Educational Products & Supplies

From Jim Wright, founder of the definitive online RTI resource, www.interventioncentral.org, and author of several best-selling books on Response to Intervention, comes this new quick-reference laminated guide for teachers at any grade level. This convenient tool presents a variety of proven strategies and solutions for providing timely tier 1/classroom-level academic support to students who struggle with significant academic delays.

Features of the guide include:

• A checklist of the essential elements of a supported instruction approach to make sure core instruction is accessible to students with diverse ability levels;
• A chart of common academic problems, likely root causes, and recommended interventions;
• Tips on scaffolding instruction to help students meet challenging learning goals;
• Strategies for helping students retain skills and content;
• Effective ways of communicating with students—including praise, growth-mindset statements, and wise feedback—that increase motivation.

From the NPR, Inc. website: "From the author of the acclaimed RTI Toolkit and creator of Intervention Central... comes a valuable toolkit designed for classroom teachers as they address the needs of struggling learners in the new era of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).  Jim Wright presents practical and proven strategies that classroom teachers can implement to help their struggling students meet the increased demands of the CCSS. Grades K-6.

This book is intended for the classroom teacher as a “how-to” guide in the use of those components that research shows promote harmonious learning environments and improved student academic performance.  The expectation is that, as teachers incorporate these components into their daily routine, their learning environments will “self-organize” to be more conducive to learning.  Chapters are organized that correspond to specific teacher challenges and can be thought of as an interlocking system, with the content of each supporting ideas and strategies contained throughout the book."

This guide, RTI & Classroom Behaviors, provides resources which will help classroom teachers to expand their skills in working with behaviorally challenging and unmotivated students. Using the effective problem-solving Response to Intervention (RTI) model, the guide provides teachers with:

• A concise analysis of key reasons that students misbehave.
• Effective core behavior management strategies for the classroom.
• Communication tools that can increase student compliance and de-escalate problem behaviors.
• Proactive accommodations and modifications to the instructional setting that can help prevent emotional outbursts and confrontations.
• Ideas to empower students to monitor and manage their own behaviors.

The guide is appropriate for both new and experienced teachers. All strategies presented are evidence-based and designed to teach and promote positive student behaviors.

Response to Intervention is an effective method for helping struggling learners achieve academic success. The good news is that RTI can also be a powerful management approach to challenging behaviors in the classroom. Jim Wright, widely renowned authority on RTI and author of the national best seller, RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools, presents powerful strategies for structuring classroom routines that minimize opportunities for student misbehavior. He focuses on TIER I techniques which address:

This book, RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools, was written to provide educators with the necessary guidance and tolls to implement Response to Intervention (RTI) in a school setting. A guiding philosophy of this book is that "the quality of a school as a learning community can be measured by how effectively it addresses the needs of struggling students." (Wright, 2006 p1) Schools are judged by their success in working with marginal learners who would otherwise fall through the cracks and become lost. RTI is a means to expand schools' capacity to reach and support diverse learners.