Southern Elementary

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Southern Elementary

• RTI Presentation

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Project Goal

• We applied for this grant because we wanted
  to gain information about the RTI process and the
  various intervention programs that could be used
  for different Tiers so that we could implement
  this process during the 2009-2010 school year.

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Objectives

• Determine the needs of Southern Elementary
• Participate in ISSP webinars
• Establish Tier 2 Guidelines
• Establish Tier 3 Guidelines

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Activities

• Conducted and reviewed a Needs Assessment
• Reviewed various intervention programs
• Made school visits to schools that implemented
  the RTI process a couple of years ago
• Chose a Universal Screener
• Developing a schedule that will allow for at
  least a 90 minute reading block and effectively
  utilize our support staff

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• Challenges

• Successes

• Just knowing where to start
• Trying to picture in our minds how students being
  pulled for various interventions would work
• Choosing a program that we felt would meet some
  of our most pressing needs
• Developing a Master Schedule
• Funding
• Staff buy in

• School visits to see how well intervention
  programs worked and seeing how they dealt with
  scheduling of various Tiers.
• Gaining district level support to help with the
  purchasing costs of the chosen intervention
  program
• Having the time every month for discussion within
  our cadre

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Critical Pieces

• Determine the needs of our students
• Matching the intervention to those identified
  deficits
• Create a schedule beginning with the reading
  block and interventions in place because they are
  the most important part of a school day
• Train the staff
• Set guidelines for various tiers and the movement
  between them

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Sustaining this Process

• This should not be a problem. We realize that
  adjustments will need to be made once we get
  started but once the programs are purchased the
  first time, the cost of the consumable components
  will be minimal. We also believe that when
  teachers see the process working and students
  growth in various areas that they will fully
  support the RTI process.