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Should interventions in Tier 2 and Tier 3 follow the alignment of the core curriculum?

Response from Karen Wixson, Ph.D.: The general answer to this question is "yes"—Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions should be aligned with the core curriculum.  However...[read full response]

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Develop a Plan

Develop a PlanImplementation of an RTI model requires specific resources; attempting implementation without first creating the infrastructure is futile. To assist you in developing a successful plan, George Batsche of the University of South Florida outlines the steps for building that infrastructure in "Developing a Plan."

 



Additional Articles


Create Your Implementation Blueprint: Introduction  
by Susan L. Hall

The idea of Response to Intervention (RTI) is simple. RTI involves regularly assessing proficiency in a skill, determining which students are behind, providing help in small groups for those students below benchmark, assessing regularly to monitor progress, and intensifying instruction for students whose progress is insufficient...



Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 1: Exploration
by Susan L. Hall

Fixsen, Naoom, Blasé, and Wallace (2007) refer to Stage 1 as "exploration," and this stage begins with "pre-contemplation." Often one staff member learns about Response to Intervention (RTI) at a conference or in discussion with colleagues from another school. This one person could be a classroom teacher, a special education teacher, a speech-language pathologist, or a school psychologist. What happens next is the initiation of the exploration stage, when a school begins gathering information about RTI to decide whether, or in what way, to implement it...


Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 2: Installation
by Susan L. Hall

The installation stage starts when the decision is made to implement a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) approach , and it ends when the innovation process is first used. This stage is often referred to as the "start-up stage," when you develop your plan. Fixsen, Naoom, Blasé, and Wallace (2007) suggested that this stage may take between 2 and 6 months...


Create Your Implementation Blueprint: Avoiding Implementation Pitfalls
by Susan L. Hall

Implementing a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) approach is a major undertaking. Even with careful planning and adequate buy-in, there are potential pitfalls that can hinder progress. Luckily, this is well-trod ground by now and the pitfalls, once you are aware of them, can be avoided...


Federal Funding to Support Response to Intervention
by Anna M. Munson

There is no dispute that Response to Intervention (RTI) is a great idea, but it takes money, or funding, to make an idea into a plan. Limited resources create difficulty as Local Education Agencies (LEAs) work to build and maintain RTI infrastructures. The focus of this article will be the available avenues of funding for development and implementation of RTI...


RTI and ARRA
by Anna M. Munson

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has been a primary topic of conversation for nearly every industry and organization since it was signed on February 17, 2009. The overall goals of the ARRA are to stimulate the economy in the short term and invest in a variety of areas, including education, to ensure the long-term economic health of the nation...


Additional Resources

(pdf) School Schedules: A Unique Challenge for RTI »
(pdf) Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level: Two Districts’ Models of Implementation »

 

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