RTI Schedule: A Proposal to Implement a New Schedule
Cathy Poppen, Oregon City School District, Ogden Middle School
EDLD 655 University of Oregon March 13, 2012
Ogden Middle School ‘s Mission and Vision
A carefully designed schedule supports the goals of the school and
does not require the staff to conform to the rigid constraints of the
school schedule (Hackmann & Valentine 1998). Ogden Middle
Schools mission and vision (goal) is to be committed to providing a
safe, respectful, responsible learning community where all students
progress socially and academically. The staff at Ogden Middle School
intends to work diligently to assure high levels of learning for all
students. They do this by:
Engaging and using Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) as a
model for measuring academic growth.
Narrowing the achievement gap of subpopulations by continuously
monitoring the academic needs of SpEd, ELL , Economically
Disadvantaged populations and TAG populations.
Continuing the Positive Behavior Support (PBS) program as a way of
developing and maintaining positive relationships.
Plans have been put in place to support each of the above strategies.
A team is established and meets monthly to continue to work on the
PBS program. PLC time has been built in weekly for curriculum and
grade level teams with the goal to measure academic growth as well
as to develop effective instructional strategies. In order to narrow the
achievement gap of the subpopulations at Ogden a number of
interventions have been adopted.
It is the latter, to narrow the achievement gap of subpopulations, that
alternative structures to the schedule at Ogden Middle School is
being investigated. Interventions can be improved by creating a more
flexible schedule that meets more students needs from low readers to
talented and gifted.
It is the desire of the Ogden staff to create a schedule that better
meets the needs of middle school students while providing access to
interventions and electives to as many students as possible
Sources
Daniel, L. (2007). Research summary: Flexible
scheduling. http://www.nmsa.org/Research/ResearchSumAries/Flexibl
eScheduling/rabid/1140/Default.aspx
National Center on Responce to Intervention (July 2011). RTI
Scheduling Processes for Middle Schools. Washington, DC: U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs,
National Center on Responce to Intervention.
Current Reality
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Optional Schedule
Master Schedule 7th Grade Team
Schedule
Ogden follows a traditional departmentalized schedule that has
intervention times build into the day.
•Each student has a 30-minute advisory in the morning followed by
six fifty-two minute class periods.
• Four of the six classes are core classes (math, science, social
studies, and language arts), one of the six classes is either
P.E. or health, and finally the last class is an “elective”.
Advisory
30 min.
8:45 – 9:45
Period 2 52 min.
9:17 – 10:10
Students who have met OAKS but are not passing math and/or
language arts (if the schedule works for them) are placed in a
study hall class designed to give them more time to do
homework and to get organizational assistance.
• The students who do not meet OAKS in either math or
reading, are not passing core classes, and are on an
Individual Education Plan (when possible) are placed in an
academic support class.
• The advisory program has multiple purposes.
• Students who do not meet OAKS in reading and math are
in a targeted math or reading advisory.
• Students who have met OAKS are in an advisory that is
designed to build relationships and provide enrichment
activities.
Problems
The best-designed schedules allow for every student to have
access to all of the opportunities provided by the school.
(Seed 1998) The present scheduled interventions at
Ogden’s create an equity dilemma.
1. The schedule does not give a number of students access
to interventions that may be the most beneficial for them.
2. For some it completely eliminates the option for
interventions.
3. The students who are in interventions are not able to take
advantage of the relationship building activities and
enrichment taking place in the other advisaries.
4. Students who are in interventions during the day are not
able to take elective courses.
Options
1.Choose to retain the current schedule but instead lessen some the
criteria that keep students from accessing more beneficial
interventions.
2.Design and adopt a more flexible schedule that provides
increased access to electives and interventions for more students.
Contact Information
Advisory
30 min.
8:45 – 9:45
Period 2 52 min.
9:17 – 10:10
Period 3 52 min.
10:14 – 11:07
Period 3 52 min.
10:14 – 11:07
1st Lunch 11:07 – 11:37
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
8:40-9:10
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
9:13-12:33 Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block
12:36-1:06 Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:10-2:00
Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block
Period 4 52 min.
11:11 – 12:04
2:03-2:43
Elective
Period 4 52 min.
11:41 – 12:34
2nd Lunch 12:04 – 12:34
2:46-3:25
Intervention Intervention Intervention Intervention Intervention
Period 5 52 min.
12:38 – 1:31
Period 5 52 min.
12:38 – 1:31
Period 6 52 min.
1:35 – 2:28
Period 7 52 min.
2:32 – 3:25
Interventions
For further information, or sources contact Cathy Poppen at
cathy.poppen@orecity.k12.or.us
POSTER TEMPLATE BY:
Current Schedule
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Master Schedule 8th grade
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Period 6 52 min.
1:35 – 2:28
8:40-9:10
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
Advisory
9:13-10:03
Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block
Period 7 52 min.
2:32 – 3:25
10:06-10:46
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
10:49-11:19
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
11:22-2:42
Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block Core Block
2:45-3:25
Intervention
Current Data:
Student Body – 600 Students
Intervention seats available – 227 (Some students are receiving
multiple interventions)
Number of students utilizing intervention seats – 192
Number of students who do not have access to electives – 65
Number of students who do not have access to relationship building
or enrichment – 169
Number of students who are not in an intervention most beneficial?
With this schedule teachers are provided one prep period.
Sometimes they can prep with a common curriculum team.
Intervention
Intervention
Time
Period
Course
8:40-9:10
Advisory
Advisory
9:13-12:33
1-4
Math, Social Studies, Science, LA
12:36-1:06
Lunch
Lunch
1:10-2:00
5
Health
2:03-2:43
6
Elective
2:45-3:25
7
Intervention
A Teachers Schedule
The normal funding of the school is not greatly affected. There is
however a need to add one additional half time Science and Social
Studies Teacher.
Cost = Approximately $50,000
Time
Period
Course
8:40-9:10
Advisory
Advisory
9:13-12:33
1-4
Math
12:36-1:06
Lunch
Lunch
Contract Issue – Ogden would be adding 5 additional minutes to the
teaching day but not to the workday.
1:10-2:00
5
Math
2:03-2:43
6
Planning
2:45-3:25
7
Intervention
At this time Ogden is going to stay with the schedule they have.
Rationale:
We have a 7.5 million dollar deficit so the money for the additional
teacher is not available.
The district is in the process of reconfiguring schools. The plan at this
time is to possibly close two elementary schools and turn our current 7/8
middle schools into 6/7/8 middle schools. If this happens the planning
for a new schedule would have to begin again.
Intervention
A Students Schedule
Funding, Staffing, and Other Concerns for New Schedule
Decision
Intervention
Proposed Results:
Intervention seats available - 600
Number of students utilizing intervention seats – 600 (Some may be
enrichment)
Number of students who do not have access to electives – 0
Number of students who do not have access to relationship building or
enrichment – 0
Number of students who are not in an intervention most beneficial - ?
Common curriculum planning time
Possible more flexibility to move students around as interventions are
needed and no longer needed.
Optional uses for advisory available.