I, too, feel that we sometimes depend on DIBELS too much to make placement decisions. It is a screening tool, and a place to begin, but it's also important to use oral reading analysis benchmarks, and phonemic/phonics assessments. This gives a much broader view of the students' skills. Mary
----- Original Message ----- From: "KENNETH SMITH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RTI > 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. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.1.0/1492 - Release Date: 6/9/2008 > 10:29 AM > > _______________________________________________ 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.
