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I heard a great analogy several years ago about education and teaching, which has struck a nerve with me. I have come to realize that teaching is a great deal like building a house. Our students need a firm, well-built foundation, on which all later learning can be built. 

In previous years, teaching was more tailored to the individual student, and while I value this individualization, I have no wish to go back to the one-room schoolhouse with 40 students! But, I do think that an in-depth analysis about why students struggle in school, and why this struggle snowballs as they move through the grade levels is needed. 

In this episode, I discuss this analogy, give a silly example of what would happen if we treated construction of houses like we do the education of a student, and why I think progress monitoring and the RTI/MTSS process could be important in improving student outcomes in today's school environment. 

For more information about progress monitoring, check out my blog: https://everydayteachingadventures.com  

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Today on the Reaching Struggling Learners Podcast, we discuss some of the pressures put on teachers to show improvement, ways that progress monitoring has been presented to me, and why I think that the process shouldn’t be so stress-inducing for teachers. 

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I am Jessica Curtis (boy mom, veteran teacher in gen ed and sped, passionate about making sure every student is able to perform the basic skills needed to be successful after graduating high school, especially reading) of Everyday Teaching Adventures.

I started ETA because I like making things for my students and realized that many teachers were struggling to find resources which met the needs of struggling learners. So I started out by creating resources to help with this. 

In working with high schoolers I saw how many students were graduating with low reading levels. So I changed my focus to helping struggling learners throughout the education system through providing materials, resources and support to teachers and parents through the RTI/MTSS process. 

I am starting this podcast to help teachers and parents learn about the strategies they can use to help their children or students be successful. 

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Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. I’m adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on those. Click here for iTunes. 

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Links Mentioned in the Show:

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