We will be fully implementing RTI next year, after a partial implementation this year. We have a CARE team (similar to your SAT), where we create plans to help with all areas of need (academic and behavior). We haven't really merged the work of the CARE team with the RTI process we are using. We are only addressing reading with RTI and we use DIBELS as the assessment tool for determining needs. I am somewhat concerned that we are relying too heavily on DIBELS and not looking at other factors (primarily comprehension). I will be meeting with my principal next week to discuss our path for next year.
I would appreciate your input on some of my thoughts about how we should proceed. I am planning to propose that we use DIBELS as a screening to determine the need for further assessment before we begin interventions, and that we develop a plan/system for incorporating the DRA into the screening process so that we are also looking for those students who may read fluently but have poor comprehension. I would like to provide further assessment for those students , who show a need for intervention and create a Reading Improvement Plan, with detailed interventions, which may include push-in support provided by a para and/or pull-out support provided by me (the reading specialist). You're right about being creative in finding time and personnel - we are going to a master schedule next year to facilitate the scheduling of interventions. Who does the "administration" of the program in your building? (Data collection is such a big part, and involves a lot of time, and then the research, etc. to find appropriate interventions, collaboration with teachers, parent involvement/communications...) Thanks for any advice, suggestions! Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "jkyingling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:30:13 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RTI We just completed our 4th year with RTI implementation. Your last sentence says it all - It seems that we'd need to be very creative in finding the time and personnel to implement this plan. Everyone in our building is actively involved with helping the students. We also have a lot of paperwork that needs to be completed for each student. Our first step is to refer a student to our Student Assistance Team (SAT). Then a caseworker from the SAT meets with the teachers involved to discuss the student before the whole SAT gets involved. After that we try several interventions for each student depending on his/her needs. Our universal screening tool was the DIBELS test (next year we'll be using AIMSWeb). For any student scoring below benchmark on DIBELS the classroom teacher had to write a Student Improvement Plan. These plans are very involved. The classroom teacher writes goals for each student and then monitors the student's progress. The SIP are looked at and modified as the student meets the goals. I'm sure there is a lot of our RTI plan that I've forgotten to write about, so if you have any specific questions please just ask. I'll answer them as completely as I can. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
