On Th 29 August 2018, Jim Wright presented a workshop, ‘Continuum of Care’: Classroom Strategies to Support & Motivate High School Students, to staff of Syosset High School. Here are resources from that training:
- POWERPOINT: ‘Continuum of Care’: Classroom Strategies to Support & Motivate High School Students [1]
- Identifying the Big Ideas To Understand Behavior [2]
- Numbered Heads Together [3]: Class-wide cooperative Learning Activity
- Learning Contracts [4]
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [5]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [6]
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [7]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [8]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker. [10]Using this tool, educators can create customized behavior checklists for a variety of uses.
Breakout Activities:
- Activity 1: Effective Classroom Strategies to Support the Student With‘Internalizing’ Behaviors [12]
- Activity 2: Using Motivational Teacher Communication Tools [13]
- Activity 3: The Struggling Student in a General-Education Setting: Pivot Points [14]
On T 13 Feb/W 14 Feb 2018, Jim Wright presented an overview of RTI for teachers of Syosset elementary and middle schools: RTI/MTSS in the Classroom: The Middle-School Teacher as Intervention 'First Responder'. Here are resources from the training:
- MIDDLE SCHOOL: PowerPoint: RTI/MTSS in the Classroom: The Middle-School Teacher as Intervention 'First Responder' [16]
- Handout [17]
- Measuring Positive Classroom Learning Behaviors in Kindergarten: A Predictor of School Success. [19]This simple scale presents 7 behaviors that predict acdaemic success.
- How To: Use the Power of Personal Connection to Motivate Students [22]
- Behavior Report Card Maker. [23]This app allows the teacher to format and print off customized daily behavior report cards for classroom data collection.
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| General Academic Skills |
| Reading: Phonics/Alphabetics |
| Reading: Sight-Word Vocabulary |
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Sight-Word Vocabulary. The student has rapid recognition of sight-words.
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| Reading Fluency |
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Fluency. The student reads with adequate fluency to comprehend the text.
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| Reading Comprehension |
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Self-Monitoring:The student monitors understanding of the text while reading.
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Main Idea:The student locates the main idea of a paragraph or passage in informational text.
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Linking Ideas:The student makes connections between ideas in the text.
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Sentence Complexity. The student writes sentences of appropriate variety and complexity for the subject and/or grade level.
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| Math |
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| Self-Management |
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Self-Management in Academic Skills. The student uses appropriate skills and strategies to manage their own learning.
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On W 30 Aug 2017, Jim Wright consulted with the RTI/MTSS Leadership Team from Syosset Schools to develop RTI/MTSS district plans for academics. Here are resources from this training:
- PowerPoint Deck: RTI/MTSS for Academics: An Overview [Presentation for Tutors and Teaching Assistants] [50]
- Measuring Positive Classroom Learning Behaviors in Kindergarten: A Predictor of School Success. [19]This simple scale presents 7 behaviors that predict acdaemic success.
- PowerPoint Deck: RTI/MTSS for Academics: District Audit & Planning Session [51]
- The Struggling Student in a General-EducationSetting: Pivot Points [52]. This handout can be useful in defining student problems for intervention.
- New York State RTI Technical Assistance Center: [56]Pilot Schools. Browse these schools to view sample RTI/MTSS plan elements.
Tier 1: Core Instruction. The teacher delivers high-quality core instruction— at least 80% of students at each grade level perform at or above academic screening benchmarks through classroom instructional support alone.
Tier 1: Classroom Intervention: Building Capacity. The school has prepared a ‘toolkit’ of resources and procedures to assist teachers in carrying out classroom (Tier 1) interventions.
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [57]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Google Docs) [58]
Tier 1: Classroom Intervention: Teacher Skills. The classroom teacher is the ‘first responder’ for students with academic delays. That teacher gives additional individualized support to struggling students beyond what is provided in group instruction
- Incremental Rehearsal [26]. Flashcard intervention to practice letter and number identificaiton, sight words, and math facts.
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [33] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [34]
Tiers 2/3: Strategic/Intensive Intervention: Building Capacity. Students needing academic support at Tiers 2 and 3 receive high-quality interventions that target their specific academic deficit(s). Approximately 10-15% of students may need Tier 2/3 services across a school year.
- Tier 2: Small-Group Intervention Plan (Interactive). [59]This PDF document allows the user to enter a multi-week Tier 2 intervention plan for a small group of up to 7 students. Check out this example of the form filled out [60]for a group based repeated-reading intervention [61].
These websites are good sources for information about quality Tier 2/3 programs:
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [63]. 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 [64]. 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. [65] 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.
Tiers 2/3: Data: School-Wide Academic Screeners. Screeners are administered to all students to identify those needing Tier 2/3 services.
Tier 2: Strategic Intervention: Data Analysis Team. The school has established a Data Analysis Team (DAT) to oversee placement of students in Tier 2 services.
Tier 3: Intensive Intervention: RTI/MTSS Problem-Solving Team. The RTI/MTSS Problem-Solving Team meets to create individualized intervention plans for Tier 3 (intensive-need) students. Approximately 1-5% of students may be discussed by the RTI/MTSS Team in a given school year.
- Tier 3: RTI Team Roles [68]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Case Manager Pre-Meeting Form [69]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting introductory Script [70]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting 'Facilitator's Guide' [71]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Forms: Interactive. [72]
- Tier 3: RTI Team 'Quality Indicators' Checklist [73]
RTI/MTSS District-Wide. The school district has adopted a process of planning and oversight to ensure that the RTI/MTSS model is implemented with fidelity and consistency across classrooms, grade levels, and schools.