RtII in the MS:Logistics, Roles,

& StructureA Presentation by Jeff Starr

& Patrick WintersAPRIL 5, 2012

Getting Started

• TYPE I Writing Assignment• Take 3 minutes and generate a list of what comes to mind

when you hear the phrase, “RtII in the Middle School”.

• Whole Group Discussion• Let’s generate a list on the board.

Presentation EQs“How will the intervention periods be structured?”

“Who will be doing the interventions?”

“Who will serve on the RtII Team?”

“What will each RtII Team member’s role be?”

“What should the interdisciplinary teams be doing to support the RtII process?”

“How will we communicate interventions to families to get buy-in?”

“How will the RtII Team engage teachers to insure that their feedback is being heard and that intervention data and decisions are made swiftly and

in a timely fashion?”

Intervention Period StructureYOU SHOULD KNOW…1. Tier II and Tier III - Targeted interventions that are at

least 6 weeks in length (behavioral) and 10 weeks in length (academic).

2. Progressed monitored using AIMSWeb. 3. Occurring primarily in supported and co-taught LA

and math classes during the intervention period. 4. Additional training provided over the summer for

LA, special education, and math teachers on AIMSWeb and implementing targeted interventions.

5. Exploring intervention software, especially in the area of language arts.

Interventions…Who?

LA and math classroom teachers will provide the intervention.

Para educators will assist with progress monitoring.

Special education teachers will be the primary interventionists.

Meet the MS RtII Team

Member RoleMS Principal RtII Facilitator7th/8th Grade School Counselors Info Liaison with TeamsTwo School PsychologistsAcademic/Behavior ExpertsSpecial Education Representative Intervention SpecialistMS Teacher Representative Classroom Perspective

Team Support for MS RtIIQUESTION…What can interdisciplinary teams do to support the MS RtII process?

ANSWER…• Document Tier I and Tier II academic and

behavioral interventions that are being used. • Insure that interventions and progress monitoring

are being conducted with fidelity.• Rely on data to drive the RtII process. No more

teacher referral/IST model.• Work with appropriate grade level school

counselor/administrator to address the needs of Tier I students.

Family Communication

It is vitally important that we communicate with families when their child needs a Tier II and/or Tier III intervention, be it academic or behavior. Therefore we will…

* Send letters home and follow-up with phone calls.* Implement a positive reward system to encourage buy-in.* Schedule on site meetings for students designated as Tier III, behavior or academic.* Consider home visits depending on the situation.

Value of Feedback

Note…The RtII Team desires to engage teachers to insure that their feedback is being heard and that intervention data and decisions are made swiftly and in a timely fashion.

Therefore, our goal is to…1. Develop a spreadsheet of active RtII students along with their tier and interventions that is monitored and kept current. 2. Get monthly RtII feedback from teams disseminated to administration and back to RtII Team via grade-level counselors.3. Have RtII as an agenda item for team meetings.

Closure…3-2-1 Ticket Out the Door

Go on to the wiki space page for Session D: RtII in the Middle School - Logistics, Roles, and Structure.

Once there, do a post on the page where you do the following:1. List THREE questions you still have as a

result of the session.2. List two things you learned from this

session that you did not already know.3. List one aspect of RtII you are excited

about for the 2012-2013 school year.

A Parting Shot