Spectrum K12 Blog - Response to Intervention Category
Posted by Beth DuBose on Nov 10, 2008
Twice a year, Teacher Magazine publishes the Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook. This sourcebook provides educators with insights and models for effective teaching. The Fall 2008 issue is titled Different Students, Different Approaches: The power of differentiated instruction. With Response to Intervention becoming a strong educational model across the nation, differentiated instruction and how to provide differentiated instruction is more crucial to teachers and schools.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Nov 04, 2008
The RTI Action Network has posted a video to YouTube about implementing an RTI model at the secondary level. The video is an interview with Jay Engeln, a high school principal implementing RTI at his school. Mr. Engeln goes though the challenges that high schools will face when trying to implement RTI. He sees the biggest challenge as getting everyone past the idea that they are trying to implement an elementary program at the high school level.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Oct 23, 2008
The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements, a development of the Peabody School of Vanderbilt University, has created a video series on Response to Intervention. Their latest installment, RTI: Considerations for School Leaders, talks about what principals need to consider when creating and implementing their RTI process. In this module, a short, illustrated video is used together with a multi-page, step-by-step presentation to highlight the numerous components involved in an effective, school-wide RTI adoption.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Oct 21, 2008
Once a district has decided to implement RTI, and created an action plan, the next big question to consider is “How are we going to pay for this?” IDEA 2004 states that “An LEA may use up to 15% of IDEA funds to develop and implement coordinated, early intervening services for students who have not been identified as needing special education or related services, but who need additional academic and behavioral support to succeed in a general education environment.” Under certain specific conditions Title I and Title III funds may be used for professional development of non-special ed staff as well as for RTI related activities.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Oct 10, 2008
I came across a great video on You Tube that can provide those districts that are just starting to develop their RTI process with some great information on how PA has implemented their process. The video takes the viewer through the key components of RTI and how they are being addressed in PA. They show you how they have a team of people going into the classroom to do Universal Screenings through DIBELS. They discuss what they have identified as their 3-Tier model, and how it is being implemented in the schools. You get to see the small group interventions in action. You also get to hear and see what is discussed among the intervention team. They show teachers working with students and doing progress monitoring. There are interviews with everyone from the Superintendent to the students, including how the Special Education and General Education departments are working together to have a successful RTI program.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Oct 07, 2008
While standardized assessment may not be needed to determine eligibility for special education programs diagnosis of learning disabilities, it can still provide educators with important information for students’ programs, even with the RTI model of eligibility. .
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Oct 01, 2008
Ten questions to ask when choosing high quality Tier 1 RTI curriculum
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Sep 25, 2008
Webinar conducted by the National Center on Response to Intervention with link to view the recording.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Sep 23, 2008
RTI webinar presented by District Administration
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Sep 22, 2008
Podcast from past International Reading Association president, Dr. Richard Allington, provides insight into RTI.
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