On 28 January 2015, Jim Wright presented a workshop for teachers from the Rochester CUSD 3A school district. Here are resources from that training:
- PPT: Response to Intervention: The Classroom Teacher as Tiered Intervention ‘First Responder’ [1]
- How to Implement Strong Core Instruction (Direct Instruction Checklist) [2]
- How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas [3]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [4]. This 1-page form is an organizer to help teachers to easily document Tier 1 (classroom) interventions.
Online Tools for Data Collection
Here are links to free online tools to help teachers with data collection:
- Behavior Report Card Maker [5]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [6]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [7]
Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:
- Question Generation [8]
- Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies [9] (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
- Group Reading Fluency Intervention: Repeated Reading [10]
- RAP (Read-Ask-Paraphrase): Reading Comprehension [11]
- Ask-Read-Tell Cognitive Strategy: Reading Comprehension [12]
- Cover-Copy-Compare for Math Facts & Spelling: Description [13]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Spelling & Sight Words; Horizontal Math Facts [14]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Vertical Math Facts [15]
- Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description [16]
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form [17]
On 27 January, Jim Wright presented in the morning to school administrators and in the afternoon to the full District RTI Leadership Team. Here are the PowerPoints from these talks:
- PPT: Morning: RTI: Issues for Administrators [18]
- PPT: Afternoon: RTI: Issues for the District RTI Leadership Team [19]
On 22 September 2014, Jim Wright presented an overview of the Response to Intervention model to staff from the Rochester (IL) CUSD 3A school district..
Here are resources shared at the workshop:
RTI: An Introduction
- PowerPoint [20]: RTI: An Introduction [20] [NOTE: The PPT from this workshop will be available after the training]
Tier 1: Universal Instruction & Classroom Intervention
- How to Implement Strong Core Instruction (Direct Instruction Checklist) (Interactive Form) [2]
- [21]How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas [3]
- [22]Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Interactive Form) [4]. 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. [ [24]RTF/MS Word format]
[24] - Tier 2: Data Analysis Team Process Script (Kovaleski & Pederson, 2008): [25][RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Form: Intervention Programs at a Glance Organizer [26] [RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [27]. 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 [28]. 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. [29] 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 [30]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Case Manager Pre-Meeting Form [31]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting introductory Script [32]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting 'Companion Guide' [33]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Forms: Elementary [34]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Minutes Forms: Secondary [35]
- Tier 3: RTI Team 'Quality Indicators' Checklist [36]
Schoolwide Screeners
- Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [39] [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 [40]
- Student Engagement Instrument ( [41]screener suitable for middle/high school)
- Scholastic Reading Inventory [42] (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:
- Vocabulary: Classwide Tutoring [43]
- Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas [44] (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
- HELPS Reading Fluency Program [45]
- Text Lookback [46]
- Question Generation [8]
- Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies [9] (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
- Group Reading Fluency Intervention: Repeated Reading [10]
- RAP (Read-Ask-Paraphrase): Reading Comprehension [11]
- Ask-Read-Tell Cognitive Strategy: Reading Comprehension [12]
- Math Facts (and Spelling) Intervention: Cover-Copy-Compare [13]
- Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique [47]
- Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay [48]
- Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [49]
Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:
- Intervention Central [50]
- Evidence-Based Intervention Network [51]
- Cognitive Strategy Instruction [52]
Online Tools for Data Collection
Here are links to free online tools to help teachers with data collection:
- Behavior Report Card Maker [5]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [6]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [7]
RTI: Systems-Change