The document discusses optimizing a school's Response to Intervention (RTI) model with the help of the Wowzers technology solution. It recommends a three-pronged approach: 1) using diverse formative and summative assessments to understand student mastery, 2) separating students into tiers visually based on assessment data to assign learning, and 3) employing easy-to-use progress monitoring measures. This would allow schools to screen students, identify at-risk cases, determine exit criteria, and gain insights to guide next steps in learning. The presenter takes questions at the end and requests feedback on providing more information about Wowzers' tiered instruction capabilities.

1. Optimizing Your Response
to Intervention (RTI) Model
with Wowzers
Presented by:
Zack Blois

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3. Icebreaker Poll

4. Turning the “Why” into a Solid Model
Chances are your school/
classroom’s “why” is actually a
combination of goals, all
leading toward meeting
student learning needs.
However, to make that
“why” actionable, you’ll need
a solid plan from top-tobottom.

5. How do we turn
that “Why” into a
concrete and
effective digitalbased RTI model?

6. What is the initial strategy?
Ask the following of your RTI model:
• What are the assessment methods (offline, online, both)?
• What is your universal screening method?
• How are at risk students identified and where/how will
instruction take place?
• What is the desired student-to-teacher ratio for each tier?
How is this achieved? Can technology assist the ratio?

7. What are the Exit Criteria/Goals?
Determine set criteria and goals:
• What are the goals in terms of student achievement and
progress?
• When will a student be moved up a tier?
• What justifies returning a student to a lower tier?
• How will student movement between tiers be executed?

8. Poll Question #2
What
methods
do
you
u-lize
to
gain
a
visual
and
data-­‐based
representa-on
of
each
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and
the
progress
of
each
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response
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9. How do we achieve this goal?
In terms of a math
classroom, you’ll need 3
pieces in place:
1. Diverse formative and summative
Assessment techniques
2. The ability to separate (and assign
learning to) each tier
3. Easy-to-understand and easy-touse progress monitoring
measures

10. Formative and Summative
The key to knowing a student’s mastery level is to use
formative and summative tools that both scaffold math
learning and return actionable student progress data.

11. Formative-to-summative (and back)

12. Ability to Separate Students into Tiers
The formative and
summative assessment
efforts provide each
educator the info they
need to:
•
Establish tiers
•
Provide needed
reinforcement/enrichment

13. Ability to Separate Students into Tiers

14. Ability to Separate Students into Tiers
As your instruction
efforts start to take
shape, you will see
student progress
both in the
classroom and right
on the screen!

15. Actionable Student Progress Data
Online and offline learning activities provide great insight into a
student’s math understanding and the next (pre-selected or
teacher-directed) steps required for each individual student.

16. Results create next steps to progress

17. Quick Recap
In terms of a math
classroom, you’ll need
these 3 pieces in place:
1. Diverse formative and summative
Assessment techniques
2. The ability to visually separate
(and assign learning to) each tier
3. Easy-to-understand and easy-touse progress monitoring
measures

18. Questions or Comments?
Contact info:
www.wowzers.com
Zack Blois
Email: zach@wowzers.com
Phone: 312-273-1340

19. Final Poll Question
Would
you
like
us
to
contact
you
with
more
informa-on
about
the
Wowzers
-ered
instruc-on
solu-on?
A. Yes
B. No