Small-Group Interventions That Actually Work with Kerry Cusick & Erin Sharon

Small-Group Interventions That Actually Work with Kerry Cusick & Erin Sharon

March 27, 2026 · 54 min

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Kerry Cusick and Erin Sharon discuss how aligning Tier 1 instruction with small-group support can transform student outcomes.

Episode 248 There’s a saying we hear often in literacy work: you don’t want to try to intervene your way out of a Tier 1 problem. Real change happens when classroom instruction and small-group support are aligned. In this episode, we’re joined by Kerry Cusick and Erin Sharon, two reading interventionists, who share how aligning Tier 1 instruction with the small-group work they lead every day transformed both their approach and student outcomes. While their work lives in intervention, the rout...

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