Responsiveness to Instruction (RtI) Consortium Research to Practice  Funded by Oak Foundation  Sept 2010 - August 2013  Grant funded in Sept of 2010 but we had begun meeting April/May of 2010

Purpose of Consortium  Collaboration among regional LEAs on successful district wide implementation of RtI Goals: Identify essential elements of the RtI model and effective practices; Identify mechanisms and structures to ensure fidelity to the RtI model and practices; Identify systems and structures to support sustainability from the district level to the individual classroom level; and Identify an evaluation process for RtI implementation 

Participating LEAs Original members include: Alamance-Burlington School System,  Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools,  Chatham County Schools,  Durham Public Schools,  Guilford County Schools,  Orange County Schools, and  Wake County Public School System Additional Members include: Cabarrus County Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Johnston County Schools Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools  Positions representing these districts include: RtI Coordinators Directors of Elementary Ed Directors of Secondary Ed Directors of Literacy Student Support Team Coordinators PBIS Coordinators School Psychologists EC Literacy Directors  EC teachers Principals Recently - DPI regional consultants have joined us

Objectives and Outcomes Identification of the essential components/characteristics at each tier for effective RtI implementation. Identification of the “flexible” elements within each tier of the RtI process that can be loosely defined by each school implementing RtI. Activities: Guided literature discussions Attendance at RtI Summit 2011 Attendance at RtI Innovations 2011 Attendance at Professional Learning Communities & RtI     We meet monthly to accomplish our objectives. Different activities have included: review of the literature and selection of readings, attendance at various professional development activities. Through these activities, the group has engaged in rich discussions and through a process came to consensus on the essential components/characteristics of each tier 

Objectives and Outcomes Identification of mechanisms and structures to ensure fidelity to the RtI model and practices. Activities: Consultation and professional development provided by Dr. Dean Fixsen and Ms. Van Dyke from National Implementation Research Network since July of 2011    

Objectives and Outcomes Identification of systems and structures to support sustainability Creation of a process for evaluating the implementation of RtI at the school and district level (performance assessment) Activities: Consultation and professional development provided by Dr. Dean Fixsen and Ms. Van Dyke from NIRN  Drafted and being revised currently  Upcoming Activities: Piloting of performance assessment Learning Conference (2013)     We have been learning framework/theory/model of implementation science and diving into each of the drivers - interms of deeper discussions