Founding Partners

The RTI Action Network Founding Partners are a select group of national associations representing key stakeholders in the effective implementation of RTI. These partners have demonstrated strong leadership and commitment to the adoption and implementation of RTI and are positioned to reach large numbers of educators and parents nationwide. The Founding Partners play a key role in facilitating communication to and from implementers in the field, and serve on the Advisory Council.

• American Federation of Teachers (www.aft.org)
• International Reading Association (www.reading.org)
• National Association of Elementary School Principals (www.naesp.org}
• National Association of School Psychologists (www.nasponline.org)
• National Association of Secondary School Principals (www.nassp.org)
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (www.nasdse.org)
• National Education Association (www.nea.org)

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Implementation Partners

The Implementation Partners support the RTI Action Network through dissemination and promotion of relevant information to multiple constituencies nationwide. Their involvement is critical for expanding the reach of the RTI Action Network and bringing to scale effective and responsible RTI implementation.

• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (www.aacte.org)
• American Association of School Administrators (www.aasa.org)
• American Occupational Therapy Association (www.aota.org)
• American School Counselor Association (www.schoolcounselor.org)
• ASCD (www.ascd.org)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (www.asha.org)
• Council for Exceptional Children (www.cec.sped.org)
• Council of Chief State School Officers (www.ccsso.org)
• Council of Administrators of Special Education, Inc (www.case.org)
• Federal Resource Center  (www.aed.org/Projects/resourcecenter.cfm)
• International Dyslexia Association (www.interdys.org)
• IDEA Partnership (www.ideapartnership.org)
• IRIS Center (http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu)
• Matrix Parent Network (www.matrixparents.org)
• Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (www.rrfcnetwork.org/mprrc)
• Northeast Regional Resource Center (www.rrfcnetwork.org/nerrc)
• School Social Work Association of America (http://www.sswaa.org)
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (www.tesol.org)
• Southeast Regional Resource Center (www.rrfcnetwork.org/serrc)
• Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative (www.urbancollaborative.org)

Student Success Collaborative Partners

The Student Success Collaborative Partners contain a group of diverse organizations working together on behalf of children and families to increase the depth and breadth of information available on RTI and other topic areas. 

• City Year (www.cityyear.org)
• One Economy (www.one-economy.com)
• Silicon Valley Education Foundation (www.svefoundation.org)
• Teachers Without Borders (www.teacherswithoutborders.org)

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