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RTI Professional Learning Webinar Series:
Using Research to Select and Design
Effective Interventions
Session #9 12/9/09 3-4:30 pm
Promising Progress: Looking Forward
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Counting ALL Participants After you join the webinar as usual:
1. Go to the Chat Window
2. Type your district name and school name or organization name or “parent”
3. Type the names of every person in attendance with you
4. Send it to “This Room”
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Who are we?• Teachers• Administrators• Counselors or Social Workers• County Office or DOE• Parents• PK-5, 6-8, 9-12, postsecondary• Statewide Organizations• Other?
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Welcome and Introductions
• John Wight, GaDOE
• Dr. Kimberly Anderson, REL-SE at SERVE Center at UNCG
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REGIONAL EDUCATION LABORATORY- SOUTHEAST (REL-SE)
Executive DirectorDr. Ludwig van Broekhuizen
800-755-3277 www.serve.org
Operated by the SERVE Center at UNCGServing Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and South Carolina
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The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) System
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REL-SE MISSION
To serve the educational needs of the
Southeast using applied research,
development, dissemination, and training
and technical assistance, to bring the
latest and best research and proven
practices into school improvement efforts.
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REL-SE Services
1. Outreach and dissemination of research, evaluation, and policy information
2. Technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs
3. “Issues & Answers” publications
4. Randomized Controlled Trial experimental studies on interventions of relevance to our region
• AMSTI/Alabama and K-PAVE/Mississippi
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TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
1. Learn from colleagues how to put the concepts and tools from this series into action
2. Reflect on what we have learned in this series
3. Discuss our own next steps and next steps for GA/statewide
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Objective #1
Learn from colleagues how to put the concepts and tools from this series into action
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Prep. For The Presentations
1. How have I/we already integrated some of the concepts and/or tools from this webinar series into my/our own RTI practice and decision-making processes?
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Presenter #1:
Leah Falls - GA Virtual Academy
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5-Year Vision and Teacher Professional Development
• In 2007, the Leadership Team developed a 5-year RTI implementation plan
• With 5,000 students we have organized into Academic Teams to make the RTI process more manageable
• We also organize a thorough, consistent Teacher Professional Development plan for each school year
• We have a virtual PD every other month; on the alternating months, we have a F2F PD. Topics so far this year: – Our annual RTI Overview (F2F)– Interventions and Progress Monitoring – processes (online)– Matching Interventions and PM Probes – GVA case studies
(F2F)– Math Interventions for Grades K-8 (online)– Using AIMSweb (piloting a new program – F2F)
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Flow Charts for Teachers
• To help our teachers understand our virtual RTI process better, we developed a series of flow charts that list the steps for different processes involving things such as:– The RTI Tiers– Direct Parent Requests for evaluation– 504 Plan referrals– Related Services referrals– Students exiting from Special Education
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Paperless RTI System of Information – Total Access
• Our Leadership Team feels it is very important for administrators and teachers to feel that our RTI process is available and transparent for all who need access
• We have developed a Windows-based SharePoint site, with password-protected access– All referral forms, documents, resources (including
intervention strategies), and weblinks are available to everyone in the school all the time
• Helps teachers and RTI coordinator update student records in real-time
• Helps the Leadership Team track RTI data efficiently
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Presenter #1 Discussion
1. What “key points” do we take away from this presentation?
2. How might we use these “key points” to strengthen our own practice?
3. What questions do we have?
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Presenter #2:
Shelly Bell - Floyd County
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Presenter #2 Discussion
1. What “key points” do we take away from this presentation?
2. How might we use these “key points” to strengthen our own practice?
3. What questions do we have?
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Presenter #3:
Rachel McCullough - Charlton County
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RTI implementation at Saint George Elementary School
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Background Our very small school is located in Saint George,
Georgia. We have 183 students grades Pre-K through Sixth. 98% of those students are white and 69% receive free or reduced lunch. Our school is located in an extremely rural area with the majority of families being very low-income. CRCT test data from the spring 2008 test showed that math scores at every grade level were in need of improvement. Our Better Seeking Team also did a Root Cause Analysis and found that we have too many gaps across grade levels in basic computation facts. This data led to researching a school-wide math intervention program.
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Goal: To improve math achievement at Saint George
Elementary School using a Tier 1 intervention across all grade levels
What we implemented: After researching different supplementary math fact
programs, we decided on a program from the Otter Creek Institute called “Mastering Math Facts” better known as “Rocket Math”. This program is done in addition to our current math curriculum. It takes about 10 minutes each day from start to finish. It works by increasing math fact mastery through structured, self-paced practice.
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We took these actions: We found that “Rocket Math” would meet our
needs and was within our budget. Training took place during Pre-planning for
teachers to become familiar with the program and get ready to start implementing it.
All students were given the (fall) Universal Screening in Math Computation using Aimsweb benchmarks.
Teachers in all grade levels were to began using the program in addition to regular math curriculum.
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After using the program daily for the first and second nine weeks of school, we gave the (winter) Universal Screening in Math Computation using Aimsweb benchmarks.
The Data collected from grade 2 was compared to the previous years Aimsweb data to determine if improvement occurred.
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Presenter #3 Discussion
1. What “key points” do we take away from this presentation?
2. How might we use these “key points” to strengthen our own practice?
3. What questions do we have?
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Presenter #4:
Mimi Gamel, Crabapple MS - Fulton County
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Crabapple Middle School’s Supplemental Services
Academic and Character development
Mimi Gamel, Graduation Coach, SST/504 Chairperson
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Crabapple Middle School’s School Facts
• Home of the Huskies• Built in 1983• Located in Roswell,
Georgia• 25 miles north of
Atlanta• Fulton County’s First
School of Excellence• Light house School to
Watch 2003, 2006, 2009
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Collaboration with Colleagues is KEY: Monthly Meetings of the Minds
• Administrative Team, Graduation Coach & SST Chair– Provide data on student achievement
• Grades, Standardized and Criterion-referenced test scores, etc.
– Set up school-wide interventions• Learning Labs, Extended Day programs, mentoring
programs, etc.
• Counselors, Social Worker, & Media Specialist– Create programs for at-risk students– Social/Emotional issues– Attendance intervention– Attend and participate in SST and CBT meetings
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Presenter #4 Discussion
1. What “key points” do we take away from this presentation?
2. How might we use these “key points” to strengthen our own practice?
3. What questions do we have?
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Presenter #5:
Robin Clark - Forsyth County
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Elements Impacting Success Robin Clark, School Psychologist
Forsyth County
Collaboration with other departments System framework, with flexibility Administrative support for the RTI process Universal screening and progress
monitoring tool
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Elements of Success Dedicated RTI time Working closely with Teachers/Administrators
to help them understand and implement the process
Developing specific set of interventions or programs to use with specific groups of at-risk students
Seeing a positive and early impact Continuing to have ongoing discussions
within and between schools to share ideas and improve the support we offer
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Elements of Success
Professional Learning SST Process Progress Monitoring Tools Best Practices at each Tier level Behavior – Tier 1- 4 Research Based Interventions for Core skills RTI Team Leader Camp Eligibility Resources
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Presenter #5 Discussion
1. What “key points” do we take away from this presentation?
2. How might we use these “key points” to strengthen our own practice?
3. What questions do we have?
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Presenter #6:
Donna Major- Walton County
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Walton County Public Schools
Donna Major, PhD, District Coordinator
Youth Middle School POI Chairs-- Charlie Wilson, AP and Sharon Adams,
Team Members: Jana Adesegun, Julie Benefield, Mary Cooper and Denell Petty
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How can I keep up
with all of this data ?
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STUDENT DATA NOTEBOOKS (developed by YMS POI Team)
Each principal, assistant principal, LEAD, and teacher maintains a Data Notebook
Contents of the notebook are consistent for each of the above four groups
Included in the notebook will be:– Grade distribution data, ITBS projections and
CRCT data– Results of three, seven, and nine week
assessments– Specific areas of weakness identified through
periodic course assessments– Reports from walk-through– Intervention action sheet– Teacher’s individual Blueprint for Excellence– LEADS and building Blueprint for Excellence
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Intervention Action Sheets:This sheet will document adjustments that
will be made in instruction based on data analysis of identified weaknesses– Evidence of interventions will be:
• Teacher lesson plans that demonstrate adjustments in instructional practices
• Periodic review of teacher lesson plans by LEADS
• Evidence of modification in lessons as viewed during walk-through
• Teacher lesson objectives that address intervention strategies
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Intervention Action Sheet Example:
Key Elements:• Identified weaknesses from periodic assessments• Specifically state intervention strategy• Identify how you will measure the effectiveness of the intervention strategy
– What data will be used?– Identify how the intervention strategy will be observable
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INTERVENTION ACTION SHEET cont.
Assessment Period: from ____________ to _________________
Identified Weaknesses (Benchmarks not met)
Intervention Strategies
How will the intervention strategy be observable?
How the intervention strategy will be measured?
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Youth Middle School Intervention program—Using their student data students are grouped according to reading and math deficits or strengths. Student’s are given interventions during Academic Support time outside of the content area schedule, through before and after school tutoring, during STAR time-an after school program, during lunch study times and Remedial Reading and Math Connection classes.
Student’s are given interventions in deficit areas by being placed in the Academy of Reading or Math programs, direct teacher instruction from a L.A. or Math during AS time, Read 180, Vocabulary building classes, A+, and other SRB individual instruction.
The following slide show the impact of their efforts---
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Youth Middle School : Academy of Reading
Intervention ResultsYouth Middle School Tier 2 Program (Jan-Mar 2009)
Reading (AoR) Math (AoM)
Average Pre Test level 5.16 3.9
Average Post Test Level 5.68 4.57
Total Number of Students 57 80Students showing no measurable improvement 30 34
Students showing .5 grade level improvement 0 9
Students showing 1 grade level improvement 12 6
Students showing 1.5 grade level improvement 0 3
Students showing 2.0 grade level improvement 7 11
Students showing 2.5 grade level improvement 0 6
Greater than 2.5 grade level improvement 8 11
% of students showing greater than expected improvement 47% 58%
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What we learned
A number of student’s needed direct contact with a teacher to make sure they were focused rather than leaving them alone on a program such as Academy of Reading and Math.Behavior, attendance and motivation often impact a student’s success and BIP’s are needed along with skill interventions.It takes time and patience and the support of the entire faculty and staff to develop a school wide program.
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Presenter #6 Discussion
1. What “key points” do we take away from this presentation?
2. How might we use these “key points” to strengthen our own practice?
3. What questions do we have?
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Quick Reminder
• Where can we find expert reviews of rigorous research to support our decision-making?
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Great Resources
• Institute of Education Sciences – ies.ed.gov– Doing What Works
– What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
– Regional Educational Laboratory Program (REL)
– Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE) – www.bestevidence.org
• Alliance for Excellent Education – www.all4ed.org
• Center on Instruction – www.centeroninstruction.org/
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Great Resources
• The National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) -www.caldercenter.org
• The Center on Innovation and Improvement – www.centerii.org/
• Consortium for Policy Research in Education – www.cpre.org
• RAND – www.rand.org
• American Institutes of Research - www.air.org/
• National Governors Association – www.nga.org
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Objective # 2
Reflect on what we have learned in this series
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Quick PollThe MOST valuable piece of learning
throughout the whole series for me was:
A. Types of Research Methods (session #3)
B. Critical Reading Protocol for Studies about Interventions, and/or Intervention Review Protocol (# 4 and/or #7)
C. IES RTI math/reading Practice Guides (#5, #6)
D. Fidelity of Implementation (#8)
E. My colleagues’ presentations (#9)
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Quick PollThe 2nd-MOST valuable piece of learning throughout the whole series for me was:
A. Types of Research Methods (session #3)
B. Critical Reading Protocol for Studies about Interventions, and/or Intervention Review Protocol (# 4 and/or #7)
C. IES RTI math/reading Practice Guides (#5, #6)
D. Fidelity of Implementation (#8)
E. My colleagues’ presentations (#9)
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Objective #2 Reflection
1. How have my “most” and “2nd-most valuable” pieces of learning from this series impacted my thinking and practice?
2. Which 1 piece from my colleagues’ presentations today do I most want to try, and why?
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Objective #3
Discuss our own next steps and next steps for GA statewide
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Share out1. Presenters: Please share 1 thing (1 type of
support) that you need to take your use of research in RTI decision-making to the next level
–-on the Mic or Chat Box
2. All Participants: Please share 1 thing that you need to take it to the next level AND 1 thing that will help GA take it to the next level statewide
—in the Chat Box
3. John and Kim: Reflections on GA’s next steps, and how SERVE/REL-SE can be of support
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Series Evaluation
Your input is crucial as we figure out where to go next and how to get there.
Go to ____________ and complete the brief online evaluation survey. Thanks!
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Accessing All 9 Archived Webinars
1. Go To GaDOE RTI Guidance webpage to download materials for each session
http://www.gadoe.org/ci_services.aspx?PageReq=CIServRTI
2. Go to https://www.georgiastandards.org, the Elluminate Live! Trainings link to access the archived recorded webinars—find them by the date of each session.
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Thank you for all your great work! John Wight, GaDOE
– [email protected]– 404-656-0478
Dr. Kim Anderson – [email protected] – 404-657-6174
The SERVE Center/REL-SE– 800-755-3277– www.serve.org
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