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Aligning Tutoring With Tier I: Making Instructional Coherence Real
Thursday July 16, 2026 11:40am - 12:40pm CDT
Room 205
High-impact tutoring is most effective when it is tightly aligned to core instruction. This session focuses on strategies for ensuring tutoring complements—not competes with—Tier I instruction. Participants will examine how classroom assessments can inform tutoring, how tutors and teachers communicate effectively, and how districts can strengthen instructional coherence across settings and systems. This session will also highlight an ongoing professional learning pilot at an AR district engage in an Outcomes-Based Contract with Instructional Coherence as the objective.
Speakers
avatar for Dori Klar

Dori Klar

Amplify Tutoring
An educator for 25 years, I represent the Amplify Tutoring team, coaching tutors across the country and managing various Tutoring initiatives and engagements. I have teaching experience in upper elementary grades, an MEd and certification in school administration, and am trained in... Read More →
avatar for Amy Counts

Amy Counts

Director of Curriculum Projects, Arkansas Division of Elementary & Secondary Education
Since 2003, I have worked in K-12 education in Massachusetts, Texas, Maryland, and Arkansas. During that time, I have worked in both rural and urban school districts, teaching students in fifth to twelfth grade. In 2019, I joined the Arkansas Division of Elementary & Secondary Education... Read More →
avatar for David Byers

David Byers

Maynard School District
avatar for Sarah Goodwin

Sarah Goodwin

ELA & Course Advisor, ADE - DESE
Formerly a high school ELA teacher, I now serve on the Humanities team at the Arkansas Department of Education – Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (ADE-DESE). As the ELA & Course Advisor, I focus on secondary English Language Arts across the state and oversee course... Read More →
avatar for Isaac Cross

Isaac Cross

Humanities Specialist, Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
Isaac Cross serves as the Humanities Specialist with the Arkansas Department of Education, supporting statewide initiatives in world languages, social studies, community service learning, Arkansas Celebrates America250, the Arkansas Literacy Tutoring Grant, and the High Impact Tutoring... Read More →
Aligning Tutoring with Tier 1 Handout pdf
Thursday July 16, 2026 11:40am - 12:40pm CDT
Room 205 Hot Springs Convention Center
  Instruction, High-Impact Tutoring

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