The document discusses how to improve the Response to Intervention (RtI) framework in elementary schools through establishing an effective RtI reading team. It outlines five important components of an RtI reading team: organizing the team to create and implement comprehensive change plans, using data to guide practice, encouraging mastery learning, involving all staff members, and empowering the team to solve academic problems. The team should include teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals and focus on collecting and using data to improve reading instruction.

1. Improving the RtI
Triangle
Mary Abbott & Howard Wills (2012): Improving the Upside-Down
Response-to-Intervention Triangle With a Systematic, Effective
Elementary School Reading Team, Preventing School Failure:
Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 56:1, 37-46

2.  Many schools and districts have
implemented the RtI framework.
 “The goal of RtI is to create and maintain
an on-going process that uses student
performance to guide implementation”
(Abbott & Willis, 2012).
RtI…

3. How RtI looks…

4.  According to research done by Abbott and Willis it is
important have a good reading team in schools to
have a successful RtI program.
 There are five important components that make this
up and they are:
1. Organize an RtI reading team that has the power to
create, implement and maintain comprehensive
change plan across grade levels.
2. Own the data.
3. Encourage mastery learning.
4. Involve all staff members.
5. Create a team that solves the schools academic
problems.
Five Benchmarks for a good RtI
team

5.  The RtI reading team should include
teachers, paraprofessionals and
adminstrators.
 Ensures that time is being focused on
reading instruction
 Collect data and make sure that
classroom teachers are improving their
instruction as needed.
Reading team

6.  According to Abbott and Willis data drives
RtI.
 the RtI reading team should embrace and
use the data to guide practice and
intervention.
Own Data

7.  RtI team should encourage mastery
learning by:
1. Implementing appropriate error
correction
2. Let students respond frequently through
the lesson and…
3. Increase read aloud time
Maximize small-group and
universal curricula

8.  Because students who are in RtI need
more help all staff members should be
important when providing interventions to
the students.
 Volunteers should spend a small portion
of the day with groups who need
behavioral or academic help.
All Staff Wanted!

9.  When a school makes changes it is
important to have someone that anyone
can go to, including staff, parents and
students.
 The RtI team should be able to answer
questions and make plans for teachers so
that they don’t feel overwhelmed.
School Heroes

10.  Create a Visual Response to the
information provided in this PowerPoint.
Write down the most important thoughts
provided by the research presented.
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Module I assignment