Shattering the Intervention Culture
in the Age of Accountability
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Find Someone Who...
We will take 5 minutes to walk around and find someone to fill out one of our boxes with his/her Name and School District. The goal is to get as many boxes filled in as possible to expand your Personal Learning Network!
The word intervention implies...
So... is the classroom teaching the problem?
Or does the student have a problem that the classroom teaching hasn't addressed?
Defining the Intervention Culture!
(P) In pairs--organize the collection of factors and create topics for each category of sticky notes
(S) In groups of 4 identify similarities and differences between the topics created
(This activity is also referred to as an affinity diagram)
Response-to-Intervention in Secondary Schools
So how does it actually look?
Application of RTI Collaborative Problem-Solving
Read the scenarios and work collaboratively to:
- Identify the types of interventions already in place
- Use cubing strategy
Assessments
What role do assessments play in the classroom?
What role SHOULD assessments play in the classroom?
What types of support do your teachers need with assessments?
Recommendations
TEACHERS unpack the TEKS to understand what students need to know and be able to do
STUDENTS track their own proficiency on standards"Prioritize the Standards" (Lead4Ward Relevant Review PEP Rally)
- Track only spiraling TEKS
- 8th grade TEKS 2-9 and USH TEKS 3-11 are historical era specific
"Practice without Penalty" (Lead4Ward Relevant Review PEP Rally)
Tier 1 Interventions
Instructional Strategies such as those used throughout this presentation:
Movement
Writing to Learn
Think-Pair-Share
Manipulatives
Identifying Similarities and Differences
Direct Teach
Cubing Strategy
Sentence Stems
Marzano's 9 Instructional Strategies
Art and Science of Teaching
Universal Design for Learning
Understanding by Design
Differentiation
How will YOU shatter the intervention culture?
I will shatter the intervention culture by...
Melanie Kirchhof
Austin ISD
Email: melanie.kirchhof@austinisd.org
Location: 1111 West 6th Street, Austin, TX, United States
Phone: 512-414-1274
Twitter: @Mrs_Kirchhof