RESPONSE+TO+INTERVENTION

Select one video to watch

Write some notes for discussion about what you learned

• Key components of their model  • How it is integrated with the rest of the school program   • Your view on implementation & benefits

**Boulevard Elementary School**
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From watching this video, my knowledge of RTI has increased. This video did a great job telling the RTI story. I thought it was a truly great video! It really focused on the importance of an effective curriculum and a school-wide sense of community dedicated to helpingall students achieve. Education should be a community effort; it takes the commitment of teachers, the administration, parents, and the community.It demonstrates how RTI can not only improve the students learning abilities but challenge educators to look at education in a new light. The video focuses on the conscious and consistent effort put forth by the collaborative teams and individual teachers. **(*Samantha Dugan)**

Russell Middle School
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I enjoyed the video. I liked that the principal greeted her students as well as her staff. The school consists of 830 students. The teachers teach in teams, which leads to better communication, getting to the know the students better, and being able to address their needs. The teachers meet once a week to talk about the students need and their data. Being that the teachers communicate often with each other, they don't have to wait for paper work or test results to see if a student is having problems. They immediately collect data where the problem is occuring, talk with other parents and teachers to see if the same problem is going on in other classrooms, then intervention will take place. Students have regular class and intervention class to target skill gaps to catch up in subjects that they are lacking in. Students use Success Maker to help bring up their scores, my five year old uses Success Maker at his school. I like it as well. It shows a students progress in certain subjects, and it lets you know what areas you may need to work on. For example it may say in September his vocabulary score was 25 out of 30, then in October it may say it was 29 out of 30. This intervention monitors behavior as well as academics. Students and parents are involved as well. They know exactly where they are, and see their progress. Teachers and students set goals to increase half a grade level, make graphs so students can see their progress.

Tigard High School
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