Frances Bessellieu of Side-by-Side K-12 Consulting Services works with school, district, and state administrators, coaches, and teachers across the country, advising them in academic improvement with a focus on literacy. With expertise in scientifically-based instructional leadership, instructional delivery and coaching, data analysis, and intervention, we've helped states, districts and schools put into practice a Pre-K-12 three tier model of instruction that includes a powerful Response to Intervention (RtI) process.