SEVEN RTI FOUNDATIONS MAMLE Fall 2011 Conference Heidi McGinley, RtI Support System Project Director

OUTCOMES: 1.Be aware of a simple framework for RtI. 2.Explore models for middle level RtI.

RISS DISTRICTS Two demonstration/pilot RSU’s (RSU 10 and RSU 38):  8 elementary schools  3 high schools  3 middle schools  school August 2009 – June 2011

THE GOAL The goal of a Response to Intervention system is ensuring that 80% of students meet grade level standards and benchmarks in their regular classrooms (Tier 1 Core Program). AND Struggling students receive increasingly more intensive support both in and outside their classrooms.

THE CORE PROGRAM “A school that has significantly less than 75% of its students at or above grade level proficiency has a core program problem, not an intervention problem.” --- Buffum, Mattos, and Weber. Pyramid Response to Intervention. 2009

SEVEN RTI FOUNDATIONS 1.Ensure leadership, structure, coordination, and continuous improvement. 2.Know what all students need to know and be able to do and how well. 3. Use assessment data. 4. Target interventions (evidence-based strategies and programs). 5. Track response to the intervention (progress monitoring). 6. Strengthen the core program. 7. Build shared responsibility.

MIDDLE LEVEL RTI MODELS ONE school: interventionists and ed. techs. for students referred by individual teachers ONE school: Classroom teachers take turns staffing an intervention period for students referred by teams and individual teachers TWO schools: Whole school approach -- “Enrichment” period for all students at least 3 times per week provided by all content area teachers

WHOLE SCHOOL MODELS  When many students need additional support.  Universal screening may not be enough.  Requires a school coordinator.  Is not “cast in stone”.  Significant student achievement increases for many students.  Changes classroom practice.