1. Florida UFSD Response to Intervention (RTI) Lisa Tiger - Director of Pupil Personnel Services Ronald De Pace - Principal, Golden Hill Elementary Marlene Lysack – School Nurse Debbie Lisack – Speech Pathologist Margaret Mayo – Reading AIS Specialist Heather Beneat – Reading AIS Specialist Elizabeth Halsey-Sproul – Math AIS Specialist Daniel Brown – Classroom Teacher Angela Blake – School Psychologist

2. Florida UFSD Where we Began with the RTI process 1.The District’s Initial Perception 2.Steering Committee formed 3.Confronted with many obstacles 4.The Revolution – Throw her overboard! 5.Learning from mistakes & starting over

3. Then & Now Where we were: 1.Child Study Team 2.Classroom teachers on their own Where we are now: 1.Complex Master Schedule 2.Activity Period Accommodating pull-outs Accommodating Tier I Interventions 3.Culture Change Developing relationships Intervention Specialists as coaches Collaboration

4. The Social & Medical History Team Member Screening Student Identifying Health Barriers to Learning Coordinating Services to Meet Health Needs Responding to Critical Needs

5. Speech Language Pathologists Fitting in with the RTI Model 1.Redefining what we do 2.Direct & Indirect support Tier I Responsibilities 1.Observation 2.Modeling 3.Provide Materials 4.Progress Monitoring

6. Tier I ELA Support Five Areas of Intervention 1.Phonemic Awareness/Sight Word Recognition 2.Fluency 3.Comprehension 4.Writing 5.Handwriting Progress Monitoring 1.Data Collection Sheets

7. Tier II and the Classroom Teacher Shepherding Program 1.Pull out program 2:1, daily for an hour, direct instruction at the student’s ability level Takes the place of the classroom instruction Classroom teacher buy in 2.What does it take? Collaboration Communication Trust Progress Monitoring

8. Tier II Progress Monitoring & Closing the Gap

9. Behavioral Support Tier I Interventions 1.Peer Mediation 2.Social Skills Instruction Tier II Interventions 1.Behavior Report Cards 2.Individual and Group Counseling 3.Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans

10. Florida UFSD Response to Intervention (RTI) Lisa Tiger - Director of Pupil Personnel Services Ronald De Pace - Principal, Golden Hill Elementary Marlene Lysack – School Nurse Debbie Lisack – Speech Pathologist Margaret Mayo – Reading AIS Specialist Heather Beneat – Reading AIS Specialist Elizabeth Halsey-Sproul – Math AIS Specialist Daniel Brown – Classroom Teacher Angela Blake – School Psychologist