Tier IV: Empowering
This final phase of the framework - Tier IV: Empowering- is where change transcends daily practice. In this tier, educators are equipped to lead with confidence and drive systemic impact within their classrooms and schools. Empowerment comes through interdisciplinary analysis, fostering complex writing and thinking, and engaging in meaningful disciplinary discourse. Support strategies focus on aligning curriculum vertically, managing complex change, and building educator-led movements that sustain progress. The transformation pathway brings it all together - cultivating thinking citizens, enabling rich civic discourse, and advancing full community transformation. Tier IV is about turning vision into action, equipping teachers not only to inspire students but to lead change in schools, districts, and communities.
