Rtl: Development & Implementation

The inverted triangle best represents the RtI process. The triangle represents the entire population of students who are receiving effective instruction in the core curriculum each and every day. RtI directs the focus not only on students, but also on teachers who combine best practices, differentiated instruction and valid, reliable assessment to determine not only if their students are learning, but if they, the teacher, are providing adequate instruction in ways that can be apprehended by divergent groups of learners. Below are suggestions for getting a building-wide or district-wide program started.

Rtl Professional Development
Orientation Seminar Tiered Intervention High Quality Teaching Matched to Student Needs Understanding Terminology Universal Screen vs. Progress Monitoring Data Driven Decision Making Data Source Establishing RtI Team	Planning Workshops Structuring Tier I or Core Instruction Making a Difference in the Classroom Monitoring all Students: Documentation Issues of Tier II Establishing Cut-Scores: Documentation Providing for Time, Space, Materials Problem Solving Team Implementation Integrity

Rtl is intended to ensure that every student has multiple opportunities to be successful in the core curriculum of general education. Assessment in the primary tier of education is conducted by the classroom teacher to identify struggling students before they fall too far behind. Good classroom teachers have been doing this for years.

Groups of students discovered not “responsive” to core instruction are provided with additional time working on specific, identified skills with similar yet distinct materials. . Monitored regularly, once these students have mastered the skill/s, they no longer need to receive “interventions."

Tier III one-on-one intervention is reserved for a small population of students--10 – 15%-- who are not finding success in either the core curriculum or with the Tier II intervention. 

Online Rtl Resources

RtI Action Network

Illinois ASPIRE

Best Evidence Encyclopedia

Illinois School Psychologist Association