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Harrison Township School District: Jim Wright: RTI Workshop


On Wednesday 4 November 2015, Jim Wright presented a keynote address, RTI: An Overview for Educators, to staff from Harrison Township (NJ) Schools. Here are resources shared that keynote:
- PowerPoint: RTI: An Overview for Educators
- Handout: Mindsets: The Power to Help or Hinder Student Motivation
Through November 2015, Jim Wright presented a series of grade-level workshops. Here are resources shared at the training:
- Supplemental Handout: How to...Conduct a Task Analysis & Create a Behavior Checklist
- How To: Use Language Strategies to Promote Engagement in Pre-K and Primary Grades
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Interactive Form)
- How To: Define Academic Problems: The First Step in Effective Intervention Planning
- Behavior Management Strategies: Antecedents, Positive Consequences, and Extinction Procedures: The Secret Ingredients for Creating a Better Behavior Intervention Plan
ACADEMIC INTERVENTION IDEAS: Elementary & MS RTI Workshop |
Reading: Phonics/Alphabetics |
Reading: Sight-Word Vocabulary |
Sight-Word Vocabulary. The student has rapid recognition of sight-words.
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Reading Fluency |
Fluency. The student reads with adequate fluency to comprehend the text.
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Reading Comprehension |
Self-Monitoring:The student monitors understanding of the text while reading.
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Main Idea:The student locates the main idea of a paragraph or passage in informational text.
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Linking Ideas:The student makes connections between ideas in the text.
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Spelling |
Spelling Acquisition. The student is able to spell a grade-appropriate range of words correctly.
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Writing |
Sentence Complexity. The student writes sentences of appropriate variety and complexity for the subject and/or grade level.
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Math |
Self-Management |
Self-Management in Academic Skills. The student uses appropriate skills and strategies to manage their own learning.
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Methods of Data Collection
Curriculum-Based Measurement: Sample Measures and Norms |
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CBM Type |
Online CBM Application |
CBM Directions & Norms |
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Letter Name Fluency Generator | LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms |
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DIBELS Next: Free Reading Passages (NOTE: You must create a free account to access these materials.) |
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DIBELS Next: Free Maze ('Daze') Passages (NOTE: You must create a free account to access these materials.) |
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Early Math Fluency Generator | Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms |
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Cumulative Mastery Log
Rubrics
Behavioral Checklists
- VIDEO: How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Checklists
- ONLINE APP: Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker
- VIDEO: Academic Survival Skills Checklists
- ONLINE APP: Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker
- HANDOUT: Academic Survival Skills Checklists: 5 Ways to Help Students to Become Effective Self-Managing Learners
Behavior Report Cards
On14 January 2015, Jim Wright presented an overview of the Response to Intervention model to staff from tthe Harrison Township School District in Mullica Hill, NJ.
Here are resources shared at the workshop:
RTI: An Introduction
- PowerPoint: RTI: An Introduction [NOTE: The PPT from this workshop will be available after the training]
Tier 1: Universal Instruction & Classroom Intervention
- How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet. This 1-page form is an organizer to help teachers to easily document Tier 1 (classroom) interventions.
Tier 2: Supplemental Intervention: Standard -Treatment Protocol
- Building & District RTI Resource Inventory Form. [RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2: Data Analysis Team Process Script (Kovaleski & Pederson, 2008):[RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Form: Intervention Programs at a Glance Organizer [RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in reading & mathematics, as well as other academic areas. The site reviews existing studies and draws conclusions about whether specific intervention programs show evidence of effectiveness.
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: Best Evidence Encyclopedia. This site provides reviews of evidence-based math and reading programs. The website is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) .
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: National Center on Intensive Intervention Academic Intervention Chart. Sponsored by the National Center on Intensive Intervention, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in math, reading, and writing. Users can sort their search by subject and grade level.
Tier 3: Intensive Intervention: Problem-Solving Protocol
- Tier 3: RTI Team Roles
- Tier 3: RTI Team Case Manager Pre-Meeting Form
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting introductory Script
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting 'Companion Guide'
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Forms: Elementary
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Minutes Forms: Secondary
- Tier 3: RTI Team 'Quality Indicators' Checklist
Schoolwide Screeners
- Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.
Screening resources for secondary schools:
- Existing Data: Creating a Screening Plan for Your Middle or High School
- Student Engagement Instrument (screener suitable for middle/high school)
- Scholastic Reading Inventory (example of adaptive reading screener that can be used by secondary schools)
Sample Academic Interventions
Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:
- Reading Racetrack: Sight Words. Reading Racetrack Interactive Form
- Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
- HELPS Reading Fluency Program
- Text Lookback
- Question Generation
- Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
- Group Reading Fluency Intervention: Repeated Reading
- RAP (Read-Ask-Paraphrase): Reading Comprehension
- Ask-Read-Tell Cognitive Strategy: Reading Comprehension
- Cover-Copy-Compare for Math Facts & Spelling: Description
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Spelling & Sight Words; Horizontal Math Facts
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Vertical Math Facts
- Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique
- Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay
- Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists
Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:
Online Tools for Data Collection
Here are links to free online tools to help teachers with data collection:
- Academic Skills: Cumulative Mastery Log [Interactive Form]
- Behavior Report Card Maker
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker
RTI: Systems-Change