- Web Page: Data Collection 'Look-Up' Table [1]
- Classroom Support Plan Writer. [2] This free web-based app allows educators to create and print customized classroom intervention plans for individuals and groups!
On 13 Feb 2020, Jim Wright presented the workshop High School RTI/MTSS for Academics: Supporting the Difficult-to-Teach Student for members of the PJ High School RTI/MTSS Leadership Team. Here are resources shared at that training:
- PowerPoint: High School RTI/MTSS for Academics: Supporting the Difficult-to-Teach Student [3]
- Handout [4]
- PIVOT POINTS: The Struggling Student in a General-Education Setting: Pivot Points [5]
- Power of Checklists [6]. This handout describes how to teach behaviors through teacher-made checklists.
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker. [7] This app allows teachers to create customized checklists to describe any behavior.
- Definitions: Core Instruction, Academic Interventions, Accommodations, Modifications [8]
- Behavior Management: 38 Classroom Ideas to Help Students to Make BetterBehavioral Choices [9]
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [10] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer.
RAP Interactive Form [11] - Reading Comprehension: Read Actively [12]. The student pauses after each paragraph, recalls its content, and then checks their recall against the original passage.
- Linking Pronouns to Referents. [13]When reading advanced texts, the student circles pronouns, writes their referents above them, and then rereads the text, inserting the referent for each pronoun.
- Ask-Read-Tell. [14]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished.
ART Interactive Form. [15]
- Learning Contracts [16]
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [17]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [18]
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [19]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [20]
On 7 June 2019, Jim Wright presented a training, RTI/MTSS for Academics & Behavior: Classroom Resources, to faculty at Port Jervis Middle School. Here are resources from that training:
- PowerPoint: RTI/MTSS for Academics & Behavior: Classroom Resources [21]
- Handout [22]
- Data Collection Sheet: Tier 1 Intervention Plan. [23]Use this Google Docs form to conveniently record data on classroom interventions.
- Link: Middle School academic intervention workshop: March 2017
- Link: Middle School motivation workshop: January 2019
Intervention ideas shared at the training:
- Text Annotation. [24] The student jots notes in the margin of assigned readings to encourage engagement with the text.
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [10] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [11]
- STAR: Mnemonic for Completing Word Problems [25]. The student follows a 4-step plan for problem-solving.
- Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [26]. The student checks math work before submission using a checklist customized to their needs.
- ONLINE APP: Academic Survival Skills Checklist Generator. [7] Teachers can use this app to create and print off customized checklists outlining essential Academic Survival Skills (e.g., homework regimen; organization; time management).
On 22 May/6 June/14 June 2019, Jim Wright and members of RTI Teams from all Port Jervis schools met to work on mapping the district's RTI/MTSS-Academics plan. Here are resources shared at the sessions:
- PowerPoint: Mapping Your District RTI/MTSS Process for Academics [27]
- PORT JERVIS RTI/MTSS Academic-Support Plan (Draft: 14 June 2019) [28](MS Word format)
On 21 May 2019, [29] Jim Wright presented a full-day workshop for RTI/MTSS Team members of Anna S. Kuhl Elementary on essential elements of RTI/MTSS-AcademicHere are resources from that training:
- PowerPoint: [30]RTI/MTSS for Academics: How to Audit Your District- and School-Wide Learning Supports [30] [31]
- Measuring Positive Classroom Learning Behaviors in Kindergarten: A Predictor of School Success. [35]This simple scale presents 7 behaviors that predict acdaemic success.
- Web Page: Academic Interventions 'Look-Up' Table [36]
- Web Page: Data Collection 'Look-Up' Table [1]
- Web Page: RTI/MTSS-Academics Resource Page [37]
1. Behavior Report Cards
2. Checklists
3. Cumulative Mastery Records
4. Curriculum-Based Measurement
- Dolch Word List Generator [48] (no norms available)
On M 28 January 2019, Jim Wright presented w breakout session workshops for the Port Jervis CSD. Here are resources from those trainings:
Morning Breakout: PowerPoint: RTI/MTSS for Academics: An Overview [51]
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [52]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Google Docs) [34]
These intervention & assessment resources were shared in the morning training:
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [10] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [11]
- Math Facts (and Spelling) Intervention: Cover-Copy-Compare [54]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Horizontal Math Facts [55]
- Cover-Copy-Compare Interactive Worksheet: Vertical Math Facts [56]
- Learning Contracts [16]
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [17]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [18]
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [19]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [20]
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Afternoon Breakout: PowerPoint: Motivating Middle-School Students: Strategies for Teachers [57]
- Motivation Handout [58]
These intervention resources were shared in the afternoon training:
- Learning Contracts [16]
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [17]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [18]
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [19]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [20]
On Th 23 March 2017, Jim Wright presented the workshop RTI: An Introduction for Middle Schools to teachers from Port Jervis (NY) Middle School. Here are resources from that training:
- PowerPoint: RTI: An Introduction for Middle Schools [59]
- The Struggling Student in a General-EducationSetting: Pivot Points [5]
- How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [52]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Interactive Form) [61]
Here are student self-management interventions reviewed at the workshop:
- Linking Pronouns to Referents. [13]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. [10] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [11]
- Ask-Read-Tell. [14]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form. [15]
- [16]Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [26]
- Learning Contracts [16]
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [17]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [18]
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [19]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [20]
- Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description [62]
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form [63]
- Academic Survival Skills. [64] The student possesses strong work habits in global skills such as time management, study skills, and organization.
- ONLINE APP: Academic Survival Skills Checklist Generator. [7] This free app allows teachers to create and save customized checklists for use in classrooms.
Check out these behavior ideas:
- Managing Academic Anxiety Through an Antecedent Writing Activity [65]
- How To: Use the Power of Personal Connection to Motivate Students [66]
These apps were also reviewed at the training:
- Behavior Report Card Maker. [39]This app allows the teacher to format and print off customized daily behavior report cards for classroom data collection.
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker. [40]Using this tool, educators can create customized behavior checklists for a variety of uses.