Helping Students Succeed

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Helping Students Succeed!

• We have the program to get there!

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RtI - Response to Intervention Tiers without
Tears
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Definition of Intervention

• A change in instructing a student in the area of
  learning of behavioral difficulty to improve
  performance and achieve adequate progress.

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RtI is a Mindset to Recognize Students with
Needs Early

• An emerging approach to the diagnosis of learning
  disabilities that holds considerable promise
• A student with academic delays is given one or
  more research-validated interventions
• Progress is monitored frequently to see if the
  interventions are helping the student catch up
  with his or her peers
• If student fails to show significant improvement
  a number of interventions, this failure to
  respond to intervention can be viewed as
  evidence of an underlying learning disability

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Why RtI?

• Federally mandated
• Plan needs to be written by January 2009
• Implementation needs to occur beginning of the
  2010-2011 school year
• No longer needing to use the Wait to Fail model
  We can catch the students before they fall
  between the cracks!

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Benefits of RtI

• Allows us to intervene early to meet the needs of
  struggling learners
• Maps specific instructional strategies found to
  benefit a particular student
• Eliminates the Wait to Fail model
• Allows students to be successful

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How to Put RtI into Practice

• Use various methods of assessments to evaluate
  students in regard to reading, mathematics, and
  behavior aspects
• Implement a range of scientifically based
  interventions that address the reason for failure
• Monitor the student progress
• Graph data for visual analysis

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Once Students are Assessed

• 20 of the students within the school will need
  interventions
• Key objective is to select an instructional or
  behavior management strategy that matches a
  students specific needs
• Serious academic skill deficits vs. being
  disorganized to turn in assignments
• Interventions should be scientifically based

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Tiered Interventions
Intensive Interventions 5
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Strategic Interventions 15
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Universal Interventions 80
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Samples of Interventions

• Tier 1 Universal Interventions 80
• Core Curriculum
• Accelerated Reader
• Study Island
• Freshman Mentoring and Orientation
• Tier 2 Strategic Interventions 15
• Fast Forward
• AYP
• Algebra 141 Every Day Algebra
• Tier 3 Intensive Interventions 5
• Special Education

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Definition of Accommodations

• An attempt to help or convenience a student
  academically or behaviorally

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Accommodations vs. Interventions

• Interventions are different than accommodations.
• Examples of Accommodations
• Preferential Seating
• Reduce/Minimize Distractions
• Check Understanding and Repeat Directions
• Use of Books on Tape
• Homework Deadline Extended

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• RtI is a process for achieving higher levels of
  academic and behavioral success for all students
  through
• High Quality Instructional Practice
• Continuous Review of Student Progress
• Collaboration
• Teams of Educators
• Parents
• Community Resources

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Implementation of RtI will Create Successful
Students

• RtI is for ALL students and ALL educators.
• RtI must support and provide value to effective
  practices.
• Success for RtI lies within the classroom through
  collaboration.
• RtI applies to both academics and behavior.
• RtI is something you do and not necessarily
  something you buy.
• RtI emerges from and supports research and
  evidence based practices.

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The concept of RtI is quite simple -
- doing RtI well is a challenge.
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Two Big Questions of Concerns

• Will there be extra hands for implementing the
  assessments?
• Will professional development of differentiated
  instruction be available?

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Capturing Your Worries

• Where am I going to find the time?
• How long does the child do the intervention?
• Who will do the assessments?
• Who is responsible?
• Is there going to be enough funds to support RtI?

• Heres what is going on just down the hall!

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You are Not Stranded!
Teacher Peers
RtI Committee
Other Districts
Parents
Websites
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For More Information

• Check out these websites
• www.interventioncentral.org
• www.jimwrightonline.com
• Link RtI Wire
• www.rtinetwork.org

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Video Clip

• Entitled Animal School
• http//www.raisingsmallsouls.com/wp-content/themes
  /179/aschool012008.html

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Alpha Delta Board

• On 1 Post-It, please write
• RtI is good because __
• __________________ .

• On 1 Post-It, please write
• My concern/question is
• __________________ .

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RtI Committee Members

• Farmingdale
• Pam Beckner
• Heather Greer
• Missy Knight
• Judy Mosher
• Cindy Saxby
• Lisa Walter
• Jamie Yates
• Middle School
• Yadja Engel
• T.J. Fraase
• John Marsaglia
• Terri Miller
• Carrie Risdon

• Ben Theilen
• High School
• Peggy Brandon
• Greg Bryan
• John Langley
• Mike Ward
• Special Education
• Diane Covey
• Andrea Owens
• Robyn Smith
• Judy Riedl
• Maureen Talbert
• Julie Trimpe