What is (RtI)?

6. What is (RtI)? • Establishes a comprehensive assessment and intervention process to support students in need of academic and behavioral supports. • Reveals the Multi-tiered systems of support available on your campus.

7. What is the (IAT)? • Works within RtI to coordinate a series of tasks • Universal screenings • Progress monitoring • School-wide data review to trigger the intervention process • Academic and behavioral interventions • Facilitates all referrals for Section 504 or Special education • Even those in which intervention is not needed!

13. Universal Screener Characteristics • Administered three times per year • Yields disaggregated data • Identifies at-risk students

14. Possible Data Instruments • Istation • Overage reports • Excessive absences • Office referrals • Benchmark/Common assessments • Curriculum embedded assessment • ?

15. No data point stands alone.

17. Schoolwide Screening • Jefferson Elementary School • Page 5.4 Confirm a practice Stop a practice Start a practice Consider a practice

19. I. Level of Learning II. Rate of Learning

20. Dual Discrepancy • Level of learning • Rate of learning • Is the student deriving similar education benefit from the same classroom as nondisabled peers?

28. Requires accumulation of data

30. Progress Monitoring • Dalton Gardens Elementary School • Page 5.7 Confirm a practice Stop a practice Start a practice Consider a practice

34. What is Response to Intervention (RtI)?Three-Tiered Model •  Tier I • Core instruction: ongoing for all students • Foundation • Universal interventions • Differentiated instruction and early intervention • Periodic assessment to monitor growth • 80%+ students successful

35. What is Response to Intervention (RtI)?Three-Tiered Model • Tier II • Supplemental instruction/intervention • In addition to Tier I, core instruction • Complement Tier I instruction • Small groups: 3-5 students, homogeneous • Classroom teacher or interventionist • Progress monitoring • 8-12 weeks, up to 16 weeks • 10-15% students

37. Pull-out Intervention Problem- Solving IAT Pull-out /In-class Intervention UNIVERSAL SCREENER Progress Monitoring & In-class intervention

38. Pull-out Intervention Scripted IAT Pull-out /In-class Intervention UNIVERSAL SCREENER Progress Monitoring & In-class intervention

39. Pull-out Intervention Where is Special Education? IAT Pull-out /In-class Intervention UNIVERSAL SCREENER Progress Monitoring & In-class intervention

44. Three-Tiered Model • Tier III • Intensive, individualized, specialized interventions • In addition to Tier I, core instruction • Small groups, one-on-one instruction: 1-3 students • Often interventionist • Progress monitoring • 8-12 weeks, up to 16 weeks • 5-10% students • Those who fail to respond to Tier III interventions are the best candidates for a Special Education evaluation.

49. IAT Chairperson’s Responsibilities • Meets with referring teacher prior to meeting • Reviews data • Refines referral issue • Prepares teacher for problem-solving process • Assists with implementation of intervention • Tracks intervention • Records Tier III Intervention in Chancery SMS • Guides examination of exclusionary factors • Updates the IAT

50. EXCLUSIONARY FACTORS