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October Staff Meeting. October 3, 2012. Notes from the RTI visit. She had very positive things to say about the direct instruction models she was able to see during the observation- felt those were being implemented with fidelity
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October Staff Meeting October 3, 2012
Notes from the RTI visit • She had very positive things to say about the direct instruction models she was able to see during the observation- felt those were being implemented with fidelity • We discussed necessary trainings in Lesson Maps, Corrective Reading, and EIR • Concerns: • Transition times • % of time actively engaged in learning at their seats • Following teacher directions immediately when given
Transition Times • Transition times were anywhere from 3-6 minutes. Sometimes students took 3 minutes to transition for a 2 minute task • Use the 90/10 rule. 90% of the time students should be actively engaged in learning 10% for transition, passing out materials, etc. The data from yesterday was 40/60. • To make efficient use of teaching time students should be in their seats for 75 out of 90 minutes (not on floor)
Active Monitoring • Teacher should be actively monitoring student work. • Effectively and efficiently getting to each student or group to monitor their work closely for errors • Correct errors you see students make • Fluency errors (reading &writing), spelling errors when it is a major focus of a project, problem solving errors: important to catch them so students don’t practice incorrectly • Para(s) in the classroom should be working and actively monitoring students when students are in the classroom not doing busy work
Walk Through Focus • Transition times less than 2 min • Time on task and % of students on task • 90% of the time with 100% of students • Active Monitoring of student work • Overall classroom atmosphere is business like • Students aren’t lounging and they respond to directions immediately