Pyramid Response to Intervention Workshop

Vancouver, British Columbia

Response to intervention (RTI) is our nation’s best hope to ensure high levels of learning for all children. Federal law since the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) in 2004, RTI’s underlining premise is that schools should not delay providing help for struggling students until they fall far enough behind to qualify for special education, but instead should provide timely, targeted, systematic interventions to all students who demonstrate need.

Understand why RTI is most effective when implemented on the foundation of a professional learning community (PLC). Learn how to create three tiers of interventions—from basic to intensive—to address student learning gaps. Learn what a successful program looks like and understand how to make RTI work in your school.

Plan to attend as a team of administrators and teachers and bring individual student and schoolwide achievement data.

You will:

• Gain practical ideas regarding how to identify students needing additional support, determine the appropriate intervention(s) for each child, monitor each student's progress, and revise a student's program as needed.
• Understand how to use flexible time to extend student learning and support students who have already mastered grade-level curriculum.
• Create a more focused, doable Tier 1 core curriculum.
• Utilize universal screening tools to identify students for extra help before they fail.
• Determine when formal special education placement is appropriate.
• Explore how the three big ideas of a PLC—focus on learning, build a collaborative culture, and results orientation—make PLC and RTI natural partners.