UIW Presentation: The Teacher as Classroom Intervention First-Responder: How to Find & Fix Academic Skill Deficits

On Saturday, 13 September 2014, Jim Wright presented a workshop, The Teacher as Classroom Intervention First-Responder: How to Find & Fix Academic Skill Deficits, for the Dreeben School of Education at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. Here are resources shared at the training:

The Teacher as Tier 1 First Responder: Core Instruction & Classroom Intervention

How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas [3]
Checklist: Elements of Direct Instruction [4]
Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [5] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This 1-page form is an organizer to help teachers to easily document Tier 1 (classroom) interventions.

Definitions: Intervention, Accommodation, Modification [6]

Classroom Data Collection

Data Collection: How To...Match a Progress-Monitoring Tool to Every Classroom Problem [7]
How To: Struture Data Collection for Individual Students: Baseline, Goal, Progress-Monitoring [8]
Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [9] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.

Curriculum-Based Measurement: Sample Measures and Norms
CBM Type	Online CBM Application	CBM Directions & Norms
CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency	Letter Name Fluency Generator [10]	LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms [11]
CBM: Oral Reading Fluency	Reading Passage Generator [12]	Oral Reading Fluency: Directions & Norms [13]
C BM: Maze Passages (Comprehension)	Maze Passage Generator [14]	Maze: Directions & Norms [15]
CBM: Early Math Fluency	Early Math Fluency Generator [16]	Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms [17]
CBM: Math Computation	Math Worksheet Generator [18]	Math Computation: Directions & Norms [19]
CBM: Written Expression	Writing Probe Generator [20]	Writing: Directions & Norms [21]

Online Tools for Data Collection

Here are links to free online tools to help teachers with data collection:

Behavior Report Card Maker [22]
Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [23]
Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [24]

Sample Academic Interventions

Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:

Incremental Rehearsal: Letter Identification [25]
Letter Cube Blending [26]

Vocabulary: Classwide Tutoring [27]
Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas [28] (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
HELPS Reading Fluency Program [29]

Text Lookback [30]
Question Generation [31]
Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies [32] (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
Group Reading Fluency Intervention: Repeated Reading [33]
RAP (Read-Ask-Paraphrase): Reading Comprehension [34]
Ask-Read-Tell Cognitive Strategy: Reading Comprehension [35]

Phrase-Cued Text Lessons [36]
Phrase-Cued Text Passage Generator [37]

Number Sense Intervention: Counting Board Game [38]

Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:

Intervention Central [46]
Evidence-Based Intervention Network [47]
Cognitive Strategy Instruction [48]

This page contains short training videos by Jim Wright on intervention and assessment topics.

Academic Intervention Ideas
How to Find & Fix Academic Survival Skills	Related Resources
[49]	VIDEO: How to Find & Fix Academic Survival Skills [49] HANDOUT: Academic Survival Skills Checklists: 5 Ways to Help Students to Become Effective Self-Managing Learners [50] ONLINE APP: Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [24]

How to Build Sight-Word Vocabulary With Reading Racetracks	Related Resources
[51]	VIDEO: How to Build Sight-Word Vocabulary With Reading Racetracks [51] HANDOUT: How to Build Sight-Word Vocabulary With Reading Racetracks [52] FORM: Reading Racetrack Interactive Form in PDF Format [53]

Behavior Intervention Ideas
How to Use Active Response Beads to Promote Behavioral Self-Control	Related Resources
[54]	VIDEO: How to Use Active Response Beads to Promote Behavioral Self-Control [54] HANDOUT: How To: Reduce Time-Outs With Active Response Beads [55] [49]

Data Collection & Assessment
How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Checklists	Related Resources
[56]	VIDEO: How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Checklists [56] ONLINE APP: Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [23]

How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Rubrics	Related Resources
[57]	VIDEO: How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Rubrics [57] HANDOUT: How to Use Rubrics in Student Assessment [58]