Why Tier 1 Done Right Changes Everything

Hey everybody, it's Cheri Dotterer
from Tier One Interventions Today.

Jonily is gonna uncover some new material.

She didn't even tell me what
this time, so take it away,

Jonily and let's get started.

Mission accomplished.

Mission accomplished.

We are gonna unpack exactly what
that means in our first segment

here of our live session today.

And I've done it in a way that my other
Algebra one teachers at my school, they're

first year teachers, I want them to have
a successful January math in a month.

So I actually had to create the
slide deck so it's user friendly

so that they can just show it every
day and it facilitates for them.

So for Algebra one, I
actually have this year.

That's better than it's ever been.

For all of you here, live for all of you.

Tier one interventions, level two,
every resource that I've mentioned, I

actually have a special Google folder
for tier one interventions, level two ev.

And as I've been planning, I've
been putting the pieces in there.

Every resource I've mentioned, you're
gonna get a link to that Google folder

that has everything I've mentioned
today, because as I was planning

today, I, so you're gonna get my whole
Algebra one January math in a month.

You are gonna see how Purple X
develops at an algebra one level

with pictures and notation then how
I relate Purple X to parent function.

Explicit and recursive rules, domain
and range and transformations.

So I'm so proud of myself.

Are you guys proud of me?

Of course we are.

I know Kirk.

Thank you.

Thank you.

My first graders, when Jonily came in
November, they were like, oh, I'm like,

she's the one that's made all these
like activities and like the reference

tasks that we do, like rectangles
and pizza, and they're like, oh,

and like the purple X in the basket.

And I'm like, yes, those two,

Amy and I had so much
freaking fun with her kids.

A I'm Amy, I'm coming back.

Ooh, I think I can come.

Ja January 5th.

Stop it.

Oh my gosh.

Oh my gosh.

Wait a minute.

I gotta write this down because I
asked the other day, they were like,

oh yeah, that's a work at home.

Or like a records day, whatever.

They're like, we don't care.

So Amy Garrison, January 5th.

I am the reason I'm now, if you have
to cancel that, it's no problem.

But the reason I'm writing that down
is I'm going to send an email to

my admin today just approving it.

They never disapprove anything I
say because who would do that to me?

But I'm going to email them today just
so that I have in writing the approval.

And girl, we're gonna have fun.

Okay.

And if you can stay like most of the
day, then we could go have Mexican meal.

I love Mexican.

Do you like Mexican food?

Yes.

So if you could, we could
go to the Mexican restaurant

that Natalie and I went to.

Okay.

Oh my gosh, I'm so excited.

I'm so excited.

You've just given me the best gift
I've ever heard and dreamed of heart.

Okay, so this is season three.

I should write that to make sure
we're, we know what's happening here.

Okay.

This is season three
and I love season three.

Did I say that already?

Okay.

Season four and five, I actually
don't even care about because

by the end of January I've done
everything I can do for these kids.

So anything else we do as a bonus,
like I'm just smooth sailing and

honestly, I'm either giving kids
like a project or I'm worksheet them.

'cause I'm done for the year.

The end of January, I'm on cruise control.

If you didn't get it by now, there's
nothing else I can do for you that's

on you as the student I'm just saying.

So I'm gonna do whatever I can do
after January to just be the warm body

in the room for the rest of the year.

Now I say all that sarcastically.

However, you know there are glimpses of
excitement and, but what I'm trying to

tell you is if you can get this far in
your school year using the novel model,

there's no panic at test time.

There's no panic, there's no hurry up,
no huddle offense, there's no test prep.

There's like there.

There's no, like you are in such a good
emotional state if you use this model.

I can't even explain it
until you feel it yourself.

You have to trust the system.

You have to trust the model.

So season four is like this.

Season two, it kind of mimics that.

Season two.

Season four is February through
April, February, March, April, and

it's really this mimic of season two.

You might still have a bunch of stuff
to do, but like you've got three months.

When have we ever freed up
three months of no have toss.

This is all just bonus.

Do whatever you want.

Finish teaching your textbook.

Textbook that your district is
like you have to do every page,

which is stupid by the way, but.

Look at all the, you can
do whatever you want here.

Now I keep doing fun stuff.

I really don't put myself on
cruise control to be honest,

because I'm just so excited.

The kids are so excited that we're doing
more quick dots and we're doing more like

we're just, we're doing, three act math.

We're doing the vacation project,
we're doing planning a trip.

We're using what math, do
we see on the go-kart track.

We're just doing lots of
random application stuff.

I just have a good time with them and
I'm doing lots of test release questions

with them because I finished my content.

I know they're gonna take
the end of course test in

April and I can do test prep.

But it's not stressful.

It's not stressful because it's
you guys know this, we've done it.

And if I have those few that
don't know it, I can then relate

it to everything back here.

I need to write this down 'cause I
wanna show you guys this example.

Hold on a second.

Okay.

You are gonna like this.

I'm gonna show you guys two
specific examples of reference task

chunks and how I taught a release
test question for algebra one.

I'm gonna show you that today.

So yeah, that is season four.

I hope I didn't say se, I might
have said season three for that.

I'm, I messed up if I did.

This is season four and then
season five is I really don't care

because season five is, may, like it's
after testing, we've got field trips, some

groups are going bowling or the zoo or
going to the pool and like there, there

really are no instructional days in May.

So if you think you're gonna teach
anything, you're kidding yourself.

So I mean I will look, I have a love-hate
relationship with teachers, pay teachers.

I'll just pull some teachers pay teacher
stuff just to keep them busy in May.

Like I'm just being real with all y'all.

Okay.

Because there aren't many
instructional days in May.

Now what I do with some of the schools
that I coach may becomes very important

because they, if they don't know
this model and I've been teaching

them this model all year, but they
haven't been implementing it, they

haven't really been listening to me
all year because they're in their

hurry up know huddle offense state.

That is just a vicious cycle every year.

And by this time I
can't even talk to them.

I can't even meet with groups by this
season because they're like test.

I can't, they can't have
any outside stimuli at all.

Educators that are in
this like panic mode.

So once we finish testing, then
I put my teachers to work for

the development of next year.

So if you've done bits and pieces of
the model, but not really the full

model may is your practice model.

So what I encourage most teachers to do,
if they're making this transition into

the novel model method of delivering math
instruction, what I advise and coach most

of my teachers to do is run a mock season.

One in May, run a mock first
15 days or first eight days.

Maybe you only have eight
instructional days in May.

Do eight days of the first 15 to
practice it at the end of this year for

your new students coming in next year.

Give it a practice run, which is why
I am now gonna bubble that in green,

because that's how I coded season one.

In the comments here, how early can
step two be exposed to students?

Do they get watered down for
kindergarten, or how does that look?

Asking maybe to include in what am I Oh.

For kindergarten and I have this
spreadsheet already because I'm meeting

with my curriculum director on Tuesday
because we are unveiling the must haves,

the bottom lines, the non-negotiables,
and I have all of this in a spreadsheet.

The spreadsheet for kindergarten
says you are to do two things in

kindergarten counting and rectangles
Within counting is quick dots,

whisper counting, and one 20 chart.

And then in making
rectangles is what it says.

It's making rectangles using quick dots,
but also pizza problem purple X. So

the only two things to ground yourself
in at kindergarten, which is, I don't

even call it chapter one in the novel
model, kindergarten is the introduction.

It's like chapter zero and there's
only two things to focus on,

which is counting and rectangles.

And Theresa, when we
meet again, one-on-one.

Let's talk about that specifically
for your work counting and rectangles.

And I will give you the counting
breakdown and explicits.

And the rectangle breakdown.

Jonily, I wanna close out Tier One
Interventions podcast, and that is, if you

are listening to this podcast and you are

thinking, how do I get involved,
you wanna head over to your show

notes and click on the link.

We are offering you to come to a
session like this where you get all two

and a half hours at one shot for $47.

You can then join another
session for another $47.

Or you can buy the whole year for
$497 plus you have to buy the.

When if you're going to go buy
the whole year, you're gonna

have to buy level one as well.

But the coaching and these conversations
that we're having are $497.

That sounds to me like a really good
deal for to really think the way you're

thinking about not just mathematics,
but occupational therapist delivery,

speech therapy, delivery, special
ed delivery, and how we're helping

these kids rethink, reregulate,
relearn and think about life as whole.