Hatching Tier Two and Three Interventions in Your Elementary School Counseling Program

Ready your school counseling program for the kids who need it the most!

For many students, elementary school is a time of tough transitions. When a student struggles in class, has difficulty making friends, experiences a life-changing event or crisis, or faces other challenges, your support is essential. Finding the right intervention for each identified student can be the key to that child’s future success.

In this companion book to The Use of Data in School Counseling and Hatching Results for Elementary School Counseling, Trish Hatch, Ashley Kruger, Nicole Pablo and Whitney Triplett offer a systematic, evidence-based approach to creating and implementing high-quality interventions within a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). This hands-on guide features:

• Thorough exploration and explanation of Tier 2 and Tier 3 activities
• Guidelines for progress monitoring and collaboration with teachers and family
• Templates for developing lesson plans and action plans
• Web-based resources, including downloadable templates and a discussion guide
• Personal stories and vignettes from practicing school counselors and teachers of the year

Every student deserves a quality education in a positive, healthy, safe environment. When you provide targeted, data-driven interventions for students in need, you make that possible for them―and improve school life for their classmates and teachers as well.

Trish Hatch, Ph.D. is a nationally recognized leader in school counseling, known for her work bridging research, practice, and policy. A former school counselor, administrator, and district leader, she joined the faculty at San Diego State University (SDSU), where she directed the School Counseling Program from 2004 to 2015 and was later named Professor Emeritus upon her retirement. As Founder and Board Chair of Hatching Results, Inc., she continues to provide governance leadership while the company delivers nationwide training and consultation on data-driven, evidence-based practices.

Dr. Hatch is the best-selling author of The Use of Data in School Counseling: Hatching Results for Students, Programs, and the Profession (2014) and co-author, with Julie Hartline, of the Second Edition (2023). She co-authored Evidence-Based School Counseling: Making a Difference With Data-Driven Practices (Dimmitt, Carey, & Hatch, 2007) and The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs (ASCA, 2003, 2005). This seminal document redefined the role of school counselors nationwide.

Additional texts in the Hatching Results series include Hatching Results for Elementary School Counseling: Implementing Core Curriculum and Other Tier One Activities (Hatch, Duarte, & De Gregorio, 2018); Hatching Results for Secondary School Counseling: Implementing Core Curriculum, Individual Student Planning, and Other Tier One Activities (Hatch, Triplett, Duarte, & Gomez, 2019); and Hatching Tier Two and Three Interventions in Your Elementary School Counseling Program (Hatch, Kruger, Pablo Roman, & colleagues, 2019).

Known for her dynamic leadership, passionate advocacy, and unwavering commitment to the profession, Dr. Hatch served as an expert consultant on school counseling for the Obama administration at the White House and the U.S. Department of Education. She also co-led the 2014 White House Convening on School Counseling at SDSU in partnership with the Office of the First Lady’s Reach Higher Initiative.

A former ASCA Vice President and state association president, Dr. Hatch has received numerous honors, including the ASCA Administrator of the Year Award, the Mary Gehrke Lifetime Achievement Award, induction into the H.B. McDaniel Hall of Fame at Stanford University, the NACAC Excellence in Education Award, and recognition by the California Association of School Counselors (CASC) as both School Counselor Educator of the Year and recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ashley Kruger is currently an elementary school counselor with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive programs that demonstrate improvement in students’ academic and behavioral outcomes.  Ashley has worked under two federally funded Elementary and Secondary School Counseling (ESSC) grants and has used data as a means of creating sustainability for the school counseling programs. In April 2016, Ashley and her elementary counseling team won the H.B. McDaniel award, which recognized their program for providing leadership and excellence in the field of school counseling. As a leader in the school counseling field, Ashley has trained school counselors nationwide about best practices in creating ASCA-aligned programs. She frequently presents at national and state conferences about how to use data to drive Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.  She is also the co-developer and facilitator of the Hatching Results online courses. Ashley is currently Executive Vice-President for the California Association of School Counselors (CASC) and has served as an adjunct faculty member at San Diego State University (SDSU) in the school counseling graduate program for the past five years. Ashley is passionate about using data to design and improve comprehensive school counseling programs as a means of effectively serving students. 

Nicole Pablo is a 2022 San Diego County School Counselor of the Year and a school counselor at two middle schools. Due to her expertise in utilizing data to create and evaluate systemic and site interventions, she was hired specifically to build the foundation for her district’s new middle school RTI counselor position. Nicole has trained in diverse schools at all grade levels across the nation on implementing a comprehensive ASCA National Model. As a school counseling leader, she has received the Escondido Elementary Education Association’s Educator of the Year Award (2017.) Collaboratively, Nicole has partnered with San Diego State University as a practicum site supervisor since 2011 and has supervised SDSU practicum site supervisors and students. As an adjunct lecturer, she has taught courses such as Practicum, Evaluations, and continues to teach Group Counseling. Nicole was formerly an elementary school counselor with experience in facilitating the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling (ESSC) federally funded grant to create a comprehensive, data-driven school counseling program, where none previously existed. Her outcomes on the grant led to sustainability after federal funding ended. She presents her Tier 2 outcomes locally for her district and nationally at conferences such as the ASCA National Conference, National School Counselors Leadership Conference, and California Association of School Counselors Conference.

Whitney Triplett is a vision-driven leader committed to advancing equity, access, and the success of all students through highly intentional, comprehensive school counseling programs. As Vice President at Hatching Results, she leads the Partner Services department, setting vision, strategy, and impact goals with a focus on change management and implementation fidelity across districtwide school counseling systems.

Whitney is the co-author of the bestselling texts Hatching Results for Secondary School Counseling: Implementing Core Curriculum, Individual Student Planning, and Other Tier One Activities (Hatch, Triplett, Duarte, & Gomez, 2019) and Hatching Tier 2 and 3 Interventions in Your Elementary School Counseling Program (Hatch, Kruger, Pablo, & Triplett, 2019). She brings deep expertise in facilitating professional learning and providing strategic thought partnership to school counselors, site administrators, district leaders, and state education agencies, thereby strengthening student outcomes in measurable and meaningful ways.

Before joining Hatching Results, Whitney served in the central office of Chicago Public Schools, where she supported more than 800 school counselors and college and career coaches. During this time, she also served on the board of the Illinois School Counselor Association and chaired its statewide task force to update the Illinois School Counseling Model. For this work, she was recognized as the 2018 Illinois School Counseling Advocate of the Year.

Earlier in her career as a high school counselor, Whitney earned RAMP recognition in 2011 and received an Oppenheimer Recognition Award for her collaborative efforts to raise her school’s Freshman On Track rate by developing innovative progress-monitoring tools for student achievement, attendance, and behavior. An Education Pioneers alum, Whitney remains passionate about transforming schools so that every student in the nation has equitable access to a high-quality education―including a comprehensive school counseling program.