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Implementing RtI as a Partnership

Kalamazoo Public Schools

Urban SE Leadership Collaborative Pat Coles-Chalmers & Cindy Green November 2006

Response to Intervention

• Team effort
• District-wide
• School-wide
• Systematic
• Research based
• Problem solving
• Intervention based
• Collaborating

Goals for Session

• Understand RtI
• Learn what KPS is doing
• Provide resources
• Learn about possible next steps

RtI Definition

is the practice of …

• providing high-quality instruction/intervention

matched to student needs and

• using learning rate over time and level of

performance to

• making important educational decisions

NASDE 2005 Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and

• Implementation. (p. 5)

Core Principles of RtI

• 1. Teach all children
• 2. Intervene early
• 3. Use multi-tier system
• 4. Use problem solving

method

NASDE 2005 continued…

5. Use research-based, scientifically validated interventions/instruction 6. Monitor student progress 7. Use data to make decisions 8. Use assessments for 3 different purposes (screening, diagnostics, progress monitor)

Response to Intervention

• Supporting all students
• School-wide initiatives
• Collecting data
• Planning for

interventions

• Support systems
• Evaluating plans

Intensive 5% Strategic 5-10% Benchmark 80-85%

Schoolwide Reading Prevention/Intervention

Supplemental: Programs and materials

designed to support the core program by addressing specific skill areas related to the “big ideas” in reading.

Intervention: Programs and materials

designed to provide intensive support for students who are performing below grade level.

based on Kame'enui, Simmons, Coyne, & Harn (2003)

Core program: A core program (materials

and instruction) is designed to provide instruction on the essential areas of reading for the majority of students within the school. The core program should enable 80% or more of students to attain schoolwide reading goals.

What are we doing in KPS?

• Learning communities
• Sharing information
• Inservices
• Collaborating as a universal

educational system

• Seeking information
• Collaborating

Current Initiatives

• Reading 1st Grants
• MiBLSI Grants
• Leadership Training
• Partnerships
• District supports

Reading 1st Grants

• 16 elementary

schools (9= R1st)

• Supporting all

schools

• Literacy coaches
• Intensive training
• Grade level

meetings

MiBLSI

• Michigan’s Integrated

Behavior & Learning Support Initiative

• Systems approach to

address reading & behavior

• Building leadership teams
• School-wide efforts
• Effective instruction
• Intensity of instruction
• Frequent measures
• 3 Tier approach

Leadership Training

• Grant supports to

principals

• Principal

meetings

• Instructional

leadership

Partnerships

• Kalamazoo

Communities in Schools

• Community Mental

Health

• County-wide supports
• Volunteers
• The Kalamazoo

Promise

District Supports

• Collaboration within district leadership team
• Ongoing professional development
• Changing job roles
• Paraprofessionals
• Behavioral specialists
• District-wide Teams (TLS, PBS)
• Learning Communities

Challenges

• Helping everyone to understand
• Change is hard for some people
• Believing that all children can learn
• Collaborating to problem solve
• Changing job roles

New Skills Needed:

• Shared

leadership

• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Team work

What do we want to do next?

• Improve student

achievement for all students

• Continue learning as a team
• Implement changes district-

wide

• Implement policies
• Change ways to identify

students for special education services

Ancillary Staff Changes

• Psychs, Soc Wrks, TCs, Speech and Lang
• Monitor, assist, data specialists, develop

interventions, support, evaluate interventions

• Participate on teams
• Coach and assist
• Assist with all children
• Change job descriptions

Set up Tier Interventions

1. Ensure core curriculum is effective 2. Designated core times 3. Interventions mean additional time;

• utside of designated

reading/behavior time 4. Supports for interventions

Supports ….

• 90 minute reading blocks
• Supports in addition to this time
• Progress monitor 3x for all; more frequently

for those in Tier II or Tier III

• Functional Behavior Assessments
• Behavior Plans
• Continuous assessing to adjust instruction

Supports ….

KPS Tier I Tier II Tier III Reading

Hartcourt DIBELS (3x per yr) Early Reading Intv Read Naturally REWARDS PALS Read 180 Additional time More frequent monitoring Specific plan Child Assistance Team

PBS

MiBLSI SWIS Data collection NDK Second Step FBA RIDE Tough Kid Toolbox Second Step Behavior plan More frequent monitoring Child Assistance Team

Michigan

Additional challenges …

• Assessments reliable, valid
• Effective instructional practices
• Partnerships that make a difference

for student achievement

• Leadership development
• Continuous training
• Sustaining efforts from grants
• Next steps for using RtI for eligibility
• f special education services

Resources

• Team work with staff
• Collaborating with other school districts
• Professional development as a team
• Urban SE Leadership Collaborative

Resources

• “Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations Implementation”

NASDE 2005

• “Effective School interventions” Rathvon, N. (1999)
• “The RtI Guide: Developing and Implementing a Model in Your

Schools” McCook, J. LRP (2006)

• “Building Positive Behavior Support systems in Schools” Crone &

Horner (2003)

• “Response to Intervention: Principles & Strategies for Effective

Practice” Brown-Chidsey, R. & Steege, M. 2005

More resources ….

• www.cenmi.org/miblsi/Default.asp
• www.nclb.org
• www.nasde.org
• www.studentprogress.org
• www.ed.gov
• www.pbis.org
• www.fcr.org
• www.dibels.uoregon.edu
• www.interventioncentral.org
• www.edinformation.com
• www.swis.org
• www.lsu.edu/steep/
• www4.scoe.net/ims/webcast
• www.aimsweb.com

Further information:

• Cindy Green

Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Kalamazoo Public Schools greenc@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us

• Patricia Coles-Chalmers

Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Services Kalamazoo Public Schools chalmersp@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us

Implementing RtI as a Partnership

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