RTI Response to Intervention Connecting the Pieces

Pennie Graeber District RtI Coordinator Focus Tier I Instruction, support, and strategies for Academics and Behavior Office Waco ISD RtI Website spx?portalId=11701&pageId=39196

Response to Intervention Response to Intervention (RtI) is an approach that schools use to help all students, including struggling learners. The RtI approach gives Texas students opportunities to learn and work at their grade level. The idea is to help all students be successful. RTI is… NOT a program, curriculum, or intervention NOT limited to special education NOT limited to academics

RtI Universal Screening Team Driven Data-Based Decision Making Progress Monitoring Evidence-Based Interventions Tier III Tier II Layers of Support Tier I Fidelity in Implementation RtI looks at the whole student, the students Academic, Behavior, Social, and Emotional needs.

School-Wide Supports Managing Difficulties Intense Intervention

RtI Tier Model: Support Levels Tier I Tier II Tier III Intensive and Targeted Supports and Interventions in a one-on-one (or very small group) setting. A second layer of support needed with specific strategies and supports in place in small group for the purpose of filling in gaps in student learning. ALL Students receive researched-based strategies to engage students in the learning, meet various learning styles, and support all learners.

RtI Response to Intervention Academics Academic Content Areas RtI Academics provides the correct level of support and interventions to fill in learning gaps in academic content areas. Programs/interventions include: Lead4ward high yield strategies, Rigby, LLI, Istation, small groups/individual intervention times for students, and many more depending on content and student needs. Behavior—PBIS Behavioral Skills RTI Behavior provides the correct level of support and interventions to fill in gaps in social and emotional competence. Programs/interventions include: Conscious Discipline, The Classroom Management Book, Restorative Practices, Alderman Success Plans, BIPS, Check- In/Check-Out, small group social skills instruction, many other research-based intervention strategies

Changes in Waco ISD for Academic and Behavioral RtI From This Starting over every year Paper copies A SPED referral process Looking at academic only Elementary only Behavior – Negative/Punitive To This A continuous process Online A way of providing and tracking students and interventions Looking at the whole child Pre-K-8 th through High School Behavior – Positive/Restorative

Behavior and RtI RtI also addresses behavioral concerns. The Texas Behavior Support Initiative is a resource designed to build capacity in Texas schools for them to provide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) to all students. PBIS uses a range of school-wide and individualized strategies to achieve social and learning results.

PBIS Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a framework and proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional and academic success. PBIS establishes a positive social climate in which behavioral expectations for students are highly predictable, directly taught, consistently acknowledged, and actively monitored. Data-based decision making Prevention Multi-tiered systems of support Evidence-based interventions

RtI PBIS Conscious Discipline Restorative Discipline RTI provides a framework for the promotion of academic achievement and positive social development in all students. The PBIS framework is the application of RtI principles to the improvement of social behavior outcomes. Tools: Clearly stated campus expectation Visuals of expectations Feedback about behavior/student conferencing Check-in/Check-out Positive Reinforcement & Replacement Behavior Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive social- emotional and classroom management program that uses everyday life events to teach children and adults self- control, conflict resolution, character development and social skills. Tools: Morning Greeting Classroom Commitments Safe Place & Feeling Buddies Wish Well Self-Regulation Classroom Jobs Conferencing S.T.A.R. Restorative Discipline is a problem-solving approach to school discipline, in which misbehaviors can result in sanctions, but within a context where the relationships damaged by the misbehavior are the priority. Tools: Community Building Circles Restorative Conversations DAEP transition circles Family Conferencing Peer Mediation Community Involvement Service Opportunities

Conscious Discipline Conscious Discipline is a classroom management program and a social- emotional curriculum. It is based on current brain research, child development information, and developmentally appropriate practices.

RtI/PBIS/Conscious Discipline Tier Diagram Tier I Tier II Tier III One-on-One interventions, activities, and I Love you Rituals; School Team support, individual picture cards and books; ways for student to service, noticing and describing, involve counselor and other providers. Increased and individual use of Time Machine, Safe Place, Feeling Buddies, Self-Regulation Curriculum, etc. Targeted Areas: Safety, Connection, and Problem Solving in Small Groups for connections, increased visuals, parent involvement, “we” instead of “us and them”, additional teacher support, I Love You Ritual Program, additional practice with Time Machine, Safe Place, Feeling Buddies, Self-Regulation Curriculum, etc. Building School Families: Teachers, students, and parents; Beginning CD Tools like Safe Place, Self-Regulation, Morning Rituals and I Love You Rituals, Visuals, Develop Problem-Solving Skills, Wish Well, Etc.

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Suggested Plan of Action 1 st Weeks of School Look up all your students Identify your Tier 2/3 students 1 st 6 Weeks of School Assess and analyze data Ensure the students that are already in Tier II or III begin receiving those supports 2 nd 6 Weeks Prepare documentation and call for SAT of students you feel need to move to tier II. Forms Journal Collected Data Collected Work Samples Progress Monitoring Eduphoria PM form Istation Student Data Sheet

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