RTI Response to Intervention

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RTIResponse to Intervention

• A View of the Ascension Experience

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Introduction

• IDEIA - Individuals with Disabilities Education
  Improvement Act of 2004

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What is RTI (at Ascension)?

• High quality instruction for all students based
  on research and the standards defined by the
  Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
• Universal screening of all students grades K-4
  three times a year to monitor progress.

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Tiered Instruction

• Tiered instruction allows students to receive
  increasing levels of instructional help based on
  their specific needs in the general education
  curriculum.

Tier 3 Intensive Intervention Students
significantly below grade level. Progress
Monitoring. Tier 2 Targeted Group Intervention
Students at academic or behavior risk. Progress
monitoring. Tier 1 Core Instruction For all
students. Universal screening 3 times per year.
Tier 3
Tier 2
Tier 1
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Early Intervention Specialist View

• Teacher Driven Student Centered
• Building Teacher consensus
• Data DIBELS an example
• Progress Monitoring

Early Intervention Specialist
Intervention Specialist
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Ownership Data

• Shared Ownership All staff, the student, and the
  parents assume an active role in instruction and
  assessment for all students.
• Data-Based Decision Making The use of student
  data to guide the design, implementation, and
  adjustment of instruction. This data is gathered
  through

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Benchmarks

• Grade Level Benchmarks and Outcome Assessment
  The assessment used 3 times per year of all
  students compared to age and grade level
  standards and, the measurement of how students
  have performed at the end of planned instruction
  or the end of the year.

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Progress Monitoring

• Progress monitoring Continuous measuring and
  comparing of student learning to determine
  progress toward targeted skills with the purpose
  of appropriately adjusting instruction.

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Parent Role

• Parental Engagement Parents are provided
  information regarding their childs needs,
  interventions, goals, and expected progress, time
  spent in each tier, with regular reports of
  progress or lack of progress and the right to
  request a additional evaluations at any time.
  Parents are also encouraged to take an active
  role in assisting their child at home with
  homework and interventions recommended by the
  teacher.

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From the Administrator View

• Core teachers are strength
• Not everyone on board to start
• It is a goal
• Not mandated
• Challenge of financing
• Its a process

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Staffing it all

• Team Effort
• Teachers
• Auxiliary Employees
• Federal Title 1
• Paraprofessionals
• Parent Volunteers
• Facilitating Leadership

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From the Counselor View

• Unique role at Ascension no school psychologist
  on staff
• History of IAT
• Changes in Special Ed procedures
• IDEIA 2004
• Teacher involvement process
• The need for more data collection

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From the Teacher View

• Frustration of Sending them on..
• Serving all students
• More and more students with needs
• Support system
• or network

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Catholic Social Teaching

• Our mission We Believe that
• All students are children of God, gifted with the
  ability to learn.

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Volunteers

• Use the wealth of gifts in parish, parents
  seniors.

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RTI Resources

• RTI School Building Blueprint, National Assoc.
• Turning Parent Into Volunteers Online book by
  Rhonda Jones, MA
• DIBELS - dibels.uoregon.edu

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RTI Multiple Choice Review

• A. Regional Transit Incorporated
• B. Religion Teachers Institute
• C. Response to Intervention