Does your school participate in Response to Intervention? My school does and tomorrow is our school’s big Rti meeting! We try to make this long day as pleasant as we can. Our principal provides snacks (chips, salsa, Chex Mix, candies, drinks -think pop, water, coffee!). We also have a fabulous cook who also just happens to be a teacher. She makes homemade cookies, brownies, or whatever we ask for. Last year, I asked for cheesecake and sure enough, we had a couple different ones for our meeting! She is fabulous (did I already say that?)!! I cannot wait to see what she brings for us to munch on tomorrow. The teachers even bring down their comfy chairs to sit in since we will be at it literally all day long. We will be making a lot of important decisions for our students so we try to make it as pleasant of a day as possible.
Today I thought I would talk a little about Tier I of the RtI pyramid. Tier I is where most of your school’s students should be at (80%). This tier is usually taught in the classroom with classroom teachers. Your school’s core curriculum goes in this tier. If you are finding that too many of your school population is not making it in Tier I, your curriculum committee may need to take a second look at your core curriculum and how it is being taught. Differentiated instruction should be happening in the classroom to further help the students. A lot of RtI is what classroom teachers are already doing. Sometimes the terms have been changed a little or things have been put into a new graphic, but good teaching is still good teaching!
Tammy says
Sounds like a fairly intense day. Have fun!
Tammy
Forever in First
A M Smith says
Oh…do we ever talk about it…lol. I find that many states, regions, or districts will name certain things different names from what we call them —but they are programs that we actually implement and are in fact the same ones—so, this is one of the few I've noticed! Thought I'd comment! Kudos to your cook! What a nice treat! You guys sound like you are well taken care of on workshop days! 🙂
lorivines4 says
Tammy, it was an intense day! But it was a good day. A M Smith, I think we tweek programs and give them a new twist when some of it is what we were doing before too! And our teacher/cook brought in the best goodies and a cheese ball that was super!!
Mrs. Clancy says
Hi Lori, I also have a teacher blog that you can find downloads to what I do in the class! We do talk about RTI a lot. My school just had Richard Allington do a big presentation on it…he was great! Love your blog. Melissa
http://joyfullearninginkc.blogspot.com/
lorivines4 says
Thank you, Melissa, for stopping by! I would LOVE to have sat in on that presentation by Richard Allington! Our RtI is a work in progress, but going pretty well now and really seems to be helping students find success. Thanks for commenting and I am now following you!