Powerful Reading Interventions:!

Systems and Structures for Success"

Kristin Stoetzel, M.Ed.!Kristy Morrison, S.S.P.!

Ian Kelly, M.Ed.!!

Goals"!1. Understand system level considerations

necessary to implement effective systems of intervention!

2. Leave with practical tools aligned to system considerations. !

Visualize"

Pyramid!

Egypt: The Ideal"

However..."

North America: Mound Builders"

China: Zangkun Step Pyramid"

Bosnia: Hidden Pyramids"

Compare and Contrast"

How are these pyramids similar? Different?!

What else did they have in common?"

Visualize"

RtI!

RtI: The Ideal"

How do we build our pyramid?"

Culture, Systems, and Structures"

“RtI isn’t a package that you can order from a catalog.”!

- Dr. Daryl Mellard!

Building Your Pyramid"

Systems and Structures"

Problem Solving Model!

Diagnostic Assessment System!

Systematic Data Collection and Review!

Systems of Classroom Instruction!

Systems of Intervention!

Systems of Collaboration and Coaching!

Building Your Pyramid"

Common Obstacles"

1.  Too many students, limited staff!

2. Data: what, why, how? !

3. Materials, money, leadership!

Look at Tier 1"

Data Collection: Building level"

Data Collection: Building level"

Analyze Data: Grade Level"

Analyze Data: Classroom Level"

Data Teams: Intervention Decisions"

Analyze Data: Student Level"

Standard Protocol Interventions"

Systematic and Structured!

Research Based Practice!

Intensity and Fidelity!

Measurable and Measured!

Standard Protocol Interventions"

Phonological Awareness!

Phonics!

Fluency!

Comprehension!

Consultation & Coaching"

Progress Monitoring"

Progress Monitoring"

Use What You Have"

•  Be SYSTEMATIC!•  Assess FREQUENTLY!•  Make COMPARISONS!•  Find TRENDS!•  Apply CHANGES!

Reevaluate & Refine"

1.  Examine Tier 1 to allocate resources!

2.  Use what you have regularly & systematically!

3.  Coaching, Explicit/Systematic Intervention, Find the Expertise!

Q & A!!

ikelly@natickps.org !kstoetzel !

kmorrison"