This webinar, led by Dr. Julie Esparza Brown, Dr. Amanda Sanford, and Erin Lolich focused on improving educational outcomes for ELLs through culturally and linguistically responsive implementation of an RTI framework in the area of elementary reading. Specifically, it discussed critical considerations to appropriately utilize screening and progress monitoring data with ELL students to improve reading outcomes by addressing the factors that influence ELL students' academic success.
In this month’s webinar, Dr. John Hosp, Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Iowa and member of NCRTI technical review committee for screening tools, shares rubrics for evaluating screening and progress tools and describes the process used by the Iowa Department of Education to apply these rubrics in detail.
Note: Some of the stills in the webinar video may be difficult to read. The full PPT is attached here so that those slides can be followed along as the audio of the webinar is playing.
This webinar discusses Pennsylvania's use of response to instruction and intervention as a method for determining specific learning disabilities, elaborating on the mission of the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistant Network (PaTTan). This network support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education and builds the capacity of local education agencies to serve students who receive special education services. A number of administrators, educators, and coordinators in the state provide their perspectives on this initiative and give details on the state's revised application process for schools seeking to implement RtII.
The National Center on RTI has created a RTI Essential Components Integrity Rubric and RTI Essential Components Integrity Worksheet. Both are for use by individuals responsible for monitoring the school-level fidelity of Response to Intervention (RTI) implementation. In this webinar, Dr. Amy Elledge discusses the Integrity Rubric and Worksheet, describes them and how they can be used and gives examples from schools and districts who have utilized the tools to measure their fidelity to RTI.
After viewing the webinar, join us October 25th, 1:00 - 2:00pm Eastern for a live, online chat to discuss the Integrity Rubric and Worksheet. Dr. Elledge will be online and available to answer your questions.
In this webinar, Dr. Evelyn Johnson discusses how one state has developed a process for using RTI data to inform their special education eligibility process as well as early identification and prevention of learning difficulties. View the webinar, then join us for a live chat on September 28th, 2011 from 3:00-4:00pm ET.
In this webinar Dr. Tessie Rose Bailey, an NCRTI technical assistance provider, provides an overview of the essential components of RTI including screening, progress monitoring, a school-wide, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making. Watch the webinar on our website at any time that works best for you, or you can download it to your I-pod or other device to watch on the go.
In this webinar, Dr. Allison Gandhi, provides an overview of the screening, progress monitoring, and instructional tools charts, describes the information that they provide, and walks through the process that teams can use when selecting an appropriate tool. The webinar is available for viewing on our website , or you can download the webinar to your IPod or other device to watch on the go. After viewing the webinar, e-mail your questions to RTIWebinars@air.org.
A live, online chat took place on October 21st from 2:00 - 3:00 pm Eastern. At this time, Dr. Gandhi provided answers to question that were submitted via e-mail as well as additional questions that arose during the online chat. A summary of the Live Chat Q&A is available here.
In this webinar, Whitney Donaldson provides an overview of progress monitoring, why it is important and how to use progress monitoring data to make data based decisions. View this webinar from our website at your convenience or download it to your Ipod or other device to watch on the go. After viewing the webinar, e-mail your questions to RTIWebinars@air.org.
Live chat
On December 16th from 2:00-3:00pm EST a live, on-line chat took place to discuss the two webinars, The Essential Components of RTI: Screening, and The Essential Components of RTI: Progress Monitoring.
In this webinar, Dr. Marcela Movit discusses considerations for screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system and data-based decision making for English Language Learners. View this webinar from our website at your convenience or download it to your MP3 to watch on the go. After watching the webinar, e-mail us your questions at RTIWebinars@air.org.
Live Chat A live, online chat focused on “The Essential Components of RTI: Considerations for English Language Learners” will take place on March 31st from 2:00 – 3:00pm Eastern. At this time, Dr. Marcela Movit will answer the questions you submitted via e-mail as well as any additional questions that come up during the online chat. To participate in the live, online chat, go to www.rti4success.org and click on "Join our Live Chat." Note that this will not be available until 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the chat.
The High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII) is a collaborative effort among the National Center on Response to Intervention, the National High School Center, and the Center on Instruction that explores how RTI and tiered interventions are being implemented at the high school level. During this webinar, Dr. Kristen McMaster provided an overview of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), including the purpose, a brief description of research, and a demonstration of how CBM data can be used to monitor student progress.
Watch the recording and view the presentation slides that were presented by Lynne Viker and Denise Waalen from the Mahtomedi School District in Minnesota, and Laurie Emery from the Vail School District in Arizona.
This webinar, led by Dr. Daryl Mellard and Sara Prewett, provided an overview of current RTI practices in middle schools across the nation. The webinar also included information about how selected schools are implementing RTI in the middle grades.
Topics discussed include: implementation and the planning process, common practices in screening, progress monitoring, and tiered instruction, staff preparation, data-based decision making, challenges, and next steps for RTI implementation in secondary settings.
In this month's webinar, Dr. Doug Fuchs, Nicholas Hobbs Professor of Special Education and Human Development and Co-Director of Vanderbilt University's Kennedy Center Reading Clinic, presents a summary of his recent article published in Exceptional Children. Dr. Fuchs details the RTI framework and explains the rationale for next generation RTI practices while summarizing the three aspects of Smart RTI and emphasizing the importance and relevance of tertiary prevention.
The National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) has developed this resource that provides a definition of RTI, reviews essential RTI components, and responds to frequently asked questions.
This document - representing the initial work of the High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII), a collaborative project of the National Center on Response to Intervention, the National High School Center, and the Center on Instruction - summarizes what HSTII has learned thus far about effective RTI implementation in high schools.
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Following confusion around Response to Intervention (RTI) and evaluation and reports to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) that local education agencies (LEAs) might be using RTI strategies to delay or deny evaluation for students suspected of having a disability, OSEP’s Director Melody Musgrove sent a memo to state directors of special education on January 21, 2011.
This brief provides a framework for using Response to Intervention (RTI) with students who are English Language Learners (ELL) from Hispanic backgrounds. It examines the characteristics of these students; defines the RTI process; and then models how students’ linguistic, cultural, and experiential backgrounds can guide appropriate screening, progress monitoring, and goal setting that will help promote English literacy. The brief concludes with a case study that provides specific recommendations for how to apply screening and progress monitoring with ELLs.
Specific Learning Disability and Responsiveness to Intervention General Information
The general information in this section covers a broad range of issues and provides a solid background on SLD and RTI. Use these materials to build your own knowledge of these topics, distribute copies to others who need an understanding of these issues, or use the information presented here as the foundation for critical conversations as you prepare to change the SLD determination procedures in your state, district, or school.
This resource is intended to help parents and families understand RTI by answering some frequently asked questions related to its structure and essential components, and the relationship between RTI and the referral and evaluation process for special education services.
Using descriptive information gathered from middle schools already implementing RTI, the NCRTI has developed this resource to provide information to school, district, and state administrators and staff about how the essential components of RTI might be implemented in middle schools.
This series of briefs on Progress Monitoring comprises four separate documents. The purpose of these progress monitoring briefs is to provide practitioners with guidance to support careful planning and thoughtful practices as part of comprehensive progress monitoring within the Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. By highlighting frequently omitted pieces of the progress monitoring process, we hope we can steer practitioners away from wasted time and poor results.
NCRTI staff gave a number of presentations at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)’s Annual Convention and Expo that took place April 25-28, 2011 at National Harbor, MD. Drs.
