- 2 November 2016: Jim Wright's evening parent talk: Finding the Spark: How to Use 'Growth Mindset' Statements to Motivate Your Child
- 3 November 2016: Jim Wright's full-day workshop: Developing Effective MTSS Tier 2 and Tier 3 Reading Interventions: Guidelines for Schools
On Thursday 3 November 2016, Jim Wright presented a workshop, Developing Effective MTSS Tier 2 and Tier 3 Reading Interventions: Guidelines for Schools, for educators from across North Carolina, presented at the Hill Center in Durham, NC.
Here are resources shared at that training:
- PowerPoint: Developing Effective MTSS Tier 2 and Tier 3 Reading Interventions: Guidelines for Schools [1]
- Workshop Handout [2]
- Workbook: Tier 2/3 Reading Intervention Services: Establishing aData Analysis Team & Building-Wide Entrance/Exit Criteria [3]
- Tiers 2/3 Academic Intervention Programs & Practices: Building Inventory [4]
- The Data Analysis Team: Command & Control for Tier 2/3 Services [5]
- Next Steps: Creating a Building-Wide System of Tier 2/3 MTSS Reading Support: [6]
- Classroom Instruction: How to Implement Strong Core Instruction: Direct Instruction Checklist (Interactive Form) [8]
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [9]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Interactive Form) [10]
These intervention ideas were discussed:
- Paired Reading. [12] The tutor and student read aloud together from a passage, until the student isgnals that they would like to read alone.
- Repeated Reading: Group. [13]This version of repeated reading is delivered to a group of 3 students.
- HELPS Program. [14] This free program trains tutors to provide 15-minute sessions with students to boost reading fluency.
- Linking Pronouns to Referents. [15]When reading advanced texts, the student circles pronouns, writes their referents above them, and then rereads the text, inserting the referent for each pronoun.
- 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]
These websites are good sources for information about quality Tier 2/3 programs:
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [20]. 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 [21]. 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. [22] 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.
Check out these resources for Tier 3: Intensive Intervention: Problem-Solving Teams
- Tier 3: MTSS Team Roles [23]
- Tier 3: [24]MTSS [23]Team Case Manager Pre-Meeting Form
- Tier 3: [25]MTSS [23]Team Meeting introductory Script
- Tier 3: [26]MTSS [23]Team Meeting 'Facilitator's Guide'
- Tier 3: [27]MTSS [23]Team Meeting Forms: Interactive.
- Tier 3: [28]MTSS [23]Team 'Quality Indicators' Checklist
On Wednesday 2 November 2016, Jim Wright presented a 90-minute workshop for parents: Finding the Spark: How to Use 'Growth Mindset' Statements to Motivate Your Child.
Here are resources from that training:
- PowerPoint: Finding the Spark: How to Use 'Growth Mindset' Statements to Motivate Your Child [29]
- Handout: Finding the Spark: How to Use 'Growth Mindset' Statements to Motivate Your Child [30]
- Teacher Growth Mindset Handout: Mindsets: The Power to Help or Hinder Student Motivation [31]
Here are intervention ideas discussed:
- 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]