Oregon Response to Instruction & Intervention

2021 Virtual Conference Series Recordings




Day 1 (February 17)

Building Multi-Tiered Systems on a Foundation of Equity

DAY 1 OPENING REMARKS AND KEYNOTE

Opening Remarks

Colt Gill - Director of the Oregon Department of Education

Keynote: Opportunity Centered Education: Six (Racial) Justice Imperatives

H. Richard Milner IV

DAY 1 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1A: Leading MTSS for Equity

Amy Jablonski, Ph.D. & Hollie Pettersson, Ph.D.

1B: An Equity-focused PBIS Approach for Increasing Racial Equity in School Discipline

Kent McIntosh

1C: Leveraging a Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Innovation that Enhances Learning for All Students

Amanda Smith

1D: What is social and emotional learning and what does it have to do with Response to Intervention? (Recording provided by REL Northwest)

Vicki Nishioka

2A: Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity

Floyd Cobb, Ph.D.

2B: Equity Bedrock: Setting Conditions at Tier 1

Dr. Nikole Hollins-Sims & Amira Hill-Yancy

2C: Pain. Power. Honor.

Andratesha Fritzgerald

2D: Establish-Maintain-Restore (EMR): Strategies for building positive student-teacher relationships

Larissa Gaias, Ph.D.

Day 2 (March 31)

Ensuring Inclusive Practices for Students with Disabilities

DAY 2 OPENING REMARKS AND KEYNOTE

Opening Remarks

Sara Green - Interim Assistant Superintendent for the Office of Enhancing Student Opportunities, Oregon Department of Education

Keynote: RTI, Inclusion, Intensity, and a Continuum of Services: How do these things fit together?

Christopher J. Lemons

DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1A: The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Inclusion: A Presumption of Competence

Kevin Schaefer

1B: Supporting Students with Dyslexia in Core Instruction: Instruction that Works!

Carrie Thomas Beck, Ph.D.

1C: Focus on Inclusion: Creating a Sense of Shared Responsibility and Equitable Access for Students with Disabilities through a Multi-Tiered System of Support

Patrick McGinley, MPA, Jolly Piersall, M.S., & Marcee Wilburn, M.A

1D: Universally Designing Instruction to Provide High Leverage Practices for All Learners in General Education Classrooms

Sheldon Loman

2A: MTSS: Making Sure All Really Means All

Dawn Miller, Ph.D.

2B: Expanding Tier 1 Universal Supports in Hybrid Learning with Accessible Educational Materials

Debra Fitzgibbons

2C: Our Journey to Self-Advocacy

The International Dyslexia Association-Oregon Branch Student Empowerment Panelists with Shelbe Park, Director & Danielle Thompson, President

2D: From Baseline to Progress: The Power of IEP Goals to Drive Instruction

Teri Marx, Ph.D. & Sarah Arden, Ph.D.

Day 3 (April 28)

Effective Instruction Based in the Science of Reading

DAY 3 OPENING REMARKS AND KEYNOTE

Opening Remarks

Jon Potter - RTI Implementation Coach, Oregon Response to Instruction & Intervention

Keynote: Why Reading Matters So Much

Steve Dykstra, Ph.D.

DAY 3 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1A: An Introduction to the Science of Reading

Stephanie Stollar, Ph.D.

1B: Power Tools for Word Work

Holly Lane & Valentina Contesse

1D: Content-Rich English Language Arts Instruction in the Primary Grades: Evidence-Based Practices

Sonia Cabell

2A: How Do We (Confidently) Talk the Talk?

Margaret Goldberg & Lani Mednick

2B: More Windows and More Mirrors

Afrika Afeni Mills

2C: Developing Academic Language Across the Curriculum: Practices that Support Literacy and Language Learning

Sylvia Linan-Thompson

2D: Improving Reading Outcomes for All Students: Equity Based MTSS Using the Science of Reading

Beth Ferguson & Lisa Bates

Endnote Session (May 6)

Equity: Making it Happen Through Instructional Inclusive Practices

Anita Archer