Creating a Culture of Interventions
TASSP - June 11, 2015
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Robin Wilson
Waco ISD District, AVID Coordinator
Baylor University PhD Student
Becky Odajima
Midway ISD, Assistant Principal
Baylor University EdD Student
Objectives
The Basics of RTI
Tier I Instructional Strategies- Interventions in Every Classroom for All Student
- Implementation
- Data-based decisions
Administrators Role
RTI - The Basics
- screening,
- progress monitoring,
- multi-level or multi-tier prevention system,
- and data-based decision making.
Schools use data to identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor student progress, provide evidence‐based interventions and adjust the intensity and nature of those interventions depending on a student’s responsiveness, and identify students with learning disabilities or other disabilities.
-Center on Response to Intervention
http://www.rti4success.org/essential-components-rti/data-based-decision-making
Tier I - 80% of students
Tier II - 15% of students
Students who are 2 or more years behind
25% or lower of class
Small group 5:1; not STAAR failures
Tier III - 5% of students
Students who do not respond or improve with Tier II strategies
Group size 3:1
Tier I Interventions: Every classroom - All students
Denlosky's Learning Strategies
Based on Strengthening the Student Toolbox, Study Strategies to Boost Learning by John Dunlosky http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/dunlosky.pdf
“Teaching students how to learn is as important as teaching them content.”
John Dunlosky
Most effective:
1. Practice testing – high utility
2. Distributed practice – high utility
3. Interleaved practice – medium utility
4. Elaborative interrogation – medium utility
5. Self-explanation – medium utility
Not as effective:
6. Rereading
7. Highlighting and underlining
8. Summarization
9. Keyword mnemonic
10. Imagery use for text learning
Tier I Interventions: Every classroom - -All students
Marzano’s (Nine) High-Yield Instructional Strategies
Based on the book: Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, by Robert Marzano (2001)
http://www.ntuaft.com/TISE/Research-Based%20Instructional%20Strategies/marzanos%209%20strategies.pdf
1. Identifying Similarities and Differences
- a. Venn diagrams
- b. Compare, contrasts, analogies
2. Summarizing and Note Taking
- a. Rules for creating a summary
- b. Cornell Notes or specific format
3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
4. Homework and Practice
- a. Consistent schedule – notify parents
- b. Scaffold previously learned concepts
5. Nonlinguistic Representations
- a. Use words and images to represent relationships
- b. Use physical models and physical movement
6. Cooperative Learning
7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
8. Generating and Testing Hypotheses
9. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
Tier I Interventions: Every classroom - All students
Ormrod Memory - Strategies for Mastery
Based on Ormrod, J. E. (2015). Human Learning, 7th edition. Pearson
Strategies for building memory capacity
Ways to help your student pay attention
Factors facilitating concept learning
“The highest predictor of academic achievement – proficiency of teachers in
instructional strategies”
Donna Walker Tileston, Why Culture Counts
Addtional Resources for Tier 1 Instructional Strategies
- Marzano & Pickering – Academic Vocabulary
- Eric Jensen: Brain - based strategies
- Differentiate: content, process, product, and environment – Carol Ann Tomlinson
- 5E Model
- ELPS
- Revised Bloom's Questioning Levels
- 6+1 Traits of Writing
- Formative Assessment Strategies
- Gardner - Multiple Intelligences
- Cooperative Learning Strategies
Professional Development for Tier 1 Instructional Strategies
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Technology Tuesday
Tech & Teaching Tuesdays
PLCs each day
Summer PD
August PD
RtI - Tier II and III
Tier II
Need a Universal Screener and Progress Monitor
90 minutes per week of supplemental interventions
12-18 weeks of intervention, then re-evaluate
Intervention tailored for the individual child
Consistent across the district
Tier III
120 minutes per week
12-18 weeks of intervention
Administrator’s Role in RTI
Universal Screener
Instructional Strategies or Interventions used for all Tiers
Campus Wide - Common Assessments (ongoing)
Progress Monitoring Plan
Plan for Tier II and Tier III Interventions
Behavioral Interventions