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Implementing Response to Intervention: A Principal's Guide

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Susan L Hall

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  • Implementing Response to Intervention

160 pages
2007
ISBN: 9781412955072

Learn how to launch RTI successfully and improve student outcomes significantly!

As a research-based model for improving reading achievement, Response to Intervention (RTI) has demonstrated dramatic results in elementary and middle schools. This practical guide provides a clear vision of what RTI looks like in practice and illustrates how educators can use this highly effective approach to help students acquire grade-appropriate reading skills or make sure students receive the support they need through special education services.

The author presents an accessible step-by-step action plan for putting the RTI process in motion, emphasises the critical role administrators play in ensuring successful implementation in their schools, and helps school leaders:

  • Formulate a comprehensive assessment plan that includes an assessment calendar and a data management system
  • Design a yearlong staff development plan to train teachers in using data for making instructional decisions
  • Use data in grade-level, teacher, and parent meetings
  • Motivate staff for optimum success without overwhelming them

This authoritative text charts a straightforward course for strengthening students' literacy skills and helping all youngsters become successful, enthusiastic readers.

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Lincoln Elementary School: A Case Study of What RTI Looks Like in a School

  • Evidence of Buy-In
  • Assessment Procedures
  • Tiers of Instruction
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  1. Why Implement RTI?
    • What Is Response to Intervention (RTI)?
    • Eight Core Principles of RTI
    • Shaping the Initiative
    • Why RTI Is More Than a Special Education Requirement
    • History of RTI
    • Forces Driving RTI
    • Relationship of RTI to Other Reading Services
  2. Setting the Stage for RTI
    • Motivating Change
    • Getting Ready to Launch RTI
    • Communication Plan
    • Planning an RTI Initiative
    • Big Questions: Money, Time, and Results
  3. Delivering Intervention Instruction
    • Organizing for Intervention Groups
    • Tiers of Intervention Instruction
    • Processes for Moving Students Through the System
  4. Using Progress Monitoring Data
    • The Importance of Progress Monitoring Data
    • Determining Which Indicators to Progress Monitor
    • Graphing Rate of Progress
    • Decisions That Require Progress Monitoring Data
    • Using Progress Monitoring Data at Meetings
    • Data Charts That Are a Must for Principals
  5. Effective Models of Professional Development
    • Designing an Effective Approach to Professional Development
    • Content of the Professional Development
    • Delivering Professional Development in Strands
    • Differentiating the Training Throughout Implementation
    • Dealing With Reluctant or Resistant Teachers
    • Sharing Early Success Stories
  6. What the Future Holds for RTI
    • Three-Tier Model as Descriptive, Not Prescriptive
    • Appropriate Use of Programs
    • Future of Special Education Curriculum in Reading
    • Broadening of RTI Beyond Early Reading

Resources: Sample Administrative RTI Data Notebook

References

Index

Reviews

"Reading this book is like having a personal coach guiding one through the RTI implementation process. At a time when RTI has become one of the hottest buzz words in education, this book is a user-friendly resource providing education leaders moral support and clear, practical suggestions."
- American Association of School Administrators, The School Administrator, June 2008

"I loved it! We in the field are in need of this type of book."
- Jill Gildea, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Libertyville School District, IL

"As an administrator who has been trained in RTI and is in the second year of implementation, I found the book to be both interesting and informative. I have also told other administrators to keep an eye out for it."
- Jennifer Cruz, Principal

"Clearly outlines a process of how schools can work collaboratively toward creating schoolwide learning environments where effective RTI practices are implemented and data is used to inform instructional decisions about students. "
- Alice Hom, Principal

"As an administrator who has been trained in RTI and is in the second year of implementation, I found the book to be both interesting and informative. I have also told other administrators to keep an eye out for it."
- Jennifer Cruz, Principal

"Clearly outlines a process of how schools can work collaboratively toward creating schoolwide learning environments where effective RTI practices are implemented and data is used to inform instructional decisions about students. "
- Alice Hom, Principal


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