Perhaps your school is focusing on reading K-2 in order to intervene early. Math, higher grades, and behavioral issues can also be focuses of RtI. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:38 PM Subject: [LIT] Response to Intervention (RtI)
> This is a link to our county's information about RtI. > > http://web.stclair.k12.il.us/bassc/1999/ > > Dave Workman is the coordinator and is an excellent source of information. > > RtI usually focuses on reading intervention for K-2 but may also involve > math. > > We are in our first year. Our Title, Sp.Ed. and classroom teachers and > aides > work together to teach, identify low functioning students, and remediate > students. It strives to catch children early, give them intensive > instruction > (some 90 min a day) and hopefully catch them up. If dropping their minutes > per > day leads to "failure to thrive" again, then we have a good idea of those > that > need placement/long term intensive environments instead of finding these > kids in > 2nd or 3rd grade. > > Hope this helps, > Chris > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan > from the St. Clair ROE web mail reader. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
