RtI:
Keeping
It
Simple…
Jenn Sheldon
Amy Galicia
Agreements
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Our Finest Hour
One Fine Team
Reflect
Personal Needs
Blast off!
RtI in PSD
Big Question
• RtI: How do we make connections, make
it simple, and make it work?
Objectives
• What is the RtI framework and how do we
make it simple?
• How do we connect all that we do in the
RtI Framework?
• How do we effectively implement the
Problem Solving Process?
• What are our next steps?
What is the RtI framework and how
do we make it simple?
What is the RtI Framework?
Video
What is a system?
A system is a
collection of parts that
interact to function as
a whole.
Keeping it Simple…
• RtI is a system
for meeting all
students’ needs.
• It requires us to
think like a
system!
Think like a system!
Patterns of
Behavior
Events
System
Systemic
Structures
Mental Models
The Handbook for SMART School Teams, Conzemius and O’Neill 2002 Solution Tree pp.180-8
Feedback Loops
Info about a
problem
Result
Action
Action
Information
about a
problem
Result
The Handbook for SMART School Teams, Conzemius and O’Neill 2002 Solution Tree p. 181
Learning Process
Collaboratively
Plan
Personally
Reflect
Collectively
Review
Keep it EASy…
• Establish All Systems!
• The A Team
• The B Team
• Grade Level
Content Area Teams
• Student Success Teams
The A Team
Patterns of
Behavior
Events
The A
Team
Systemic
Structure
Mental Models
Purpose: Set School-wide Academic Goals
and identify strategies for achieving them
The B Team
Patterns of
behavior
Events
The B
Team
Systemic
Structure
Mental Models
Purpose: Set School-wide Behavior Goals
and identify strategies for achieving them
Grade Level/Content Area Teams
What do we want
students to learn?
What will we do if
they already do?
Purpose:
Work
collaboratively
to examine
instruction and
ultimately meet
all students’
needs.
What will we do if
they don’t ?
How will we know
they are learning
it and learned it?
How will we
effectively teach
what we want
students to learn?
Student Success Teams
Define the
problem
Evaluate
the plan
Purpose:
Assist teams
through the
problem
solving
process
Implement
the plan
Create a
plan
Inspection
Before take-off let’s do
one last inspection and
brainstorm approaches.
Space Walk
How Do We
Connect
All That We Do?
Connect the System
• Using the terms given to your
group, create a graphic that
represents the connections
that can be made to a systems
approach to Response to
Intervention
• You may add additional
“components” if you need to.
• You may replicate slips of
paper.
• You should try to use as many
of these terms as possible.
Integrated
Elements of
RtI:A
RtI:B
Outcomes: academic and behavior
targets identified by school
OUTCOMES
Data:
Information
used to make
accurate and
appropriate
decisions
SYSTEMS
Practices:
strategies &
interventions
that are
evidencebased
Systems: supports needed to ensure accurate,
durable implementation of practices
Adapted from a slide by George Sugai and Rob Horner PBIS
PLC Questions
• What do we want our students to know?
(Outcomes)
• How will we know they are learning it? (Data)
• How will we respond if students don’t learn?
(Systems and Practices)
• How will we respond if they already know it?
(Systems and Practices)
• How do we effectively teach what we want them
to know? (Systems and Practices)
What do we want students to learn?
How will we effectively teach it?
The Teaching and Learning Cycle
Reflect
• What conditions are
supporting or hindering
effective universal
instruction for all
students? (Think both
academics and
behavior)
Integrated
Elements of
RtI:A
RtI:B
Data:
Information
used to make
accurate and
appropriate
decisions
Outcomes: academic and behavior
targets identified by school
OUTCOMES
SYSTEMS
Practices:
strategies &
interventions
that are
evidencebased
Systems: supports needed to ensure accurate,
durable implementation of practices
Adapted from a slide by George Sugai and Rob Horner PBIS
How will we know they have learned it?
Assessments
• Screening –
– Quick efficient measures
of overall ability and
critical skills known to be
strong indicators that
predict student
performance
• Progress monitoring –
– Also brief, given
periodically to determine
whether students are
making adequate
progress
Assessments continued…
• Diagnostic –
– Provide in depth,
reliable assessment of
targeted skills
• Outcome –
– Given at the end of
the school year used
for school, district,
and state reporting
purposes
Reflect
• What systems are in place
to assess and use data to
inform our decisions?
Integrated
Elements of
RtI:A
RtI:B
Outcomes: academic and behavior
targets identified by school
OUTCOMES
Data:
Information
used to make
accurate and
appropriate
decisions
SYSTEMS
Practices:
strategies &
interventions
that are
evidencebased
Systems: supports needed to ensure accurate,
durable implementation of practices
Adapted from a slide by George Sugai and Rob Horner PBIS
What do we do if they don’t know it?
What do we do if they already know it?
Intervention is…
the systematic and explicit instruction
provided to accelerate growth in an area of
identified academic and/or behavioral
need.
Intervention is not…
a person
a place
a modification
an accommodation
progress monitoring
an assessment
Intervention is
• Focused on a specific area of concern
• Provides direct explicit instruction in a
timely manner related to the area of
concern
• Can be adjusted by frequency, duration
and intensity
How Do We Implement the
Problem Solving Process?
What is the Problem Solving
Process?
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Systematic
Data-driven
Collaborative
Approach for
supporting all
students.
Identification
Prevention
How do we effectively implement
the Problem Solving Process?
Kranz at his console on May 30,
1965, in the Mission Operations
Control Room, Mission Control
Center, Houston
• Defined Protocol
and Process
• Solution focused
• Used with the
grade level/content
area teams and
Student Success
Teams
• Fluid
Evaluate the plan
and the student’s
response
End the plan,
create a new one
or adjust intensity,
frequency, duration
Directly Measure the behavior/skill
Analyze and validate the problem
Identify variables
Determine Root Cause
Evaluate
the plan
Implement
the plan
Implement the plan as intended
Progress monitor
Modify as necessary
Define the
problem
Create a
plan
Target the
area of
concern
Determine
intensity,
frequency and
duration
What is the purpose of SST??
Assist teams through the problem solving process by
collaboratively creating and implementing targeted
and intense interventions, progress monitoring and
the evaluating the effectiveness and fidelity of the plan
Progress Monitoring
• Essential to determine effectiveness of
instructional programs and interventions
• Data is used to determine movement of
students within the tiers
• Used to make decisions during problem
solving process
• Varies depending on the level of intensity
Progress Monitoring at the Tiers
• Tier I- provided to all
students using on going
universal screeners and
assessments aligned with
instruction
• Tier II and Tier III- more
strategic and targeted
– Focus on current levels
of performance
– Tools should be flexible,
efficient, accessible, and
informative
Progress Monitoring Tools
Available…
Curriculum Based Measurement
(CBM)
– Standard direction, materials, scoring
rules, and is a timed assessment
– Examples included MBSP (Math Basic
Skills), DIBELS, Jim Wright, probes
from Aimsweb, etc.
Designated Consultant
• Informs and supports the teacher
• Communicates regularly with the teacher
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., prime
crew commander of Apollo 14,
monitors communications between
the Apollo 13 spacecraft and the
Mission Control Center.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/jscfeatures/articles/000000363.html
Reflect
• What have you found
effective and what
challenges are you
facing?
Team Time
• Work with your team/colleagues
to review your action plan based
on the RtI Indicators.
• How will you prioritize your work?
• Please be prepared to share:
– What have you gotten today that
you will share back at your school?
– What are you committing to do
when you return to your building?
A Safe Landing…
Objectives
• What is the RtI framework and how do we
make it simple?
• How do we connect all that we do in the
RtI Framework?
• How do we effectively implement the
Problem Solving Process?
• What are our next steps?
Big Question
• RtI: How do we make connections, make
it simple, and make it work?
Houston…we have a problem!
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Amy Galicia
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Jenn Sheldon
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Space Walk
Orbit Activity
When you think like
about successful
systems of
implementation of an
intervention or
enrichment block,
what would
contribute to its
success?