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Moving Toward a Problem-Solving

Approach that Uses Response To

Intervention Data

Laura Boynton Hauerwas Kristen Matthes Providence College Barrington Public School

Organization of Day – Teaming Morning Group

8:30-9:30 Review of the Five Components of RTI

9:30-10:00 Introduction to Teaming10:00-10:15 Break10:15-11:15 Changing Role of Teams

Group Activity 11:15-12:00Summary and Action Plan12:00-1:00 Lunch1:00-3:15 Building a Comprehensive

Assessment System

Organization of Day- Assessment Morning Group

8:30-9:30 Review of the Five Components of RTI

9:30-10:00 Introduction to Assessment10:00-10:15 Break10:15-11:15 Using Data: Case Studies11:15-12:00 Building a Comprehensive

Assessment System Action Plan

12:00-1:00 Lunch1:00-3:15 Changing Role of Teams

Response to Intervention (RTI)

What is it?• a problem-solving philosophy• an intervention system• a way to monitor progress • a shared responsibility• in some case part of special education referral

RTI: a problem solving philosophy

If a student isn’t performing as expected, we will change what WE’RE doing …

and continue problem solving until we find what works.

Comprehensive Approach

Curriculum What we teach

Instruction How we teach

Environment Learning context_____________________________________

Student Improved Student Outcome

What is problem-solving?

1. Problem Identification

2. Problem Analysis

3. Plan Development

4. Plan Implementation

5. Plan Evaluation

ReviseModify

IntensifyWith Expanding Support

A decision making process

What is the discrepancy between what

is expected and what is occurring?

1. Problem Identification

Why is the problem occurring?

2. Problem Analysis

What is the goal?What is the intervention plan?

How will progress be monitored?

3. Plan Development

How will implementation fidelity be ensured?

4. Plan Implementation

Did the student(s) respond to the intervention?

5. Plan Evaluation

CELEBRATE?

REVISE?MODIFY?INTENSIFY?WITH EXPANDED SUPPORT?

Next steps:

1. Problem Identification

2. Problem Analysis

3. Plan Development

4. Plan Implementation

5. Plan Evaluation

ReviseModify

IntensifyWith Expanding Support

Team MatrixRTI Components Actually

HappeningIdeally, Should Be Practiced

Problem Solving Process

Intervention

Assessment

Teams and Professional Roles

Referral to Special Education

RTI: an intervention system

• School-wide system• Foundational curriculum• Variety of Interventions• Systematic Assessment Plan • Data-based decision making

process

Effective Education for ALL StudentsBuilding a School-Wide Model

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Response to Intervention approach

Tier 2

Tier 1

Tier 3

What is an intervention?

Instruction that supplements and intensifies classroom curriculum/instruction to meet student need Academic or Behavioral Standard Protocol or Individualized

All interventions must have plan of implementation, criteria for successful response, assessment to monitor progress

Team MatrixRTI Components Actually

HappeningIdeally, Should Be Practiced

Problem Solving Process

Intervention

Assessment

Teams and Professional Roles

Referral to Special Education

“Never argue with the data”Let it drive your decisions

• Teachers use assessments as formative tools to inform instruction

• School administrators use assessment data to help teachers meet the needs of students by providing necessary staff development and changes in curriculum

• Teachers use progress monitoring assessments to determine if students are responding to instruction and intervention

Using Benchmark and Progress Monitoring Data

to Chart RTI

Grouping students for instruction based on student skill,

monitoring their progress over small periods of time,

adjusting instruction based on the data and providing kids feedback on their performance

…

one of the most powerful sets of educational practices that exists.

~Dan Reschly

Team MatrixRTI Components Actually

HappeningIdeally, Should Be Practiced

Problem Solving Process

Intervention

Assessment

Teams and Professional Roles

Referral to Special Education

RTI: a shared responsibility of a TEAM of Education Professionals

• This is about each and every …– Student, class, school and

district

• For district-wide success, it needs to be everybody’s business

•Michigan Teacher Network at michiganteacher.net

Expanding Circle of Support

School-Based Problem Solving TeamEL Teacher

Special EducatorsSchool Psychologists-Diagnosticians

Special Education

StudentsTeachersParents

Reading SpecialistCounselor

Other Specialists

Collaborative Consultation

School-Based Problem Solving TeamEL Teacher

Special Educators

School Psychologists-Diagnosticians

Special Education

StudentsTeachersParents

Reading SpecialistCounselor

Other Specialists

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Team MatrixRTI Components Actually

HappeningIdeally, Should Be Practiced

Problem Solving Process

Intervention

Assessment

Teams and Professional Roles

Referral to Special Education

Response to Intervention… are we there yet?

Instruction

Intervention

What’s next?

Intervention

Intervention Consider adding

Special Educationsupport

RegularEducation

Referral to Special Education

• In some case referral to special education is an extension of the problem solving process

• Referral is based on RTI data• Data based on:

• Student’s rate of learning• Gaps in student achievement• Intensity of intervention

Team MatrixRTI Components Actually

HappeningIdeally, Should Be Practiced

Problem Solving Process

Intervention

Assessment

Teams and Professional Roles

Referral to Special Education