Response to Intervention (RtI) Secondary Model for Intervention

Response to Intervention (RtI) The Reauthorization of IDEA 2004 and NCLB required the use of professionally sound interventions and instruction based on research, as well as the delivery of effective reading, mathematics, and behavior programs that will result in improved student performance and fewer children requiring special education services.

Response to Intervention (RtI) It was not evident that RtI would also need to be implemented in all regular education classrooms until the final regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) were released in 2006.

Why do I not Know about this? 1.In most states it did not exist prior to Implementation around the country, states and in individual districts can be uneven and inconsistent.

Response to Intervention A problem-solving approach aimed at preventing unnecessary assignment to special education. –Identify students who are not achieving at the same level and rate as their peers and provide appropriate interventions. –Seeks to prevent academic failure through early intervention, frequent progress measurement, and increasingly intensive research-based instructional interventions for children who continue to have difficulty. –Increases the likelihood that students can be successful and maintain their placement.

Components of RtI 1.Multi-tier model (campus level interventions) –Multiple tiers of increasingly intense scientific research-based interventions that are matched to student need –Provides access to increasingly intense instructional supports

Components of RtI 2.Problem-solving method linking instruction to progress monitoring –Campus intervention team engages in regular problem solving processes that employ interventions, monitor student progress, and make instructional adjustments in response to documented growth. –Campus intervention team serves as a problem- solving team rather than a pre-referral team.

Components of RtI 3.Integrated data collection/assessment system –Universal screening of academics and behavior –Progress monitoring or documentation of achievement at regular intervals

Multi-tier Model

Tier 1- Core Instruction Focus (80% of students) Consistent quality implementation of core curriculum using research based instructional strategies provided to all students Program TEKS based differentiated instruction delivered with fidelity, preventative and proactive Grouping Intervention is done within the framework of the classroom (tutoring, reteaching, accommodations) in a variety of grouping formats such as whole group/small group formats Progress Monitoring Assessments given 3x yr to all students as per Plano ISD assessment calendar, including state and district assessments Duration DAILY – 6 to 9 weeks Providers Classroom teacher, grade level team or department

Tier 2 – Supplemental Instruction Focus (15% of students) Non responders to Tier 1 are identified and given individually tailored interventions Program Quality scientifically research based individualized intervention provided in addition to Tier 1 Grouping PAR: instruction strategies and interventions with high efficiency, rapid response that supplement and support Tier 1, targeted group intervention Progress Monitoring Progress monitoring: bi-weekly checkpoints charted; daily observation and notation of student response to intervention with instruction adjusted accordingly Duration Daily – for 6-9 weeks Providers Provided by classroom teacher, instructional specialist if needed

Tier 3 – Intensive Instruction Focus (5% of students) Instructional programming for students who fail to respond to Tier 1 and/or Tier 2 Program More explicit and intensive intervention specifically designed for individuals, provided in addition to Tier 1 and Tier 2; materials specified for use with Tier 3 intervention Grouping Individual or small group, 1:3 ratio Progress Monitoring Progress monitoring: bi-weekly checkpoints charted daily observations noted and instruction adjusted accordingly Duration Daily 30 minutes of targeted intervention for 6-9 weeks Providers Campus instructional specialist, classroom teacher in collaboration with specialist

Transition from CAT/CARE to CMIT Campus Monitoring and Intervention Team Current philosophy of intervention will serve us well in this transition. CMIT will include increased focus on documentation. CMIT monitoring of progress will include adjustment in instructional strategies based on student response. Student movement through the Tiers will occur through CMIT.

Campus Monitoring and Intervention Team (CMIT) Team Members Campus Administrator Literacy Specialist Academic (Dyslexia) Support Teacher Counselor Reading Teacher Math Teacher Diagnostician (Tier 3)

Socratic Moment What do you see as the advantages to RtI? What issues related to RtI need to be addressed in future meetings? Based on your current staffing, how could you reconfigure your service delivery model to provide the 3-tier model?