Response to Intervention: The Fourth “R”

1. Response to Intervention: The Fourth “R” Ellen Stoltz, Ph.D. Director for Special Education Instructional Support Services

2. Three P’s… • Purpose: To develop a common understanding about RtI and tiered instruction by building shared background • Presentation: Whole-group, jigsaw, reflection, paired and small-group discussion, Power point (will e-mail), anchor document • Pay-off: Customized tiered intervention process will begin at each school with initial forms for implementation

3. What Do you Know about RTI?

4. WHAT Tier I= CORE Balanced approach, universal design, guided reading, explicit strategies Tier II= Supplemental Tier III= Intervention WHO Tier I= All Students Tier II=Small-group Tier III=1:1, 1;2, 1;3 Overview of Terms

5. Breakthrough, Fullan, M. (2006) • Jigsaw: Read silently and report to group • Data informs ______________ • P___________ i____________ • C_______________ Professional Development through school-based PLTs

6. Beliefs and Understandings Reflect, Discuss, Report

7. RtI=SRBI • CSDE Publication of Executive Summary • Page 12 Triangle • Bullets, page 2-3 • Small-group to large-group discussion for remainder of article

8. Oral Language Phonological Awareness Comprehension Vocabulary Phonics Fluency …A Responsive Teacher of Reading…

9. Three Reading Cueing Systems • Meaning • Structural • Visual

10. How Do We Implement RtI? Schools using Reading Workshop Model with Mondo: • Benchmark DRA2 data with color-coding • Analyze performance with filtering • Establish Tier II and III population • Offer customized PD to supports • Track effectiveness of intervention

11. Personal Reading Plans • Mandated for students in K-3 reading at the substantially deficient level • Suggested for students in grades 4-8 • Reiterative in nature • Replaces READING WORKSHEET at SST level

12. Types of Interventions

13. Questions?