Deb Stover, Principal, EH Phillips Elementary, Central Dauphin School District Margee Ziegenfuss, Former Supervisor of Curriculum, East Pennsboro Area School District

 Introduction  Needs of the Field  Core Elements of RTII  Focus Areas of Practice  School Teams  Collaboration/Communication  Schedules/Time  Improvement Cycle  Layering Services  Your Realities / Your Process

 Standards Aligned Instruction  Universal Screening  Shared Ownership  Data Sources & Decisions  Tiered Intervention & Delivery System  Parent Involvement

 Whose standards?  Common Core Standards  State Standards  Applying Standards to Curriculum  Curriculum Mapping without Tears  Best Practices for Core Instruction  “What Works” for Your Students  Essentials

 Curriculum Based Measurement  Dibels Next  4Sight  Aimsweb

 District Level Support  Building Level Teams  Grade Level Teams  Specialist Support  Parent Involvement  Total Staff Involvement

 What data?  Normed  Referenced  Curriculum Based  How Collected?  Who administers?  Who inputs, formats and/or summarizes?  How Used?  Curriculum decisions  Student decisions

 Core Instruction  Tiers  Resources  Layers of Support

 Planning Phase  Program Information  Student Progress Updates  Feedback

 School Teams – Responsibilities & Tasks  Collaboration & Communication  Schedules & Time Constraints  Management of the Improvement Cycle

Core Leadership Team Data Team Grade Level Team Point of Contact Child Study Team Staff Development Team Site Based

District Based  District Leadership Team  Building Leadership Team  Grade Level Goal Teams

 POC person with grade level members  Skill tracking sheets for students  Parent/ Student Communication  Strategies and Materials  Grade level common planning time  Liaison with District  Data displays  Team building and Professional Learning Communities

 Grade level common planning  Building Leadership Team – building level meetings  Grade level data team meetings  Parent Communication  Liaison with District  Team building and professional development

 Core schedule must include:  Instructional blocks  Intervention groups  Progress monitoring  Benchmarking process  Additional intervention layers based on student need  Transition time  Fidelity - observations

Sample 1 Intervention groups  K 9:20 – 9:40 a.m. /1:10 – 1:30 p.m.  Extended K12:00 – 12:30 p.m.  1st 9:20 – 9:50  2nd & 3rd 10:40 – 11:20  4th & 5th 1:35 – 2:15

Sample 2 Intervention groups  K - 1:30 – 2:00 p.m.  :50 – 11:20 a.m.  :55 – 12:25 a.m.

 Changes or ideas to sustain student growth  Integration of new students and how to meet their needs  Professional Development  Ongoing – Monthly data team meetings  End of year Evaluation Summaries – guide program for next year

 Ongoing – monthly meetings  Professional development – intra-staff; external  Schedule and program adjustments  End of Year Evaluation – data and program  Implementation plans

 A Work in Progress –  Specific Ideas To Build and Improve: School Teams / Responsibilities Collaboration/ Communication Schedules / Time Improvement Cycle Contact Information: Deborah Stover – Margee Ziegenfuss –