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HILLARY WOEST

National Presenter | Author | Educational Practitioner

These free resources are designed to help educators strengthen planning, anticipate student needs, use evidence more effectively, and move important work forward with greater clarity.

Practical tools you can use now.

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Tier 1 Support AI Prompt Menu

Use AI prompts to anticipate misconceptions, plan scaffolds, and strengthen access before students struggle.

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Tier 2 Support AI Prompt Menu

Turn assessment evidence into targeted reteaching, grouping, and scaffolded support aligned to essential learning.

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Tiered Support in Action

Review completed examples that show how priority learning targets, anticipated barriers, Tier 1 supports, and Tier 2 responses fit together.

A document titled "Tiered Support in Action" with guidance on collaborative planning and responsive practice for educators. It includes sections on how to use the resource, an example of tiered support planning for grade 3 aligned with TEKS standards, learning targets, student struggles, and support strategies, along with references to educational standards and an author website.
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PLCs Through the Lens of CTE — Leader Edition

Help your CTE teachers find useful colleagues and make the most of their collaborative time.

This guide offers campus and district leaders practical ways to support PLC collaboration across different courses and pathways, including teachers who work as singletons. You’ll find examples, discussion prompts, and planning pages to help teachers clarify learning, examine student work, and plan support and extensions.

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Tier 1 & Tier 2 Support Planning Template

Connect essential standards, proactive support, formative evidence, intervention, and enrichment in one collaborative planning tool.

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