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Welcome? . To all teams and individual participants?And a special NH welcome toSHANNON HARKEN!. NH RtI Task Force. The purpose of the NH-RTI Task Force is to provide leadership through a state Response to Intervention (RtI) plan for NH school districts that supports the understanding and effect
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1. Doing RtI: What Does it Really Mean? July 7-9, 2009
Nashua, New Hampshire
2. Welcome… To all teams and individual participants…
And a special NH welcome to
SHANNON HARKEN!
3. NH RtI Task Force The purpose of the NH-RTI Task Force is to provide leadership through a state Response to Intervention (RtI) plan for NH school districts that supports the understanding and effective implementation of a systematic RtI framework for all NH children.
4. So…how did we get here?
5. The Beginning December 2007: National Summit on “Response to Intervention” Arlington, Virginia
Teams from every state in the United States
Theory to “how-to”
“Beginners” to “Experts”
6. National RtI Summit A collaborative effort among
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
7. National Summit Goals
To gather teams of key State education leaders and representatives of selected state affiliate organizations to learn about components and models of RtI.
To assist States in scaling up comprehensive models of RtI in their schools and districts.
To help States develop a state plan for implementing RtI and provide information about accessing various federal and state resources to assist with implementation.
8. New Hampshire’s Team 11 people representing:
Department of Education administrators and consultants
Statewide association representatives (Principals, School Administrators, NEA-NH, AFT-NH)
Parent representatives
9. Our Vision A committed, diverse stakeholder group with a shared unity of purpose for optimal student learning
A statewide understanding and common language for an RtI organizational structure
universal screening
tiered instruction and intervention
progress monitoring using a data driven process.
A unified structured system
to build the capacity of entire school communities
to develop and provide collaborative professional development
10. NH RtI Task Force With support from NH DOE -- including assistance of the New England Comprehensive Center, the Task Force has
Learned new/more information about RtI
Formed several work groups to address specific tasks
Adopted a definition to guide its work in the development of an action plan for NH school districts, and…
11. NH RtI Task Force Interactive Guide to RtI in New Hampshire
A guidance document to assist NH schools
Understand the core concepts of RtI
Assess local needs
Determine steps needed to implement a successful RtI practice
http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/programs/documents/INTERACTIVEGUIDETORTI-NH.pdf
12. So…What’s Next?