Response to Intervention

1. Response to Intervention A Brief Update on the Work of the NHDOE�s RtI Task Force Sandy Plocharczyk New Hampshire School Administrators Association Co-chair of the NH RtI Task Force January 30, 2009

2. Response to Intervention IN BRIEF� Instructional model based on educational research and rooted in the belief that all children can learn Referenced in various articles and research since the 1980s Received national attention during the reauthorization of IDEA 2004, as a tool for assessing and working with struggling learners BUT� RTI is not a special education intervention or evaluation

3. NH�s RtI Task Force - The Beginning In December 2007, a national summit on �Response to Intervention� was held in Arlington, Virginia. Teams from every state in the United States attended a variety of presentations and began the work that would be continued upon their return home. Theory to �how-to� �Beginners� t0 �Experts�

4. NH�s RtI Task Force - The Beginning The RtI Summit was 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)

5. NH�s RtI Task Force - The Beginning The national summit set 3 primary 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.

6. NH�s RtI Task Force - The Beginning NH�s team was comprised of 11 people representing: Department of Education administrators and consultants Statewide association representatives (Principals, School Administrators, NEA-NH, AFT-NH) Parent representatives

7. NH�s RtI Task Force - The Beginning Step One: NH�s Team created a vision: To have a committed, diverse stakeholder group that has a shared unity of purpose for optimal student learning. To have a statewide understanding and common language for an RtI organizational structure that includes universal screening, tiered instruction and intervention, and progress monitoring using a data driven process. To create a unified structured system for building the capacity of entire school communities to develop and provide collaborative professional development that focuses on the understanding and common language of our shared vision for optimal student learning.

8. 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 an RtI model for all NH children.

9. NH RtI Task Force Upon return to NH, the RtI Team began its work with facilitators from New England Comprehensive Center To date, this group has� Broadened and diversified the team and formed the NH RtI Task Force 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

10. NH RtI Task Force Organized and supported by the NHDOE,the RtI Task Force is currently preparing a �white paper� to serve as a guidance document to assist NH school districts in� Understanding the core concepts of RtI Assessing local needs Determining steps needed to implement a successful RtI model

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