1. Change and trust in moving toward RTI for all ONE DISTRICT'S EXPERIENCE...... SO FAR. June 10, 2015 North Dakota RTI/MTSS Conference Fargo, ND United Public School District #7 -- Burlington and Des Lacs, ND Jean Klein, K-8 Principal, United #7 Amy Menahan, 9-12 Special Education Instructor and MTSS Coach, United #7 Mary Eldredge-Sandbo, Biology Teacher, MTSS Team Member, United #7

2. Objectives Participants will learn about one district’s experience of revising, updating, and collaborating to improve RTI K-12 Participants will have opportunities to discuss their own district’s experience with change and building trust with the goal of improved RTI implementation. Participants will participate in interactive breakouts to simulate some of our actions through this process.

3. Introductions and Expectations Who is here? What do you hope to learn during this session? Where are you on the road to RTI? Thinking about getting started RTI implementation is underway for at least some of our students We've got this! Successful implementation K-12

4. Overview Training – RTI, Intervention curricula Screening Monitoring progress Communication and building trust Planning for next year

5. A bit about us and our experience A tale of two schools....

6. Then... K-8 IN BURLINGTON9-12 IN DES LACS

7. Think and discuss RTI K-12 ◦What sounds familiar? ◦What sounds different? ◦What are the potential benefits of building K-12 RTI? ◦What are the challenges?

8. Summer, 2014K-8 RTI team attended RTI State Conference August 6-77-12 MTSS Behavior Training September 24:Wayne Callendar meets with leadership teams in the morning and whole staff in the afternoon. November 13-147-12 MTSS Academic Training – Focus on Tier 2 Instruction December 8Wayne Callendar in Burlington in the morning and in Des Lacs in the afternoon Phone training for reading intervention course at BDL Screening for placement in intervention pilot courses Notify / Consult with parents regarding placement in intervention courses JanuaryInitiated Fusion Reading Course for 9 and 10 grade students requiring intervention Piloted mini-Essentials of Algebra class Gr. 9 and 10 Winter NWEA K-8; Screened and placed 3-8 in Corrective Reading intervention course January 29Wayne Callendar in Burlington in the morning, and in Des Lacs in the afternoon March 10Wayne Callendar in Burlington in the morning and in Des Lacs in the afternoon April 22-237-12 MTSS Academic Training – focus on Tier 1 instruction April/MayMeetings between Burlington and Des Lacs to discuss transition from Grade 8 to Grade 9 Easy CBM screening for Grade 8 MayAmy consulted with an RTI resource person from Minot May/June/JulyWork on schedule for 2015-16 school year

9. 9 Multi-Level Prevention System Secondary Level of Prevention (~15% of students) Tertiary Level of Prevention (~ 5 % of students) Primary Level of Prevention (~80% of students) Source: Center on Response to Intervention at American Institutes for Research http://www.rti4success.org/resource/rti-implementer-series-module-1-screening Screening Training Interventions and Practices Evaluation

10. Multi- Tier Supports

11. Changes we experienced last semester K-8 IN BURLINGTON Cohesiveness for interventions within ELA blocks Targeting 4-8 students who are still in tiers 2 and 3 Continuing with strong K-3 interventions Implemented Corrective Reading for grades 3-8 Adjustments toward building trust 9-12 IN DES LACS Increased use of data Fusion class Essentials of Algebra Collaboration with middle school Planning intervention courses for next year Scaffolding instruction for teachers Adjustments toward building trust

12. Think and discuss RTI K-12 What sounds familiar? What sounds different? What strategies have been most successful in your setting? What challenges persist in your setting?

13. Screening K-8 AIMS Web MAP 9-12 MAP scores Easy CBM Meetings between 8th grade and 9-12 Review of Grade 8 MAP scores Easy CBM with grade 8 Collaboration and Communication Nifty tool: http://www.rti4success.org/resources/tools-charts/screening-tools-charthttp://www.rti4success.org/resources/tools-charts/screening-tools-chart

14. Think and discuss Screening tools List the assessments and data collected that are used at your school (quizzes, state-developed, CBM, etc.). What part of the assessment data are you using to define the tiers? What questions are being answered with those assessment data? How are the data used?

15. Intervention courses Screening Communication with staff and parents Scheduling, grades, and credits Piloting Implementation with feedback from Wayne Callender Plans for next year Additional training

16. Think and discuss Screening tools What intervention courses are you using or are you thinking about using for tier 2 instruction? What challenges have you dealt with? What evidence do you have that you are better meeting the needs of the students?

17. Monitoring our progress USING THE DATA…

18. Monitoring progress Learning from the data Sharing the data with faculty Sharing the data with students Sharing the data with parents Using the data to inform decisions Student led conferences are planned for the next school year K-8 MTSS-Behavior

19. Think and discuss Monitoring progress How do you use data to monitor progress throughout the school year? How do you use data to make plans for the next school year? What challenges do you face in using data to monitor progress? What strategies have led to greatest sucess in using data to monitor progress?

20. Learning the language ACROSS THE DISTRICT

21. RTI MTSS Tier 1 Tier 3 Tier 2 Screening Monitoring Interventions Formative Assessments Summative Assessments Benchmarks Cut Scores Using language to build understanding and cohesiveness

22. Think and discuss Speaking the language What challenges have you faced when using the terms of RTI/MTSS? How have you built understanding, consistency, and cohesiveness through the use of common vocabulary?

23. Moving into next year.... WRAP UP

24. References WebsiteURLDescription Center on Response to Intervention http://www.rti4success.org/Many sources from training modules to general information about RTI Center on Response to Intervention Tool charts http://www.rti4success.org/r esources/tools-charts These charts show the results of reviews of tools to monitor, scree, and implement interventions.