On Friday, 13 February 2015, Jim Wright presented an RTI workshop for elementary and secondary staff of the Albany WI School District. Here are resources from that conference day:
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [4]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [5] (Interactive Form)
Sample Academic Interventions
Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:
- Incremental Rehearsal [6]: Letter Identification
- Reading Racetrack [7]: Sight Words. Reading Racetrack Interactive Form [8]
- Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas [9] (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
- Repeated Reading: Group. [10]This version of repeated reading is delivered to a group of 3 students.
- HELPS Reading Fluency Program [11]
- Text Lookback [12]
- Question Generation [13]
- Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies [14] (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [15] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [16]
- Ask-Read-Tell. [17]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form. [18]
- Cover-Copy-Compare for Math Facts & Spelling: Description [19]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Spelling & Sight Words; Horizontal Math Facts [20]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Vertical Math Facts [21]
- Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique [24]
- Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay [25]
- Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [26]
Learned Helplessness: These resources were discussed:
- HANDOUT: Academic Survival Skills Checklists: 5 Ways to Help [27]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [28]
- Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description [30]
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form [31]
Free Online Tools
- Jackpot Reward Finder [33]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [28]
- Behavior Report Card Maker [34]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [35]
Data Collection. Here are data collection tools mentioned during the workshop:
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1. Academics: Acquisition of Basic Skills
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2. Academics: Fluency in Basic Skills
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3. Academics: Complex Skills
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4. Academics: Survival Skills
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5. Behaviors
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CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency
CBM: Oral Reading Fluency
BM: Maze Passages (Comprehension)
CBM: Early Math Fluency
CBM: Math Computation
CBM: Written Expression
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 [59]. 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 [60]. 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. [61] 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.