Response to Intervention

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Response to Intervention

• White Bear Lake Schools
• -Oneka Elementary
• -Lincoln Elementary

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Demographics

• Approximately 55,000 people live within the
  borders of White Bear Lake Schools.
• Second ring suburb of St. Paul
• Population has significantly changed showing a
  more diverse student population, both racially
  and socio-economically.
• During the 2007-2008 school year, the student
  enrollment was 8, 347.
• Special Education-12.6
• Free and reduced lunch district average 26
• ELL sites in 6 out of the 8 elementary buildings

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Pre RTI

• Individual student needs were addressed through
  the TAT process
• Inconsistent data collection
• Instructional decisions not always based on data
• Intervention implementation inconsistent
• TAT process was a hoop to jump through to get
  to a special education assessment.
• Wait to Fail Service Model approach
• Inconsistent collaboration.
• Interventions not always researched based

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How Did RTI unfold in White Bear Lake?

• 2006-2007
• Special Education Director began discussion
  with District Leadership
• Two elementary principals identified to join
  in the initiative
• 2007-2008
• Early Intervening Services dollars to
  research and began RTI planning (.4 FTE)
• Applied for and received RTI Coaching grant
  through MN RTI Center
• Met monthly as an RTI District Team and
  attended a variety of workshops.
• Action Plans written for each building.
• Small kindergarten pilot with AIMSweb
  progress monitoring

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Oneka Elementary

• Oneka Implemented K-5 RTI model
• 752 students
• ELL site
• Measurement All school AIMSweb benchmarking and
  progress
• 
  monitoring
• Interventions Tier 1- Houghton Mifflin
• Tier 2- EIR, Scripted
  Interventions, Read Naturally, Tune
• into
  Reading, Earobics
• Tier 3- Orton,
  Fundations (Wilson System)
• Problem Solving Created RTI documentation,
  problem solving at grade
  levels and PST involvement with Tier 3
• Intervention Teachers Reading specialist .8,
  special education staff,
• ELL,
  Reach, paras

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Lincoln Elementary

• Lincoln Added 1st grade to RTI model
• 403 students
• Measurement AIMSweb K, 1st benchmarking and
  progress monitoring
• Interventions Tier 1- Houghton Mifflin
• Tier 2 -EIR, PALS,
  Repeated Readings
• Tier 3 - Orton, TV
  Teacher
• Problem Solving Improved process, data
  collection, and matching
• interventions to
  needs.
• Intervention Teachers Special education,
  reading specialist, classroom teachers, behavior
  assistant, Reach

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Accomplishments

• Site visits to a variety of schools
• Attended a variety of SCRED trainings
• Created an Action Plan
• Established literacy block schedule
• Established AIMSweb universal screening and
  progress monitoring
• Adopted research-based tier 2 and tier 3
  interventions.
• Survived the bumps in the road!!!!

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Current Focus

• Sustainability
• Grade level data review and intervention reviews
• Problem Solving Team
• Diagnostics
• Fidelity
• Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instruction

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Contact Information

• Tracy Presseller
• tapres_at_wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us