Effective Universal Instruction: An Action-Oriented Approach to Improving Tier 1
By: Kimberly Gibbons, Sarah Brown & Bradley C. Niebling
Book Reviewed By: Ashley Girt
This highly relevant text helps school leadership teams accomplish the crucial yet often overlooked task of improving tier one universal instruction within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS). Strong universal instruction reduces the numbers of PreK-12 students who need additional services and support. Providing clear action steps and encouraging guidance, the expert authors present a roadmap for evaluating the effectiveness of tier one, identifying barriers to successful implementation, and making and sustaining instructional improvements.
Why I Recommend This Book:
More often than not, schools have found themselves attempting to intervene their way to improvement without much success. This book gets to the heart of what principals all too often neglect - implementation fidelity of the core (tier one) curriculum. Gibbons, Brown, and Liebling not only remind us of the importance of Tier 1 instruction, but also provide practical ways that school leadership teams can assess their school's current state of effectiveness, remove barriers to improving instruction, and most important, reflect on their own efforts.