F 25 September 2015: RTI: Overview for Middle & High Schools
On Friday 25 September 2015, Jim Wright presented a workshop, RTI: An Introduction for Secondary Schools, for staff from Madison Schools in Madison, NY. Here are resources shared at that training:
Interventions discussed at the workshop:
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [3] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [4]
- Ask-Read-Tell. [5]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form. [6]
- Learning Contracts [7]
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [8]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [9]
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [10]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [11]
- Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description [12]
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form [13]
- VIDEO: Academic Survival Skills Checklists [14]
- ONLINE APP: Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [15]
- HANDOUT: Academic Survival Skills Checklists: 5 Ways to Help Students to Become Effective Self-Managing Learners [16]
RTI: The Model
- New York State Education Department Guidance Document on RTI. [17] Released in October 2010, this NYSED guidance document provides a guide to schools at any grade level in how to structure their RTI model and services.
- NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center [18]. This site provides resources and guidance for NYS schools on implementation of RTI.
- NYSED 2008 RTI Guidance Memo. [19] This memo presents the main points of the Regents Policy Framework on RTI for schools.
- NYSED Part 100 Regulations on RTI. [20] This subsection of Part 100.2 (NYSED regulations) describes expectations for RTI for all schools.
- RTI Readiness Checklist. [21] This checklist from the NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center allows schools to self-administer a quick 'RTI Readiness Check'.
Tier 1: Universal Instruction & Classroom Intervention
- Learn Unit [23]
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [24]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Interactive Form) [25]
- Definitions: Core Instruction, Academic Interventions, Accommodations, Modifications [26]
Tier 2: Supplemental Intervention: Standard -Treatment Protocol
- Building & District RTI Resource Inventory Form. [ [27]RTF/MS Word format]
[27] - Tier 2: Data Analysis Team Process Script (Kovaleski & Pederson, 2008): [28][RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Form: Intervention Programs at a Glance Organizer [29] [RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [31]. 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 [32]. 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. [33] 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 [34]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Case Manager Pre-Meeting Form [35]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting introductory Script [36]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting 'Companion Guide' [37]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Forms: Elementary [38]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Minutes Forms: Secondary [39]
- Tier 3: RTI Team 'Quality Indicators' Checklist [40]
Schoolwide Screeners
- Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [43] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.