Mount Pleasant Schools: RTI: The Role of the Teacher as Classroom First-Responder

On Monday, 9 March 2015, Jim Wright presented an RTI workshop for elementary staff at the Mount Pleasant (NY) Central School District. Here are resources from that conference day:

• PPT:  RTI: The Role of the Teacher as Classroom ‘First Responder’
  
• Workshop Handout

• How to Implement Strong Core Instruction (Direct Instruction Checklist: Interactive Form)
  

• How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions
• Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Interactive Form)

Sample Academic Interventions

Here are links to some  interventionists discussed at the training:

• Incremental Rehearsal:  Letter Identification

• Reading Racetrack: Sight Words. Reading Racetrack Interactive Form
• Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
• Repeated Reading: Group. This version of repeated reading is delivered to a group of 3 students.
• HELPS Reading Fluency Program

• Text Lookback
• Question Generation
• Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)

• Read-Ask-Paraphrase. The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form

• Ask-Read-Tell. The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form.

• 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

• Effective Elements of Writing Instruction
• Sentence-Combining

• Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique
• Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay
• Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists 

• Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description
• Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form

Schoolwide Screeners

Check out these websites to review various school wide RTI Tier 2 screening tools for academics and behaviors:

• Academic Screeners: National Center on Intensive Intervention
• Behavior Screeners: National Center on Intensive Intervention

Free Online Tools

• Jackpot Reward Finder
• Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker
• Behavior Report Card Maker
• Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker

Data Collection. Here are data collection tools mentioned during the workshop:

Classroom Progress-Monitoring Methods Checklist
1. Academics: Acquisition of Basic Skills Cumulative Mastery Log	Cumulative Mastery Log: Description FORM: Cumulative Mastery Log: Interactive Form
2. Academics: Fluency in Basic Skills Curriculum-Based Measurement	Curriculum-Based Measurement: Sample Measures and Norms CBM Type Online CBM Application CBM Directions & Norms CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency  Letter Name Fluency Generator  LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms CBM: Oral Reading Fluency Reading Passage Generator Oral Reading Fluency: Directions & Norms CBM: Maze Passages (Comprehension) Maze Passage Generator Maze: Directions & Norms CBM: Early Math Fluency Early Math Fluency Generator Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms CBM: Math Computation Math Worksheet Generator: Intervention Central SuperKids.com Math Worksheet Generator Math Computation: Directions & Norms CBM: Written Expression Writing Probe Generator Writing: Directions & Norms
3. Academics: Complex Skills Rubrics	VIDEO: How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Rubrics HANDOUT: How to Use Rubrics in Student Assessment
4. Academics: Survival Skills Self-Monitoring Checklists Academic Survival Skills 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 BEEP Tapes: MP3 Audio Files With Fixed-Interval Beeps
5. Behaviors Behavior Report Cards Frequency Counts	RTI Daily Behavior Report: Guidelines for Use ONLINE APP: Behavior Report Card Maker
Additional Data Collection Resources
Data Collection: How To...Match a Progress-Monitoring Tool to Every Classroom Problem How To: Structure Data Collection for Individual Students: Baseline, Goal, Progress-Monitoring Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.

Websites with Tier 2 Programs

Here are links to websites that evaluate high-quality Tier 2 programs for reading, math, and other areas (for both elementary and secondary levels):

• 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.
  

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