What is this course about?

Tier Zero: The Classroom Is the Mission introduces a prevention-focused approach to creating stronger classroom communities. Participants examine what students experience when they enter a learning environment, how a shared mission changes classroom culture, and how adults can build consistent expectations, student ownership, meaningful contribution, reset and reintegration, and proactive family communication. The course is self-paced and built around practical applications.

What will students learn from this course?

Educators will learn to examine classroom environments and hidden messages; write student and teacher mission agreements; redesign tasks around shared learning goals; develop peer-accountability routines; coordinate teacher, administrator, and counselor responses; create reset-and-return practices; communicate with families before concerns escalate; and bring their work together into a complete Classroom Mission Blueprint. Activities support professional standards related to learning environments, student engagement, and reflective practice.

What are some of the assignments and projects included in this course?

Teachers who complete this course will:

• Complete a Hidden Curriculum Audit
• Design Student and Teacher Mission Agreements
• Build a Student Leadership and Contribution Map
• Create a reset and reintegration process
• Develop family communication tools
• Design a Classroom Mission Blueprint

Course Resources
EDUC-949 Syllabus (PDF Document)