Understanding new roles and responsibilities in the RTI process

Posted by Beth DuBose on Aug 28, 2008

The Response to Intervention process may be new to some district staff members. Learn what titles might be included in your process, and their possible responsibilities.

Some of your intervention team members may be familiar with goal writing and progress monitoring. But many individuals you will want to have on your team may have never been involved in a process such as RTI. Below are some frequent titles we see on intervention teams, and what their role and responsibilities might be.

• Project Coordinator
  
  
  
  • Training staff on intervention process, interventions, any tools
  
  
  • Remove the potential for reluctant change
  
  
  
  


• General Education Teacher
  
  
  
  • Design Tier 1 & 2 Interventions
  
  
  • Progress Monitoring
  
  
  • Data Provider
  
  
  • Be ready to conduct Tier 3 interventions decided on by Interventions team
  
  
  
  


• Parent
  
  
  
  • Data Provider
  
  
  • Interventionist
  
  
  • Progress Monitoring
  
  
  
  


• Psychologist
  
  
  
  • Data Manager/Analyzer
  
  
  • Possible provider of Progress Monitoring
  
  
  
  


• Principal
  
  
  
  • Providing for the assessment of intervention/instructional fidelity
  
  
  • Positive force behind RtI implementation, cheerleader
  
  
  
  


• Special Education Teacher
  
  
  
  • Data Provider
  
  
  • Provide Targeted Assessments
  
  
  • Progress Monitoring
  
  
  • Suggest Intervention Opportunities
  
  
  
  


• Intervention Team
  
  
  
  • Which students require intervention
  
  
  • Conduct/facilitate Initial and Review meetings
  
  
  • Set timelines per student
  
  
  • Modify interventions
  
  
  • Track effectiveness of interventions
  
  
  • Identify “key” interventions
  
  
  • Decision for more or less intense programs