1. Response to Instruction and Intervention
Meeting the Needs of ALL Fulton County Students

2. Response to Intervention Training Agenda
(Connection)
Porter 1-11
RtI: What it Is/What it is not
Objectives
What RtI is not
What RtI is
Abrams Slides 11-23
School Roles in RtI
Fidelity of Interventions
RtI Time Block
RtI Must Knows
Pyramid Activity

3. Goals for Today Knows Do
How to implement research based instruction and intervention with fidelity
The Fulton County pyramid of instruction and intervention (RTI²)
Uses data to drive instruction in each tier Do

4. RTI² is not………………….. I² = Instruction + Intervention
a special education initiative.
just another thing teachers have to do.
I² = Instruction + Intervention

5. RTI² is
an instructional framework that addresses every student in Fulton County – all instruction, all intervention, every student, every level, every classroom

6. Show What You Know! Intensive Behavior Interventions
Fidelity of Instruction
Differentiated Instruction
Standards-Based Instruction
Intervention 3-5 days of week for at-least 15 minutes
Intensive Intervention
Strength Based
Targeted Intervention
Skill Gaps
10-15% of Students
Tier 4
Tier 2
Progress-Monitoring every other week
Weekly Progress- Monitoring
Data Teams
Basic Skills
Flexible Grouping
Tiered assignments and assessments
Multiple Formative Assessments
School-Wide Discipline Plan
Intensive Behavior Interventions
4 students or less in intervention group
8 students or less in intervention group
Intervention 4-5 days a week for approximately 30+ minutes
Universal Screening
5% or Less of Students
Less than 10% of Students
80-100% of Students
Tier 3
Tier 1
Teach standards with materials at different readability levels
Re-teaching and remediation of Standards
Positive Behavior Supports
SST
Specially Designed Instruction
Targeted Behavior Interventions
Show What You Know!

7. Tier 1 Teach standards with materials at different readability levels
Universal Screening
80-100% of Students
Tier 1
Differentiated Instruction
Data Teams
Teach standards with materials at different readability levels
Re-teaching and remediation of Standards
Flexible Grouping
Tiered assignments and assessments
Positive Behavior Supports
Multiple Formative Assessments
Fidelity of Instruction
Standards-Based Instruction
School-Wide Discipline Plan

8. Universal Screening
Reading –
ALL students will take DIBELS
Math
All students will complete STAR Math

9. Fidelity of Instruction
8 students or less in intervention group
Intervention 3-5 days of week for at-least 15 minutes
Targeted Intervention
Strength Based
Skill Gaps
10-15% of Students
Tier 2
Progress-Monitoring every other week
Basic Skills
Fidelity of Instruction
Targeted Behavior Interventions
Data Teams

10. Change Interventions every 2-4 weeks if no progress is
Progress-Monitoring
Tools to use for students in Skills-Based Intervention Groups:
DIBELS
STAR Math
GKIDS
Change Interventions every 2-4 weeks if no progress is
being made!

11. What is intervention? Intervention always involves instruction.
Strategies and accommodations are not interventions.

12. It’s Been 6 weeks………………………..
Notify Mrs. Porter if no progress has been made.
Porter will determine if the student meets the criteria for tier 3 referral (Complete Folder Checklist).
When the folder is complete and signed by Porter, place folder in Abrams mailbox.
Abrams will schedule a tier three meeting and invite parents, school psychologist and additional support staff. (Do not stop providing services/intervention).
IF progress has been made, continue to monitor (until grade level expectations are meet).

13. Tier 3 4 students or less in intervention group
Intervention 4-5 days a week for approximately 30+ minutes
Intensive Intervention Strength
Intensive Intervention
Skill Gaps
Tier 3
Weekly Progress-Monitoring
Basic Skills
Fidelity of Instruction
SST
Data Teams
Less than 10% of students
Intensive Behavior Interventions

14. Change Intervention if no progress is documented
Change Intervention if no progress is documented. Additional 12 weeks of data is needed during Tier 3.

15. Tier 4 5% or Less of Students Fidelity of Instruction
Specially Designed Instruction

16. RTI² Roles and Expertise
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Administration
General Ed. Teacher
Special Ed. Teacher
CST
IST
EIP Teacher
ESOL Teacher
TAG Teacher
Grade Level Team Members
Psychologist
Counselor-Social/Emotional
504 Chairperson (Eligible)
SST Chairperson

17. The Decision-Makers Eligibility Team Student Support Team
Grade Level Teams
PLCs
Grade Level Teams
PLCs
Building RTI Team
Leadership Team
Grade Level Teams
Classroom Teachers

18. Response to Intervention-Must Knows
All students must start new interventions and progress monitoring at the start of the new school year
Students will be monitored on one skill per subject
If adequate growth is shown student may stay in current tier
Yellow Folders must be up to date
If student’s are being tracked for speech you will need to contact the speech therapist and include them as you track-they should be included in all of your meetings
Create a plan for implementation of RtI Interventions on your grade level
Update parents regularly
RtI Data must be updated
Tier 2-Yellow Folders
1 year below grade level
6 weeks data collection

19. Must Know Continues………….
Progress monitoring every 2 weeks using Universal Screening (DIBELS, Star Math, Star Early Literacy)
At LEAST 3 data points needed to move to tier 3
Interventions 3-5 days a week for 15 minutes
Tier 3-Red Folders
2 or more years below grade level
12-18 weeks total dada collection (including tier 2 evidence)
Progress monitoring done weekly using Universal Screener (DIBELS, STAR Math, Star Early Literacy)
At LEAST 6 data points needed
Interventions 4-5 days a week

20. Specially Designed Instruction All Students Differentiated Instruction
Data Drives Instruction
Intensive Behavior Intervention
Data Collection-Frequency and Duration/FBA
Few
Intensive Skill Intervention Data-Progress Monitoring Tool
Weekly
A.P.
Accelerated
Classes Classroom Assessments
Targeted Behavior Intervention
Data Collection- Frequency and Duration
Some
Targeted Skill Intervention
Data Collection - Progress Monitoring Tool
2 x month
Advanced / Honors
Data Collection- Classroom Assessments
All Students Differentiated Instruction
Universal Screening ~ State Tests ~ Standardized Tests Pre-Tests ~ Post Tests ~ Formative Assessment Discipline Referrals ~ Classroom Behavior Data ~ Attendance
All

21. Fidelity of Instruction and Intervention
“is using the curriculum and instructional practices consistently and accurately as they were intended to be used”
Daryl Mellard, Ph.D.
Why is fidelity important?
Ensures that instruction has been implemented as intended
Helps link student outcomes to instruction
Helps in the determination of intervention effectiveness, and in instructional decision making

22. How well do you stick to the plan?
Elements of Fidelity
Adherence
How well do you stick to the plan?
How well do you adhere to the curriculum or the instruction or the intervention as intended?
Duration and Exposure
How often
How long each time
Days per week
How many weeks

23. What is your Student responsiveness to instruction?
Elements of Fidelity
What is your Student responsiveness to instruction?

24. Fidelity Checklist Teacher is engaged and enthusiastic
Introduce skill and activate prior knowledge
Describe and demonstrate skill
Elicit student participation
Assess student understanding
Continually monitor student engagement
Follow instruction and intervention prescription
Guided student practice – watch, praise, give feedback

25. RTI² Teacher of the Year
Goal Check DO
Implement research based instruction and intervention with fidelity
RTI² Teacher of the Year

26. Response to Informed What was new learning today?
What do you still have
questions about?