INTRODUCING:
Tier 1 Spotlight PD Kits
You know Tier 1 practices need to be stronger
across classrooms
in your school.
Knowing where to
start doesn't have to
be the hard part.
Start with one instructional practice your teachers can strengthen together.
Tier 1 Spotlight PD Kits give you four ready-to-lead sessions with the slides, facilitator agendas, classroom examples, discussion activities, and teacher planning time
already built in.
Choose the area where you are seeing the biggest need for growth right now.
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Which instructional gap are you seeing most right now?
Choose the instructional focus your staff needs next, then see exactly what you’ll have ready to lead.
Option 1
CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING
Help teachers move from “Does everyone get it?”
to evidence they can actually use.
Everything you need to lead all four sessions is already included:
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The complete Checks for Understanding Edu-Toolkit, with curated articles, videos, examples, and additional resources
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4 fully planned 60-minute professional learning sessions:
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From “Any Questions?” to Evidence of Understanding
Replace low-information checks with strategies that make more student thinking visible. -
Making Checks More Informative
Strengthen prompts, response methods, participation, and the evidence teachers gather. -
Expanding the CFU Toolkit
Choose the right strategy based on what teachers actually need to learn from students. -
From Checking to Responding
Use student responses to decide whether to continue, clarify, reteach, regroup, or gather more information.
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A detailed facilitator agenda for every session
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Ready-to-use presentation slide decks
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Classroom examples and staff discussion prompts
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Activities that help teachers examine and strengthen current practice
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Built-in planning time so teachers leave each session knowing what they’ll try next
You review the materials, add your campus context, and lead.
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Option 2
ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
Help teachers create classrooms where students do more of the thinking, explaining, listening, and responding.
Everything you need to lead all four sessions is already included:
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The complete Academic Discourse Edu-Toolkit, with curated articles, videos, protocols, and additional resources
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4 fully planned professional learning sessions ranging from 60–90 minutes
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From Teacher Talk to Student Talk
Help teachers create more meaningful student-to-student interaction and redesign lessons so students take on more of the thinking, speaking, listening, and responding. -
Making Turn-and-Talk More Purposeful
Strengthen prompts, preparation, routines, accountability, and follow-up so partner talk produces better academic thinking. -
Choosing the Right Discussion Structure for the Thinking You Want
Compare discussion structures based on the thinking and participation they support, then choose one that fits the purpose of an upcoming lesson. -
Moving Toward Student-Led Discussion
Help students gradually take on more responsibility for academic conversations by intentionally modeling, practicing, and transferring discussion responsibilities.
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A detailed facilitator agenda for every session
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Ready-to-use presentation slide decks
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Classroom examples and staff discussion prompts
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Opportunities for teachers to experience and analyze discussion strategies themselves
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Built-in planning time so teachers leave knowing what they want to try next
You review the materials, add your campus context, and lead.
Instant Digital Access
Which Tier 1 focus does your staff need right now?
Checks for Understanding
Choose this if teachers are getting participation from students, but not enough evidence to know who understands, what they understand, or what needs to happen next.
Instant Access - $39
Academic Discourse
Choose this if students are talking, but discussions still depend heavily on the teacher, stay surface-level, or don’t give enough students meaningful responsibility for the thinking.
Instant Access - $39
Start with the problem your staff is running into most often right now.
Built to change classroom practice, not fill a PD calendar.
These were designed to help you keep one instructional priority going long enough for teachers to actually use it.
Use one session during a staff development day.
Bring the next into a faculty meeting.
Give teachers time to try the learning in their classrooms.
Then return to the topic several weeks later ready to refine it.
You can build the learning across the year instead of introducing a priority once and hoping it sticks.
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WHY TRUST THIS RESOURCE?
Jodie Villemaire
Founder, Principal Leadership Solutions
I’m a veteran principal and school leader with 27 years in public education, followed by five years as a certified executive coach supporting principals and schools across the country.
I’ve spent decades observing classrooms, coaching teachers, leading professional learning, and helping leadership teams turn instructional priorities into things teachers can actually use.
I also know what it feels like to have a very clear idea of what my staff needs to work on and absolutely no extra hours in my schedule to build the PD sessions for it.
That’s what these kits are designed to solve.
Your next Tier 1 PD does not have to start with a blank slide deck.
Choose the instructional focus your staff needs next. The session sequence, facilitator guidance, presentation materials, activities, and teacher application time are already planned.
Instant digital access after purchase.
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