Response to Intervention
Implementation Checklist
Response to Intervention is an instructional framework
designed to meet students’ needs through tiered instruction. Its goals are to ensure that all
students struggling in reading, writing and mathematics receive instructional supports designed to
address specific needs and ensure access to rigorous 21st century instruction.
1. Conduct professional development in establishing the components of a 3-tier model
2. Strengthen Tier 1 instruction in reading and math and become familiar with Tiered Models and
intervention language
3. Train teachers in data analysis, grouping students for intervention, and intervention lesson
planning
4. Provide designated time for teachers to analyze data and plan collaboratively
5. Select a model for delivering intervention that delineates personnel, schedules, and
instructional spaces
6. Communicate with parents about the 3-Tier instructional model
7. Develop master school schedule to include capacity for Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions
8. Develop school-wide assessment calendar for benchmark and progress monitoring
9. Determine which personnel will administer assessments
10. Implement universal screening in September, January, and May
11. Provide professional development for special education and Title 1 teachers in designing and
delivering interventions
12. Arrange staffing to provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions
13. Develop strategies for monitoring implementation of research-based reading and mathematics
strategies (e.g., Principal walk-throughs)
14. Introduce tiered instruction and integration with WV CSOs to grade 3-5 teachers
15. Establish professional learning communities for Grades 3-5 teachers regarding delivery of
intervention
16. Assemble administrator’s data notebook (e.g., school-wide data reports, data summaries by
class and grade levels)
West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Special Programs
January 2009