RTI Academics
Response to Intervention in a Multi Tiered System of Support
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Fall intervention launch timeline & checklist for Support Teachers & RTI Leads
Meeting schedule for RTI team with district MTSS Specialist
Overview of Goals and Commitments for WCSD RTI Initiative
Placement Guides & Matrix for Reading Interventions
RTI Program handbook with attendance worksheet, sample schedules, group placement guidance
RTI Implementation Fidelity Reflection Tools
Parent Engagement: Letters, program descriptions, Progress Reports
Progress monitoring tools: Illuminate quick guides; Fountas & Pinnell Reading Behaviors Checklist & tracking sheet
Reading Program Guides & Resources: SIPPS, Junior Great Books, Phonics for Reading
Teaching Tips for Intensive Practice
CUM Intervention Record & Grade Level Placement Cards
End of Year materials inventory google sheet
Excel Sheet to track school wide interventions across the tiers
REMEMBER: District-funded Elementary RTI Support Teachers ONLY support K-3 Reading Interventions.
During the current pandemic crisis, we are prioritizing critical foundational literacy skills for our beginning readers (primarily K-2nd) in order to stem COVID-related learning loss:
•phonemic awareness. letter knowledge, phonics, high frequency words
Middle School will continue to focus on comprehension.
Fall Reading Intervention Launch Timeline & Checklist for 2020-2021
MTSS Timeline & Checklist for launching interventions 2020-21.pdf
Shared folder with all meeting and RTI-related documents
Join our RTI Google Classroom! https://classroom.google.com/c/NjU4OTE1MTUzNzha?cjc=2uo3eoi
Goals and commitments of our RTI reading interventions
What the science says about teaching kids to Read
How do kids learn to read? What the science says, Edweek Oct 2, 2019.docxSupport:Intervention COVID.pdfAccelerating Learning Post-COVID- A Guide for Parents Feb 2021 no logo.pdfSlide deck overview of Whittier City's
RTI for Reading Initiative
or
"Why we do it
the way we do"
(Informed by implementation science)
Placement Guides to Assist with Matching Students to Approved Evidence Based Interventions
Program Placement Matrix by Tier & Corresponding Progress Monitoring Tools
Running Records and MTSS RTI placement & Progress Monitoring 2019-20.pdfRunning Records Benchmark Reading Levels
WCSD Benchmark Independent Reading Levels and Assessments for Running Records 2019.pdf**Refer to the Running Records Benchmarks when matching students to reading intervention groups after the fall launch. The program placement recommendations on the matrix still apply, only the criteria for each Tier changes.
Link to WCSD Educational Services Resources Google Site, with assessment calendars, and more:
https://sites.google.com/u/0/s/0B5idZSHBZ8ThaERrenRubi1VUzg/p/0B2Ae4Mmpx4QfTWJabXdZV3BGR28/preview?authuser=0
DRAFT: **** WCSD Reading Intervention Program Guide and Handbook:
- Forming and adjusting reading intervention groups; decision guides when kids are in-between
- Tips for managing SIPPS materials
- Progress Monitoring forms and procedures
- Attendance Sheets
- Scheduling, including students with IEPs, guides for RSP schedule
- Sample schedules, lesson plans, homework
- All parent letters and progress reports
WCSD MTSS RTI Program Guide 2018 DRAFT.pdfIntervention Group Attendance Worksheet
Intervention Group Attendance Worksheet dates only.docxA Fidelity Tool for Reflection as a site team about RTI implementation
**Intervention group fidelity tools to be used in walk-throughs can be found in the "Reading Program Guides & Resources" section of this page
70%
The minimum level of fidelity needed to obtain an effect.
More fidelity = more effect
Make sure your modifications to a program do not exceed 15-20% of instruction
BELOW: Google Form version of the site level Reflection Tool (it will send you a PDF with the results and a blank Action Plan form)
Parent Engagement & Communication
Parent RTI letter in English and Spanish - Distance Learning Edition 2020-2021
MTSS Letter to Parents September 2020 SP.docxParent Letter Informing About Student Placement in Reading Intervention, English and Spanish
MTSS Letter to Parents September 2017.docxSummary Description of MTSS Reading Programs for Parents, English and Spanish
(attach to parent letter)
MTSS READING PROGRAM SUMMARIES Eng & Spanish.docxReading Intervention Progress Reports
to share with Parents & classroom teachers
Progress Monitoring Tools:
Data based decision making
"Progress monitoring" does not have to include more testing! Monitor progress in a global way, using the "Tier 2 Intervention Group Progress Monitoring Worksheet."
Define the criteria to measure "Response," meaning the student is showing progress on the targeted skills.
Note: It does not have to be weekly. Decide on the frequency of data entry and reflection based on the intensity of the student's need: more intensity warrants more frequent monitoring.
For Comprehension:
One option for monitoring progress in Tier 2 Junior Great Books or other comprehension interventions is to use the Checkpoints available within Illuminate. This is appropriate in grades 3 and up.
Another option for Tier 1 students is to anecdotally monitor students using the Fountas & Pinnell "Reading Assessment Checklist -all levels" to observe reading behaviors. First, define the criteria for measuring "Response," as demonstrated in the SAMPLE Tier 2 Intervention Group Progress Monitoring Worksheet. Select up to 4 reading behaviors/strategies from the checklist.
This is a list of reading behaviors to notice during the intervention, not a test to administer.
Another option for progress monitoring is to use Lightsail or Reading Counts quizzes.
The Reading Behaviors Checklist (Fountas & Pinnell)
Reading-Assessment-Checklist-all-levels-Behaviors to Notice, Teach and Support.pdfExample: Using the Reading Behaviors Checklist for Progress Monitoring
Choose the Intervention Focus by Trimester, aligned with Targets identified in Data Reflection:
Trimester 1- Reading Literature- Central Idea, Theme, Vocabulary
Trimester 2- Reading Information- Central Idea, Theme, Vocabulary
Trimester 3- Integration of Texts- Central Idea, Theme, Vocabulary
Tier 2 Intervention Group Progress Monitoring Worksheet SAMPLE .docxYou can even use this checklist to notice trends across the students within a group and modify the intervention accordingly. In the example above, 9 out of 10 students did not meet the "information" criteria.
Tier 2 Intervention Group Progress Monitoring Worksheet .docxHow to Use it:
1. Create a sheet for each intervention group
2. Define your response criteria - choose up to 4 reading behaviors from the checklist and decide how many of them the student must display to be "responding."
3. Decide how frequently you will track the reading behaviors (weekly, biweekly, monthly)
4. During the intervention session, look for the target behaviors and check whether each student demonstrated them.
5. Each month, transfer the totals of successful responders to the Tier 2 Tracking excel sheet
Reading Program Guides & Resources
SIPPS tests & scope & sequence for 2nd & 3rd Editions
Create an account on CCCLearningHub.org and gain access to SIPPS webinars, videos, and teaching resources!
Fidelity checks for each level of SIPPS
SIPPS_Elements_of_Effective_Implementation_Tool.pdfremote-learning-guidance-SIPPS.pdf** Junior Great Books: Each book has it's own fidelity guide in the teacher's edition (see also the Junior Great Books section, above).
GBF_RJ2-2_2014_Reflection.pdfFor generic intervention group level fidelity check (can be used for walkthrough observations and self-reflection)
WCSD RTI Walkthrough Intervention Group.docxTeaching Tips for Intensive Practice
Student brochure with summary of make it stick: The Science of Successful Learning, by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel
KEY IDEAS:
Focus student practice on RETRIEVING information from memory and connecting it to MEANING.
EFFORTFUL PRACTICE is important to retention and understanding.
This is more likely to result in long-term memory than simple recognition practice. Flash cards won't do it - have to write it down or do something with it.
Mindset brochure.pdfDocument Interventions in CUM Record
Use in place of "Significant Concerns Alert," especially when used in conjunction with coordinated classroom placement cards (to be printed on Yellow card stock)
Cumulative Student intervention record 4.23.18.pdfSample Placement Cards that are aligned with RTI flowchart and provide alerts to the next teacher
Placement Card with ELPAC 2019-20.docx*** Please gather all RTI Reading Intervention materials
(make sure they are complete!) and store them in a secure location so they are ready to go in August.
Use the Google Sheet to track inventory: An accurate count is crucial for reordering.
••Find the tab for your school site to enter data.
Note: please indicate which edition of SIPPS you have on site
Tracking the intervention GROUP's effectiveness:
From the "Tier 2 Intervention Group Progress Monitoring Worksheet," transfer the number of students participating in the intervention group and the number responding to the "Tier 2 Intervention Tracking with Graphs- ADD SCHOOL NAME" excel workbook to track the effectiveness of the intervention group, month by month. The excel sheet will automatically generate graphs for easy analysis. It is only set up to enter MONTHLY data, so you might need to average your data points if you assess more frequently.
If less than 70% of a group's participants are responding, examine fidelity of implementation and consider appropriateness of its intensity.
Entering Data
Just enter the number of students in the intervention group and the number of students who meet the response criteria you decided upon. The graph automatically creates graphs by group and by month across up to ten intervention groups.
Tier-2-Intervention-Tracking-with-Graphs-1.19.15-Sample-Data.xlsx