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State Education Agency (SEA): Refers to the department of education at the state level.
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"As a principal, my quest for providing meaningful reading instruction for students was shared by my teaching staff. While we felt we were doing great things for students in the area of reading, our state assessment showed that, in some cases, 50% of our students were not at grade level in reading..." [read full story]
- Bob Heimbaugh, K-5 Principal, Wyoming
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Why should we undertake Response to Intervention (RTI) when we already have several other initiatives going on in our district?
Response from Ann Casey, Ph.D .: RTI is a framework that could be used as an organizing tool for all of our work in education. The main intent of RTI is to ensure students receive targeted instruction early so all students can be successful. In RTI, we integrate measurement/data systems to focus instruction by using a problem solving process...[read full response ]
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 Implementation 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...
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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