Dec. 6, 2025

SUNDAY REWIND - Articulating Your Big Rocks: Establishing Tier 1 in Your Continuum of Supports

SUNDAY REWIND - Articulating Your Big Rocks: Establishing Tier 1 in Your Continuum of Supports

In this episode of Leading Collaborative Response, Jennifer and Kurtis discuss big rocks as they pertain to the Continuum of Supports: narrowing the focus of universal instructional practices to a handful of high impact strategies that can be agreed upon as non-negotiable across all classrooms in a school or district.


Connect with Kurtis Hewson
Email  kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter @hewsonk27
LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson

Connect with Jennifer Ferguson
Email  jennifer.ferguson@jigsawlearning.ca
Twitter  @_MrsFerguson_
Linkedin  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dickson-ferguson/  


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Related Resources

Continuum of Support Samples https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/resources-and-samples/collaborative-response/continuum-supports

Strategies for Refining and Utilizing Your Continuum of Supports
​​https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVwdhSC-yo0tesiu_eywpzX2RSEVwy87wSL4dx_dEus/edit?usp=sharing

Make the Pancakes (Putting the Pieces Together with Jigsaw Learning - Nick Moskaluk) https://youtu.be/VJnJDOkWXVc

Reflecting on Making Pancakes https://youtu.be/hXjnZXi9LLI
 
Good News! Your Continuum of Supports is Never Done! https://youtu.be/eAI04nFcDrE

Northern Gateway Public Schools Quality Pedagogy https://www.ngps.ca/quality-learning-environments/quality-pedagogy 

View additional resources and samples at https://www.jigsawlearning.ca/resources-and-samples/collaborative-response/continuum-supports

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Kurtis’ Reading List

The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward  https://www.amazon.ca/Power-Regret-Looking-Backward-Forward/dp/0735210659/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FTKLUSUUT8RZ&keywords=power+of+regret&qid=1685399602&sprefix=power+of+regret%2Caps%2C246&sr=8-1 

The IKEA Effect https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/11-091.pdf 
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