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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 Intensive 5% • Collecting data • Planning for Strategic 5-10% interventions • Support systems • Evaluating plans Benchmark 80-85%

Schoolwide Reading Prevention/Intervention Intervention : Programs and materials designed to provide intensive support for students who are performing below grade level. Supplemental: Programs and materials designed to support the core program by addressing specific skill areas related to the “big ideas” in reading. 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. based on Kame'enui, Simmons, Coyne, & Harn (2003)

What are we doing in KPS? • Learning communities • Sharing information • Inservices • Collaborating as a universal educational system • Seeking information • Collaborating

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

Reading 1 st 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; outside 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 Hartcourt Early Reading Intv Additional time Reading DIBELS (3x per yr) Read Naturally More frequent monitoring REWARDS Specific plan PALS Child Assistance Read 180 Team MiBLSI FBA Behavior plan PBS SWIS RIDE More frequent monitoring Data collection Tough Kid Toolbox Child Assistance NDK Second Step Team Second Step

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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 of 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.dibels.uoregon.edu • • www.nclb.org www.interventioncentral.org • • www.nasde.org www.edinformation.com • • www.studentprogress.org www.swis.org • • www.ed.gov www.lsu.edu/steep/ • • www.pbis.org www4.scoe.net/ims/webcast • • www.fcr.org 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 Thank you for joining us today!