RTIRTIResponse to Response to InterventionIntervention

A View of the Ascension A View of the Ascension ExperienceExperience

IntroductionIntroduction

IDEIA - Individuals with Disabilities IDEIA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004Education Improvement Act of 2004

What is RTI (at Ascension)?What is RTI (at Ascension)?

High quality instruction for all High quality instruction for all students based on research and the students based on research and the standards defined by the standards defined by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Universal screening of all students Universal screening of all students grades K-4 three times a year to grades K-4 three times a year to monitor progress.monitor progress.

Tiered InstructionTiered Instruction Tiered instruction allows students to receive Tiered instruction allows students to receive

increasing levels of instructional help based on increasing levels of instructional help based on their specific needs in the general education their specific needs in the general education curriculum. curriculum.

Tier 3: Tier 3: Intensive InterventionIntensive InterventionStudents significantly below grade level. Students significantly below grade level. Progress Monitoring.Progress Monitoring.

Tier 2: Tier 2: Targeted Group InterventionTargeted Group Intervention Students at academic or behavior risk.Students at academic or behavior risk.Progress monitoring.Progress monitoring.

Tier 1: Tier 1: Core InstructionCore InstructionFor all students.For all students.Universal screening 3 times per year.Universal screening 3 times per year.

Tier 3Tier 3

Tier 2Tier 2

Tier 1Tier 1

Early Intervention Specialist ViewEarly Intervention Specialist View

Teacher Driven – Student CenteredTeacher Driven – Student Centered Building Teacher consensusBuilding Teacher consensus Data – DIBELS an exampleData – DIBELS an example Progress MonitoringProgress Monitoring

Intervention Specialist

Early Intervention Specialist

Ownership & DataOwnership & Data

Shared Ownership:Shared Ownership: All staff, the All staff, the student, and the parents assume an student, and the parents assume an active role in instruction and active role in instruction and assessment for all students.assessment for all students.

Data-Based Decision Making:Data-Based Decision Making: The The use of student data to guide the use of student data to guide the design, implementation, and design, implementation, and adjustment of instruction. This data adjustment of instruction. This data is gathered through:is gathered through:

BenchmarksBenchmarks

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

Progress MonitoringProgress Monitoring

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

Parent RoleParent Role

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

From the Administrator ViewFrom the Administrator View

Core teachers are strengthCore teachers are strength Not everyone on board to start Not everyone on board to start

It is a goalIt is a goal Not mandatedNot mandated Challenge of financingChallenge of financing It’s a processIt’s a process

Staffing it all…Staffing it all…

Team EffortTeam Effort TeachersTeachers Auxiliary EmployeesAuxiliary Employees Federal Title 1 Federal Title 1 ParaprofessionalsParaprofessionals Parent VolunteersParent Volunteers Facilitating LeadershipFacilitating Leadership

From the Counselor ViewFrom the Counselor View

Unique role at Ascension – no school Unique role at Ascension – no school psychologist on staffpsychologist on staff

History of IATHistory of IAT Changes in Special Ed proceduresChanges in Special Ed procedures

IDEIA 2004IDEIA 2004 Teacher involvement processTeacher involvement process The need for more data collectionThe need for more data collection

From the Teacher ViewFrom the Teacher View

Frustration of “Sending them on..”Frustration of “Sending them on..” Serving all studentsServing all students More and more students with needsMore and more students with needs Support system Support system

or networkor network

Catholic Social TeachingCatholic Social Teaching

Our mission: “Our mission: “We Believe that…We Believe that…AAll students are children of God, gifted with ll students are children of God, gifted with

the ability to learn.the ability to learn.””

VolunteersVolunteers

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

RTI ResourcesRTI Resources

RTI School Building Blueprint, RTI School Building Blueprint, National Assoc.National Assoc.

Turning Parent Into VolunteersTurning Parent Into Volunteers Online Online book by Rhonda Jones, MAbook by Rhonda Jones, MA

DIBELS - dibels.uoregon.eduDIBELS - dibels.uoregon.edu

RTI Multiple Choice ReviewRTI Multiple Choice Review

A. Regional Transit IncorporatedA. Regional Transit Incorporated

B. Religion Teachers Institute B. Religion Teachers Institute

C. Response to InterventionC. Response to Intervention