BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE AN INTERVENTION PROBLEM… WE HAVE A TIER I PROBLEM.
Kick-start Your Conference With a One-of-a-Kind, Highimpact Morning
With Hope King, Wade King & Andre Deshotel
Get ready for something GYTO has never done before. This three-hour immersive master class is designed to ground your entire conference experience in the most powerful place it can start: Tier I instruction. You’ll evaluate your practices, watch systems come to life with real students, and leave with the clarity and confidence to transform instruction the moment you return to your classroom.
PART 1: GYTO S INSTRUCTIONAL PLAYBOOK
Evaluate. Prioritize. Transform.
With Hope King and Wade King, you’ll examine your current instructional practices through the lens of Five to Thrive. You’ll identify the gaps, the inconsistencies, and the places where small shifts can create big impact.
This is not theory This is clarity Before you step into any other workshop, you’ll know exactly what you ’ re here to learn, strengthen, and take home.
PART 3: ENGAGEMENT & WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING
Where Five to Thrive Meets the Energy Your Students Crave
Andre will break down the engagement strategies that make Five to Thrive come alive with movement, accountability, whole brain teaching, and the instructional energy needed to keep students locked in all day long.
You’ll leave with practical, high-impact strategies you can use starting Day One of school
Bring your burning questions about instruction, engagement, management, or anything you just watched.
You’ll be able to submit questions live and get real, honest answers from Hope, Wade, and Andre.
Five to Thrive: Start to Finish
This session gives you an up-close, real-time look at what highquality Tier I instruction looks, sounds, and feels like when all Five to Thrive components are working together.
You’ll watch a complete mini-lesson taught with live students, analyze Hope’s instructional moves, and walk away with a crystalclear vision you can bring back to your own classroom.
Part 1: Prepare Your Look-Fors
Setting You Up to See the Right Things
Before the lesson begins, Hope will break down exactly what to watch for so you ’ re not overwhelmed by everything happening at once You’ll be guided to notice the specific moves, moments, and micro-decisions that make strong Tier I instruction stick.
Part 2: Live Model Lesson
Watch Tier I Instruction in Action
You’ll observe a full lesson taught live with students, exactly as it would happen in a real classroom. This is your chance to see the Five to Thrive framework not as slides but as movement, language, redirection, pacing, checks for understanding, and student response patterns.
This is not a performance. It’s a transparent, authentic view of effective instruction that you can model your own lessons after.
Part 3: Debrief + Q&A
Unpack the Lesson and Transfer the Learning
After the lesson, Hope will walk you through the major moves of the lesson and connect each one back to the Five to Thrive pillars. This is where the why behind the what becomes clear.
Q&A: Ask Hope anything from classroom management, pacing, student motivation, transitions, small groups, or behavior. This is your chance to get individualized clarity and coaching.
YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH: YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH:
A concrete model of what strong Tier I instruction looks like Clarity around the Five to Thrive in real classroom action
Ready-to-use language, moves, structures, and pacing strategies
A deeper instructional lens to bring back to your classroom and PLC
YOUR SMALL GROUP PLAN YOUR SMALL GROUP PLAN
withLaNeshaTabb,AmeliaCapotosta&Naomi O’Brien
You’ve gathered the data. You’ve taught the mini-lesson. Now what?
This session is designed to answer the single most common teacher question after whole-group instruction:
"HOW DO I ACTUALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT?
In this high-impact workshop, LaNesha Tabb, Amelia Capotosta, and Naomi O’Brien will take you step-by-step through building a small-group plan that is intentional, engaging, manageable, and rooted in strong Tier I instruction. No more guessing. No more surface-level rotations. No more “what do I do now?”
What you’ll experience: What you’ll learn: A REAL, LIVE MODEL LESSON WITH A FULL CLASS OF STUDENTS
Not just a small group Not just a simulation
You’ll watch an authentic classroom come to life so you can finally see:
What the teacher does with their small group
What the rest of the students do
How to keep every learner engaged, purposeful, and on task
How small group fits seamlessly with the whole-group mini-lesson
How to use your data to choose the right skill for the right students
Why this matters:
Small-group instruction is one of the highestimpact practices in a classroom but only when it’s done with clarity and purpose. Most teachers aren’t struggling with effort…they’re struggling with structure.
This session gives you the structure.
How to turn data into differentiated, targeted smallgroup plans
How to decide who goes where, why, and for how long
How to design small-group lessons that are brief, powerful, and easy to prep
How to build meaningful independent tasks for the rest of the class
How to manage transitions, routines, and expectations so instruction doesn’t fall apart
How to ensure your small-group instruction increases mastery. Not just activity
What
you’ll Leave with:
A complete small-group plan tied directly to your data
Routines and rotation systems that actually work Strategies you can use the very next day
A clear vision of what strong small-group instruction should look like because you saw it live
FIVE TO THRIVE THROUGH THE LENS OF HIGH-QUALITY MATH INSTRUCTION
live model lesson with: wade king
a real-time look at what strong Tier I math instruction should look and feel like in a K–5 classroom You’ll ni-lesson with live students—highlighting conceptual understanding, discourse, modeling, reasoning, and y move connects directly to the Five to Thrive and what high-impact math instruction looks like at its best.
This experience includes three intentional phases:
PART I — Prepare Your Look-Fors - Sharpen Your Math Instruction Lens
Before the lesson begins, you’ll receive clear guidance so you can observe with focus not overwhelm. Math instruction requires precision: clear models, purposeful questioning, accurate representations, and visible thinking. This look-for list helps you see all of that with intentionality.
You’ll enter the lesson knowing exactly which math-specific behaviors and instructional moves to observe
PART II — Live Model Lesson - Watch Rigorous, Student-Centered Math Instruction in Real Time
You will observe a complete math mini-lesson taught live with students featuring modeling, multiple representations, guided reasoning, and structured discourse.
You’ll See:
A clear math learning target connected to prior concepts and real-world meaning
Modeling through multiple representations (concrete → pictorial → abstract, number lines, arrays, place value models, etc.)
Strategic teacher questioning that pushes reasoning, not guessing
Math talk routines such as “explain your thinking,” “ prove it,” or “turn and talk”
Use of error analysis and common misconceptions to deepen understanding
Students showing their work, sharing strategies, and using academic language
The teacher adjusting the path of the lesson based on student responses
Engagement and behavior expectations woven into the instructional flow
This is real math instruction happening with real students—clear, structured, rigorous, and fully aligned with Five to Thrive.
PART III — Debrief + Q&A - Breaking Down the Math Moves That Matter Most
After the lesson, you’ll walk through each phase of the instruction to understand why the teacher made certain choices and how those choices impact student learning
Debrief Includes:
Breakdown of the modeling sequence and why those representations were chosen
How misconceptions were caught and corrected
How math talk supported deeper reasoning
Where and how data was collected during the lesson
How pacing, movement, and proximity strengthened the learning experience
Simple ways to adapt these strategies for your grade level or curriculum
Q&A:
Ask anything about math instruction—modeling, questioning, small groups, guided practice, manipulatives, misconceptions, discourse routines, or data-driven adjustments.
You’llWalkAwayWith:
A clear picture of what strong Tier I math instruction looks like
Language, models, and strategies that deepen reasoning—not just answer-getting Math talk routines and questioning stems to elevate student thinking
A lens for identifying and addressing misconceptions in real time
Confidence to bring these math moves into your own classroom tomorrow
FIVE TO THRIVE IN ACTION: MIDDLE SCHOOL EDITION
live model lesson with: wade king
a front-row seat to what powerful Tier I instruction looks like in a middle school classroom You’ll observe te lesson to live middle school students—showing you exactly how the Five to Thrive come alive with older ucture, relevance, movement, and strong teacher presence.
You ll experience this session in three intentional phases
PART I — Prepare Your Look-Fors - How to Watch a Middle School Lesson with Purpose
Before the lesson begins, Wade will break down the specific moves to watch for so that your observation is focused, intentional, and manageable. Middle school students require a distinct blend of pacing, presence, and connection and Wade will help you tune your lens to see that clearly
You’ll Know What to Look For In:
Target: How the learning goal is established with clarity and relevance for older learners
Accountability: How students are expected to respond, participate, and demonstrate understanding
Motion & Movement: How purposeful movement is used to increase engagement and reduce behavior issues
Proximity & Pacing: How Wade uses physical presence and tight pacing to keep students on track
Data & Decisions: How he reads the room and adjusts based on real-time student performance
Wade will equip you with simple, powerful look-for prompts so you can focus on the core moves that elevate middle school instruction.
PART II — Live Model
Lesson - Watch Middle School Tier I Instruction Happen in Real Time
You will observe a full lesson taught exactly as Wade would teach it in an actual middle school classroom—with all the authenticity, energy, structure, and responsiveness that middle schoolers demand.
You’ll See:
A complete middle school mini-lesson with a clear, student-friendly target
Engagement techniques that are age-appropriate—not cheesy or childish
Movement routines that channel middle school energy into learning
Strong teacher presence that sets expectations without power struggles
Real-time checks for understanding woven naturally throughout
On-the-spot adjustments based on student responses, misconceptions, or momentum
Seamless blending of rigor and relevance to maintain buy-in from older students
This is not a scripted performance—it’s a transparent, practical look at how to teach middle schoolers well, consistently, and sustainably.
PART III — Debrief + Q&A - Understanding the Moves That Matter Most
After the lesson, Wade will walk you through the instructional choices he made during the lesson and connect each one back to the Five to Thrive. You’ll see the intentionality behind his tone, pacing, movement, wording, and student interactions.
Debrief Includes:
Breakdown of each phase of the lesson
Why certain moves were made and what they accomplished
How engagement was paired with structure and rigor
How real-time data shaped the direction of the lesson
