework Strategies

This module focuses on assisting schools in the improvement and facilitation of parent and family involvement regarding homework strategies. The homework strategies module focuses on techniques that parents and teachers institute to improve homework completion and accuracy.

IEP

This module focuses on assisting schools to improve facilitation of parent and family involvement with regards to Individual Education Plans (IEPs). Information will be provided concerning concepts, technical information, goals, and references for schools about working effectively with parents.

Mathematics

The focus of this module will be on aiding parents in active involvement with increasing the fluency and computation of their child’s mathematics achievement. Involvement of parents can dramatically influence the academic performance of the student.

Reading

This module will focus on assisting schools to improve facilitation of parent and family involvement with regards to reading. In this module, four separate family programs that are designed to increase student reading performance will be discussed. Handouts detailing the procedure and references will be provided.

LSU Health Sciences Center Homepage, Intranet, Disclaimer,  Privacy Policy
Copyright 1996-2009. All rights reserved.