Implementing & Evaluating a School

RTI FrameworkShawna Moran, EII, ODEOdyssey - August 2013

Essential Response to Intervention Elements

O An evidence based approach to instruction

O A comprehensive assessment system

O A problem-solving method

An evidence based approach to instructionO Strong core curriculum and

increasingly intensive interventions (i.e. “tiers of increasing support”).

O Effective use of instructional and engagement strategies combined with strong classroom management.

O Adequate time used for instruction and either supplemental or intensive interventions.

A comprehensive assessment system

O Universal, standardized, valid screening and progress monitoring tools that provide predictive reliability.O Internal Assessments – measure what is taught.O External Assessments – measure overall performance at

a specific point in time and growth over time against vetted norms.

O Systemic plans for the administration and evaluation of assessments at key times over the year by both teachers and leaders.

O Teacher friendly data displays (i.e. data walls, progress monitoring graphs).

A problem-solving method

O Systemic problem identification & solving protocolsO Set meeting times and procedures for

teachers to analyze and make decisions about instruction and differentiation.

O Set meeting times and procedures for groups to problem solve specific students that are having difficulty.

O Set meeting times and procedures for enacting decisions to meet ALL students needs. Administrative support is key.

RTI implementationO Where do schools and districts get stuck?

Common Challenges….O We need more teachers or IA’s to do RTI!O We need more money to do RTI!O The specialist will provide the intervention later

on. O Building schedules then fitting kids in, as

opposed to building the schedule based on what kids need from the start.

O A culture of these are “my” kids as opposed to, “these are our kids.”

O Staying with the same old protocols even after the students’ needs have changed over time because that used to work.

Evaluating & recalibrating

O Implementation stages …O Self-analysis and task identification …O Putting the metal to the pedal …

planning, doing…O Monitoring…

Then…doing it all over again.

Tools for self-evaluation & recalibration

RTI Diagnostics and Planning

ONASDSE RTI Implementation Blueprint – School and/or District – at http://www.nasdse.org/Portals/0/SCHOOL.pdfOIES What Works RTI Essentials Integrity Rubric and/or Worksheet at:

O http://www.rti4success.org/pdf/RTI_Framework_Integrity_Rubric_08-25-11.pdf

O http://www.rti4success.org/pdf/RTI_Framework_Integrity_Worksheet.pdf

OIES – Math Rubrics at:O http://ctl.uoregon.edu/node/1009

Oregon RTI staff survey

Additional Resources O OR RTI website at www.oregonrti.org.O RTI Action Network at www.rtinetwork.org.O National Center on Response to Intervention

at: www.rti4success.org.O Intervention Central – RTI Resources at:

www.interventioncentral.org.O Institute of Education Science & What

Works: video on implementing RTI in math and reading at the early grades at: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/multimedia.aspx?sid=4.

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