BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP. On Friday, 13 March 2015, Jim Wright presented the topic "RTI and the Teacher as 'First Responder': Tools for Classroom Intervention" to K-2 staff at Harpursville (NY) Elementary School. Here are resources from that workshop:
- PPT: RTI and the Teacher as 'First Responder': Tools for Classroom Intervention [1]
- Workshop Handout [2]
- Supplemental Handout: The Secret Ingredients for Creating a Better Behavior Intervention Plan: Antecedents, Positive Consequences, and Extinction Procedures [3]
Group Behavior Management. What are examples of behavior management that can improve on-task behavior for a group or entire class?
Group Behavior Management Ideas:
- Using a Zone Defense System in Primary Classrooms [5]
- Zone Defense System: Form in MS Word. [6]
- Good Behavior Game [7]
- Teacher-Student Learning Game [8]
- The Color Wheel: Group-Wide Classroom Management [9]
Online Tools for Behavior Management & Motivation:
- Jackpot Reward Finder [10]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [11]
- Behavior Report Card Maker [12]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [13]
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MOTIVATION WORKSHOP. On Friday, 13 March 2015, Jim Wright presented the topic "Finding the Spark: How to Give Students the Tools to Manage Their Own Learning" to 3-5 staff at Harpursville (NY) Elementary School. Here are resources from that workshop:
- PPT: Finding the Spark: How to Give Students the Tools to Manage Their Own Learning [14]
- Handout 1 [15]
- Handout 2 [16]
- School Motivation Assessment Form: Can't Do/Won't Do Assessment [17]
Motivation Challenge 1: The student is unmotivated because he or she cannot do the assigned work.
- How to Implement Strong Core Instruction (Direct Instruction Checklist) [18] (Interactive Form)
Motivation Challenge 2: The student is unmotivated because the ‘response effort’ needed to complete the assigned work seems too great.
Motivation Challenge 3: The student is unmotivated because of learned helplessness—lack of confidence that he or she can do the assigned work.
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [19] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [20]
- Ask-Read-Tell. [21]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form. [22]
- HANDOUT: Academic Survival Skills Checklists: 5 Ways to Help [23]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [11]
- Math Self-Correction Checklists. [24] The student creates a short checklist containing his or her most frequent types of math errors and uses this checklist to check in-class and homework assignments before turning in.
- Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description [25]
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form [26]
- Helping the Student Who is 'Under Water' With Late Assignments: A Structure for Teacher-Student Conferences [27]
Motivation Challenge 4: The student is unmotivated because classroom instruction does not engage.
Motivation Challenge 5: The student is unmotivated because he or she fails to see an adequate pay-off to doing the assigned work.
Motivation Challenge 6: The student is unmotivated because he or she lacks a positive relationship with the teacher.
Resources for Student Self-Monitoring:
- Self-Monitoring: Attention [30]
- Self-Monitoring: Academic Productivity [31]
- Self-Monitoring: General Classroom Behaviors [32]
- Self-Monitoring: Check-In/Check-Out: Behavior Report Cards [33]
- Fixed-Interval Audio Tapes (MP3 files) [34]
Here are resources from Jim Wright's half-day visit (F 27 March 2015) to talk with the Harpursville Elementary School RTI Team:
Websites to review Tier 2/3 programming:
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [35]. 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 [36]. 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. [37] 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.
- National Center on Intensive Intervention Behavioral Intervention Tools Chart. [38] Sponsored by the National Center on Intensive Intervention, this page provides ratings for behavior intervention programs. Users can streamline their search by subject and grade level (elementary or middle school).
Links for Sites for Tier 2 Progress Monitoring:
- Behavior Report Card Generator [12]
- Direct Behavior Ratings: U of Conn [39]
- National Center on Intensive Intervention: Behavior Progress-Monitoring Tools Page [40]
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