RTI and Multi-Tiered Intervention Presentation

Overview of RTI:

· Response to Intervention is an instructional practice used by educators to reach the needs of all students. The RTI process is broken down in to 3 Tiers.

· Tier 1 is generalized instruction for all students. This instruction occurs daily for 100% in the classroom.

· Tier 2 is more thorough instruction for students who need a reteach of instruction. This tier is ideal for students to “not fall in the cracks”. Tier 2 intervention is produced when students perform slightly below from the majority and need more instructional opportunities and practice to better understand the content. Tier 2 takes place within the classroom with the general education teacher and can look like 1 to 1 or in a small group setting.

· Tier 3 intervention is for students who are continuing to not grasp material/content from generalized and/or small group instruction. To begin this process, the general education teacher should have data beyond a reasonable doubt that the student is lacking progress, regardless of small group intervention and reteach. Data collection and concerns are brought to the administration with a student support team. Typically, a student support team includes an principal, the general education teacher, and any resource teacher whom may have been working with the student and/or teacher during Tier 2 for extra support. This team comes together to review data and decide if further evaluation is needed for the student; could there be a learning barrier or behavior concern that is prohibiting this student from learning at their best?

Role of the Child Study Team:

· General education teacher – provides data and documentation of work samples, intervention, and strategies used throughout the RTI process to support the student.

· Resource teachers – if applicable, provide data and documentation of strategies used for teacher support or of direction with student.

· LSSP or Diagnosticians – provide data, documentation, and observations of their time with and/or around the student.

RTI can help meet the needs of students without disabilities and provides as a mean of adapting instruction prior to evaluation students for a disability by:

· Acting as a safety net from generalized instruction; students who are not grasping content with the majority of peers during generalized instruction are noticed and pulled for 1-on-1 or small group instruction/reteach of material. This time provides more and thorough opportunities for students to grasp the information with more in depth support.