Elementary RtI Liaison Meeting
Notes from October 30, 2013
Rotations:
InterventionWhat interventions do you use at your school?
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Fastt Math
Lexia
Read 180 (middle) (elementary)
Systems 44
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
Houghton Mifflin Daybook/Sourcebook: Constructed Responses and
Reading Comprehension
Multisensory Language (MSL)
Quick Reads
Lit Lab
Six Minute Fluency Solution
Read Naturally
Double Dip in classroom
Pikes Peak
Intervention Central
Moby Max
Math Expression Differentiation Cards
Rigby Intervention- Intervention by Design
Word Warm-ups
Math U See
Step Up to Writing
Do the Math
Number Talks
Questions about Intervention:
 What is building administration views on dedicating FTE to
RtI/Interventionist? Does the district have influence here?
 Time—time to get the interventions done with fidelity plus those (schools)
who have additional need
 Can we get support based on school need?
 Can we use intervention resources purchased by SPED? If not, why not?
 Anyone know of a math progress similar to Lexia, Read 180…?
What district support is needed for intervention?
 Elementary math interventions (Tier 1 & Tier 2)
o Available training and materials
 Normed, research-based writing curriculum & intervention
 Minimum 1.0 FTE for interventionists!
o At-risk schools receive more
o At least 1.0 must be MANDATORY in every building!
o Not principal choice!
 Training teachers for Tier 1 interventions in the classroom, including
differentiation and classroom management
o Difference between interventions and accommodations
 Training on behavior interventions
 How to identify root cause?
Progress Monitoring:
What tools do you use for progress monitoring your school?
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QUICK WRITE
Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
AIMSweb
Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)
Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI)
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
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Galileo
FAST MATH
PALS
Rigby
XTRA MATH
Lexia
Timed Math Test
Dolch Sight Words
Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM)
Moby Math
GOLD Behavior Report Card
6 Traits Writing Rubrics
Questions about progress monitoring…
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Do all progress monitoring need to be normed?
Are the results truly valid? How to really know.
How long to monitoring using tools until a decision is made?
Is it possible that different schools have different needs for progress
monitoring? It’s not one size fits all.
Will we get a standard set of tools- like district wide?
Is there a way to deliver group progress monitoring?
How will GOLD fit into progress monitoring?
Consistency of progress monitoring staff- who should be responsible?
Tools used also.
Are we using the progress monitoring tools we have efficiently?
Who at each building should have access to AIMSweb?
Do you progress monitor at the level of instruction or grade level?
Which students get PALS Quick Checks?
Can we get more copies of the Rigby benchmarks?
What district support do you need for progress monitoring?
 Materials!! To match the interventions (time efficient)
 Help making one assessment work—too much data collection—by grade
level?
 1.0 FTE Interventionists! Math and behavior also
 Universities to send us interns to practice in the field
 Teacher training
o Entering Alpine data
o Quick Checks
o Benchmarks
o DRA
o Diagnostic progress monitoring for math
o Writing
 1.0 data entry position
Teaming:
What teams do you have at your school? Is it working?
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RtI Team
Child Study Team
Problem-solving team
Elementary/secondary team
Management team
Leadership
Technology
Behavior
Grade level teams
PBIS
School Culture and Safety
Procedures
RtI Consultation Team (1 @ every feeder)
We’re not sure if the teams are working
Questions about teaming structures in RtI…
 Why does it look so different at each school?
 Why isn’t there standard protocol for the district in regards to teams? The
RtI process?
 Why do some schools have FTE for RtI Liaisons and some don’t?
 Can there be a district mandate for FTE for RTI?
 If RtI duties are assigned in addition to 1 FTE in another area, such as
classroom teacher, BTL, is it in violation of teacher contracts?
What district support is needed around teaming for RtI?
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Money for substitutes
Clear definition of what team should look like/ be made of
Time or compensation to do the work
Principal training/teacher training
Buy-in and support
Basic knowledge of intervention
Funding RTI Coordinators to 1.0 FTE
1.0 FTE for interventionists