RTI for GCHS

RTI –

After out RTI informative session Monday, I was wondering what questions are still out there.  Of course, Krista, Deb, and I do NOT have all of the answers, but we have many sites that are invaluable resources of information on RTI and interventions available.  I wanted to recap some of the basic points of our introduction to RTI, so I found some good info at RTI Wire written by Jim Wright, the speaker that Cindy and I heard early last year. (http://www.jimwrightonline.com/php/rti/rti_wire.php)

I have also included some useful websites that you did not get in the handouts.

I welcome questions, comments, or suggestions for the RTI committee to ponder when making future decisions for implementation of RTI in the high school.

What is RTI? ‘Response to Intervention’ (RTI) is an emerging approach to the diagnosis of Learning Disabilities that holds considerable promise. In the RTI model, a student with academic delays is given one or more research-validated interventions. The student’s academic progress is monitored frequently to see if those interventions are sufficient to help the student to catch up with his or her peers. If the student fails to show significantly improved academic skills despite several well-designed and implemented interventions, this failure to ‘respond to intervention’ can be viewed as evidence of an underlying Learning Disability.
One advantage of RTI in the diagnosis of educational disabilities is that it allows schools to intervene early to meet the needs of struggling learners. Another is that RTI maps those specific instructional strategies found to benefit a particular student. This information can be very helpful to both teachers and parents.

How do schools put RTI into practice? To implement RTI effectively, schools must develop a specialized set of tools and competencies, including a structured format for problem-solving, knowledge of a range of scientifically based interventions that address common reasons for school failure, and the ability to use various methods of assessment to monitor student progress in academic and behavioral areas.

WEBSITES

Michigan State University

RTI – Math, Reading, and Writing Interventions

The “New Way”: RtI and  Individual Referral-Driven Problem Identification

Combines the use of benchmark data from the universal screening process to identify students needing supplemental or intensive instruction (RtI), along with continued use of an individual student referral driven process to identify students who may require additional academic or behavioral intervention.

https://www.msu.edu/course/cep/886/

Illinois ASPIRE

Illinois ASPIRE (Alliance for School-based Problem-solving and Intervention Resources in Education) is a coordinated, regionalized system of personnel development designed to increase the capacity of school districts to provide early intervening services, aligned with the general education curriculum, to at-risk students and students with disabilities.

http://www.illinoisaspire.org/welcome/

More sites to explore –

1.       www.interventioncentral.org [check out chart dog – it has good information to train student volunteers; intervention scripts]

2.       www.gosbr.net [intervention coaching cards]

3.       http://www.aea11.k-12.ia.us/idm/checklists.html [direct observation and permanent product}

4.       http://www.pbisillinois.org/ [behavioral training  – I think everyone should be doing this]

5.       www.math-drills.com [math drills]

6.       www.easycbm.com [screening and progress monitoring.

7.       www.fcrr.org [instructional materials for teachers/print out interventions, can make a grade level binder for each school]

8.       www.atoz.com [good source for low cost reading passages]

9.       http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/ [lots of stuff/just click the drop down menus]