On Friday, 30 January 2015, Jim Wright presented separate RTI workshops for elementary and secondary staff of the Sullivan West School District in Jeffersonville, NY. Here are resources from that conference day:
- PPT: RTI for Elementary Schools: An Overview for Educators [1]
- PPT: RTI for Middle and High Schools: An Overview for Educators [2]
- Workshop Handout [3]
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [5]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [6] (Interactive Form)
Sample Academic Interventions
Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:
- Incremental Rehearsal [7]: Letter Identification
- Reading Racetrack [8]: Sight Words. Reading Racetrack Interactive Form [9]
- Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas [10] (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
- Repeated Reading: Group. [11]This version of repeated reading is delivered to a group of 3 students.
- HELPS Reading Fluency Program [12]
- Text Lookback [13]
- Question Generation [14]
- Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies [15] (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [16] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [17]
- Ask-Read-Tell. [18]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form. [19]
- Cover-Copy-Compare for Math Facts & Spelling: Description [20]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Spelling & Sight Words; Horizontal Math Facts [21]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Vertical Math Facts [22]
- Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique [25]
- Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay [26]
- Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [27]
Online Tools for Data Collection
Here are links to free ideas and online tools to help teachers with data collection:
- Behavior Report Card Maker [32]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [33]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [34]
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 [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.
Additional RTI Information from NYS
- New York State Education Department Guidance Document on RTI. [38] 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 [39]. This site provides resources and guidance for NYS schools on implementation of RTI.
- NYSED 2008 RTI Guidance Memo. [40] This memo presents the main points of the Regents Policy Framework on RTI for schools.
- NYSED Part 100 Regulations on RTI. [41] This subsection of Part 100.2 (NYSED regulations) describes expectations for RTI for all schools.
- RTI Readiness Checklist. [42] This checklist from the NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center allows schools to self-administer a quick 'RTI Readiness Check'.