On 24-25 September 2014, Jim Wright presented a two-day RTI workshop series for educators sponsored by the Midwest Regional Educational Service Center in Fort Loramie, OH. Here are resources shared at the workshop:
PowerPoints & Handouts
- PowerPoint: RTI: An Introduction/Tier 1 (Classroom) Intervention [1]
- PowerPoint: Tiers 2 and 3 [2]
- Handout: RTI: Critical Elements Checklist [3]
- Handout: The Teacher as Intervention First Responder: How to Find & Fix Academic Skill Deficits [4]
Tier 1: Universal Instruction & Classroom Intervention
- Checklist: Elements of Direct Instruction [6]
- How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas [7]
- Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [8] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This 1-page form is an organizer to help teachers to easily document Tier 1 (classroom) interventions.
Tier 2: Supplemental Intervention: Standard -Treatment Protocol
- Building & District RTI Resource Inventory Form. [ [10]RTF/MS Word format]
[10] - Tier 2: Data Analysis Team Process Script (Kovaleski & Pederson, 2008): [11][RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Form: Intervention Programs at a Glance Organizer [12] [RTF/MS Word format]
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [13]. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in reading & mathematics, as well as other academic areas. The site reviews existing studies and draws conclusions about whether specific intervention programs show evidence of effectiveness.
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: Best Evidence Encyclopedia [14]. This site provides reviews of evidence-based math and reading programs. The website is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) .
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: National Center on Intensive Intervention Academic Intervention Chart. [15] Sponsored by the National Center on Intensive Intervention, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in math, reading, and writing. Users can sort their search by subject and grade level.
Tier 3: Intensive Intervention: Problem-Solving Protocol
- Tier 3: RTI Team Roles [16]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Case Manager Pre-Meeting Form [17]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting introductory Script [18]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting 'Companion Guide' [19]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Forms: Elementary [20]
- Tier 3: RTI Team Meeting Minutes Forms: Secondary [21]
- Tier 3: RTI Team 'Quality Indicators' Checklist [22]
Schoolwide Screeners
- Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [25] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.
Screening resources for secondary schools:
- Existing Data: Creating a Screening Plan for Your Middle or High School [26]
- Student Engagement Instrument ( [27]screener suitable for middle/high school)
- Scholastic Reading Inventory [28] (example of adaptive reading screener that can be used by secondary schools)
Sample Academic Interventions
Here are links to some interventionists discussed at the training:
- VIDEO: How to Build Sight-Word Vocabulary With Reading Racetracks [31]
- HANDOUT: How to Build Sight-Word Vocabulary With Reading Racetracks [32]
- FORM: Reading Racetrack Interactive Form in PDF Format [33]
- Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas [34] (Includes Assisted Cloze, Paired Reading, Repeated Reading)
- HELPS Reading Fluency Program [35]
- Text Lookback [36]
- Question Generation [37]
- Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies [38] (includes Reading Reflection Pause, Question Generation, Linking Pronoun to Referent)
- Group Reading Fluency Intervention: Repeated Reading [39]
- RAP (Read-Ask-Paraphrase): Reading Comprehension [40]
- Ask-Read-Tell Cognitive Strategy: Reading Comprehension [41]
- Math Facts (and Spelling) Intervention: Cover-Copy-Compare [42]
- Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique [43]
- Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay [44]
- Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [45]
Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:
- Intervention Central [47]
- Evidence-Based Intervention Network [48]
- Cognitive Strategy Instruction [49]
Classroom Data Collection
- Handout: Data Collection: How To...Match a Progress-Monitoring Tool to Every Classroom Problem [50]
- Handout: How To: Structure Data Collection for Individual Students: Baseline, Goal, Progress-Monitoring [24]
- Form: Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [25] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.
Online Tools for Data Collection
Here are links to free online tools to help teachers with data collection:
- Behavior Report Card Maker [51]
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker [52]
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker [53]
RTI: Systems-Change
This page contains short training videos by Jim Wright on intervention and assessment topics.
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| How to Find & Fix Academic Survival Skills | Related Resources |
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| How to Build Sight-Word Vocabulary With Reading Racetracks | Related Resources |
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| How to Use Active Response Beads to Promote Behavioral Self-Control | Related Resources |
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| Data Collection & Assessment | |
| How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Checklists | Related Resources |
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| How to Collect Data in the Classroom: Rubrics | Related Resources |
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