Collecting &Using Data to Guide RtI Implementation: Satisfaction Surveys & Implications Bill Trant, Executive Director of Special Education and Related Services Leigh Gates, RtI Liaison 1

 Began in with 7 elementary schools  6 additional schools were trained each year  Currently, 32 elementary & middle schools  Ongoing Training  Central Review Process RtI in NHCS 2

Question for Discussion: Please Discuss with 2-3 Neighbors What makes RtI an effective approach for classrooms, grade levels, schools, districts, and states? 3

According to NCRtI…  Universal Screening  (to identify who we work with),  Multi-level Prevention System  (to identify what we do),  Progress Monitoring  (to identify if what we are doing is working), and  Data-Based Decision Making  (to make use of the assessment data in meaningful ways that will benefit students). 4

What’s Good for the Goose… Mary Boscardin (2007) applied RtI and Problem Solving to district/school leadership practices. Responsive Leadership Intervention Gathering data, Analyzing data, Developing/implementing plans of action consistent with empirically supported practices, and Evaluating outcomes and impacts. Boscardin, M. L. (2007). What is special about special education administration? Considerations for school leadership. Exceptionality, 15(3),

We wanted to know… What is the general consensus about RtI from a personnel and parent perspective? What is working well? What needs to work better? 6

We Modified an Existing Survey The Florida Project Problem Solving and Response to Intervention: School Personnel Satisfaction Survey And, we modeled a Parent/Guardian Satisfaction Survey after it. For more evaluation toolsevaluation tools 7

NHCS School Personnel Problem Solving Model (PSM)/ Response To Instruction (RTI) Satisfaction Survey 8

NHCS Parent/Guardian Problem Solving Model (PSM)/Response to Instruction (RTI) Satisfaction Survey 9

Timeline Timeline:Actions:Comments/Questions: Friday, October 14: 4:45 pmComplete Draft Survey Monday, October 17: 7:30 amSend out Draft Survey for FeedbackTrant Friday, October 21: 5:00 pmIndentify survey recipientsGives me 1 week to gather s Friday, October 28: 5:00 pmReceive survey feedbackGives me 1 week to make revisions Monday, October 31: 730 amSend out Advanced NoticeDesignated Workday Friday, November 4: 4:45 pmComplete Final Survey Monday, November 7: 7:30 amSend out Final Survey Monday, November 14: 7:30 amSend out Reminder 1 Friday, November 18: 7:30 amSend out Reminder 2 Monday, November 21: 7:30 amSend out Reminder 3 Wednesday, November 23: 11:59 pmClose Survey Teacher Workday Gives me 10 working days to analyze, synthesize, and report data December 20Complete Final ReportPower Point, Discussion Points, Handout 10

Personnel RTI Satisfaction Survey: Who Responded? 11

Parent RTI Satisfaction Survey: Who Responded?  68% had 1 child in the RTI process.  70% had children in the 3 rd -5 th grade.  60% had children in academic interventions. 12

Survey Results: 72% of school personnel were satisfied (or very satisfied) with the degree to which the interventions used helped students to progress toward meeting benchmarks in Reading. 13

Survey Results (continued): 68% of school personnel were satisfied (or very satisfied) with the degree to which the interventions used helped students to progress toward meeting benchmarks in Math. 14

Survey Results (continued): 55% of school personnel were satisfied (or very satisfied) with the degree to which the interventions used helped students to progress toward meeting benchmarks in Behavior. 15

Survey Results (continued): 73% of parents were overall satisfied (or very satisfied) with the RTI process used with their children. 16

Areas of Strength : Personnel & Parents were MOST satisfied with:  Data-based Decision Making  Progress Monitoring 17

Areas for Future Growth: Personnel & Parents were SLIGHTLY LESS SATISFIED with:  Identifying struggling students in behavior  Providing interventions in behavior 18

Results Flyer 19

Where are we in the process? Responsive Leadership Intervention Gathering data, Analyzing data, Developing/implementing plans of action consistent with empirically supported practices, and Evaluating outcomes and impacts. 20

Developing/implementing plans of action consistent with empirically supported practices Now that we’ve surveyed, what do you think we should focus on next based on the results? Why? Discuss with 2-3 Neighbors. 72% personnel satisfied with reading 68% personnel satisfied with math 55% personnel satisfied with behavior 73% parents satisfied with RtI process 21

Developing/implementing plans of action consistent with empirically supported practices As a result, behavior became a MAJOR focus: 1. Improvement Group Part 1 2. Improvement Group Part 2 3. Rollout Overview 4. Rollout Practical Application Part 1 5. Rollout Practical Application Part 2 RtI and Behavior Session on Wednesday. 22

Evaluating outcomes and impacts. After briefly hearing about the RtI and Behavior Improvement Process, how can we evaluate outcomes and impacts? Discuss with 2-3 Neighbors. 1. Improvement Group Part 1 2. Improvement Group Part 2 3. Rollout Overview 4. Rollout Practical Application Part 1 5. Rollout Practical Application Part 2 23

Evaluating outcomes and impacts. Here’s what we have in place. How can we improve on it? Discuss with 2-3 Neighbors. 1. Central Review Process for Individual Eligibility Cases 2. Seminar PD Sessions for New Material and Updates from the Field 24

What have been your experiences with… Responsive Leadership Intervention Gathering data, Analyzing data, Developing/implementing plans of action consistent with empirically supported practices, and Evaluating outcomes and impacts. 25

Areas for Continuous Improvement:  An RTI & Behavior Process Improvement Group has been working since September to improve this process.  A Fidelity Project is underway using Teachscape to strengthen instructional integrity.  An ad-hoc committee was formed to strengthen the process for English Language Learners.  Content Literacy Continuum project to strengthen secondary RTI  A detailed analysis of the survey is underway by school & by process for targeted professional development. 26

Collecting &Using Data to Guide RtI Implementation: Satisfaction Surveys & Implications Bill Trant, Executive Director of Special Education and Related Services Leigh Gates, RtI Liaison 27