RTII + PRACTICE = SUCCESS

Deb Stover, Principal, EH Phillips Elementary, Central Dauphin School District

Margee Ziegenfuss, Former Supervisor of Curriculum, East Pennsboro Area School District

TODAY’S AGENDA Introduction Needs of the Field Core Elements of RTII Focus Areas of Practice

School TeamsCollaboration/CommunicationSchedules/Time Improvement CycleLayering Services

Your Realities / Your Process

SIX CORE ELEMENTS: Standards Aligned Instruction Universal Screening Shared Ownership Data Sources & Decisions Tiered Intervention & Delivery

System Parent Involvement

STANDARDS ALIGNED INSTRUCTION Whose standards?

Common Core StandardsState Standards

Applying Standards to CurriculumCurriculum Mapping without Tears

Best Practices for Core Instruction“What Works” for Your StudentsEssentials

UNIVERSAL SCREENING Curriculum Based Measurement Dibels Next 4Sight Aimsweb

SHARED OWNERSHIP District Level Support Building Level Teams Grade Level Teams Specialist Support Parent Involvement Total Staff Involvement

What data?NormedReferencedCurriculum Based

How Collected?Who administers?Who inputs, formats and/or summarizes?

How Used?Curriculum decisionsStudent decisions

DATA SOURCES & DECISIONS

TIERED INTERVENTION AND DELIVERY SYSTEM Core Instruction Tiers Resources Layers of Support

PARENT INVOLVEMENT Planning Phase Program Information Student Progress Updates Feedback

FOCUS AREAS: School Teams – Responsibilities

& Tasks Collaboration & Communication Schedules & Time Constraints Management of the

Improvement Cycle

SCHOOL TEAMS RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

Core Leadership

Team

Data Team

Grade Level Team

Point of Contact

Child Study Team

Staff Developme

nt Team

Site Based

SCHOOL TEAMS RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

District Based District Leadership Team Building Leadership Team Grade Level Goal Teams

COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION – SITE BASED

POC person with grade level members Skill tracking sheets for students Parent/ Student Communication Strategies and Materials Grade level common planning time Liaison with District Data displays Team building and Professional Learning

Communities

COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION – DISTRICT BASED

Grade level common planning Building Leadership Team – building

level meetings Grade level data team meetings Parent Communication Liaison with District Team building and professional

development

SCHEDULES & TIME CONSTRAINTS

Core schedule must include: Instructional blocks Intervention groupsProgress monitoring

Benchmarking process Additional intervention layers based on

student need Transition time Fidelity - observations

SCHEDULES & TIME CONSTRAINTSSample 1 Intervention groups K 9:20 – 9:40 a.m. /1:10 – 1:30

p.m. Extended K 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. 1st 9:20 – 9:50 2nd & 3rd 10:40 – 11:20 4th & 5th 1:35 – 2:15

SCHEDULES & TIME CONSTRAINTS

Sample 2 Intervention groups K - 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. 1 - 10:50 – 11:20 a.m. 2 - 11:55 – 12:25 a.m.

MANAGEMENT OF IMPROVEMENT CYCLE

Changes or ideas to sustain student growth

Integration of new students and how to meet their needs

Professional Development Ongoing – Monthly data team meetings End of year Evaluation Summaries –

guide program for next year

MANAGEMENT OF IMPROVEMENT CYCLE

Ongoing – monthly meetings Professional development – intra-

staff; external Schedule and program adjustments End of Year Evaluation – data and

program Implementation plans

YOUR REALITIES / YOUR PROCESS A Work in Progress –

Specific Ideas To Build and Improve: School Teams / Responsibilities Collaboration/ Communication Schedules / Time Improvement Cycle

Contact Information:Deborah Stover – edconsult2@comcast.netMargee Ziegenfuss – mgz2@comcast.net