The Tiered System

For each category, you will see two entries.  Once students complete Tier 1, then they are ready to progress to Tier 2.  Here are traits of each Tier Level:


Tier 1

• Experiences designed and led by an educator
• Active learning opportunities
• Focus is on helping students ask questions, wrestle with multiple perspectives, write intensively, and learn to interact in groups

Tier 2

• Educator involves students in the design of the experiences and in the inquiry process
• Students learn to practice professional and scholarly methods and skills and engage in creative, professional or scholarly inquiry
• Focus is on teaching students how to conduct their own inquiries and address their own problems in groups and individually through intensive research, writing, and professional activity