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RtII for Middle School. Bethann M. McCain; RtII Consultant bmccain@ciu10.org 814-577-8218. What is RtII. Early Intervention Strategy The goal is to improve student achievement using research-based interventions matched to the instructional need and level of the student.
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RtII for Middle School Bethann M. McCain; RtII Consultant bmccain@ciu10.org 814-577-8218
What is RtII • Early Intervention Strategy • The goal is to improve student achievement using research-based interventions matched to the instructional need and level of the student. • RtII is NOT a program. It is an instructional framework.
Core Characteristics of RtII • Standards aligned instruction in a research-based core • Universal screening • Shared ownership of all students • Data-based decision making • Progress monitoring • Benchmark and Outcome Assessment • Tiered intervention and service delivery • Research-based interventions • Flexible grouping • Fidelity of Implementation • Parental engagement
Core Characteristics of RtII Standards-aligned instruction: All students receive high quality research-based instruction in the standards aligned general education core curriculum.Differentiated core program instruction should meet the needs of 80% of students. Universal Screening: All students are screened to determine academic and behavioral status against grade level benchmarks.
Core Characteristics of RtII Shared Ownership of All Students: All staff(general education teachers, special education teachers, Title I, ESL teachers) assume an active role in students’ assessment and instruction in the standards-aligned system. • All staff, including interventionists, assist with core instruction. • Core instructors provide the first line of intervention
Core Characteristics of RtII Data-Based Decision-Making: • Progress Monitoring: Continuous progress monitoring of student performance and use of progress monitoring data to determine intervention effectiveness and drive instructional adjustments, and to identify/measure progress toward instructional and grade level goals. • Benchmark and Outcome Assessment: Student progress is benchmarked throughout the year to determine level of progress toward monitoring and assessing the fidelity of intervention implementation.
Core Characteristics of RtII Tiered Intervention: Students receive increasingly intense levels of targeted scientifically, research-based interventions dependent on student needs. Parental Engagement: Parents are informed of their child's needs, interventions, intervention schedule, progress and their right to request a special education evaluation at any time.
RtII: What it’s Not! RtII is not a(n)… • pre-referral system • individual teacher • classroom • special education program • an added period of reading instruction • a separate, stand alone initiative
Effective Teaching Principles • Engagement Time • Success Rate • Content Coverage/Opportunities to Learn • Grouping fro Instruction • Scaffolded Instruction • Addressing Forms of Knowledge • Activating and Organizing Knowledge • Teaching Strategically • Making Instruction Explicit • Teaching Sameness in the Curriculum
High Impact Strategies • Identify Similarities and Differences • Summarizing and Note-taking • Reinforcing and Providing Recognition
What needs to happen • Same focus: our students • Teamwork • Sharing of knowledge • Flexibility • Fidelity/generalization • Realization that this is a process, not a “quick fix”
What is Available from the IU • Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support • Standards-Aligned System • Response to Instruction and Intervention Cohorts • Book Study Groups • Reading Apprenticeship http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=42E2fAWM6rA