tiers without tear … ---a collaborative response to intervention! presented by: heather bauer...

Tiers without Tear…

---A Collaborative Response to Intervention!

Presented by: Heather Bauer

Ridge Wood Elementary, Northville Public Schools

Objectives of Sessions: • Collect Creative & Practical Ideas for RtI Implementation• Understand One Buildings Successes Through the Use of Collaboration• Realize that Data can be Good • Walk Away with Forms that can be Used this School Year!

So what does RtI mean to you?

Turn and talk to your neighbor…..

Be ready to share 1 thought.

So many ideas, are any of them really

incorrect?

Probably not!

Here is one school’s journey through the development of our

RtI vision…..

Any change, even a change for the better,

is always accompanied by drawbacks

and discomforts.

- Arnold Bennett

Like an onion, the layers of our building had to be

peeled back…..• Building Leadership

(Principal)• Intervention Team

• School Improvement Team• Grade Level Teams

• School Families

A Common Vision of RtI was developed

throughout all these subgroups of our

building….Student Success was

Critical!

Our Building Environment

• Collaborative nature!• Trust!

• Student success is core!• Willingness to take risks!

So change started to happen…

• Master Schedule = Common Intervention Time

Every day, each grade level had a ‘common’

intervention time built into the master schedule.

What Does this Time Look Like?• Kindergarten = 20

minutes each day• Grades 1 – 5 = 30 minutes each day

Did we jump into all core content areas?

NO!

We started with Reading first!

But, slowly we have added….

• Math• Writing

Use of time is determined by needs, through collaborative conversations with grade level liaisons.

What are Grade Level Liaisons?

• Resource Room Teacher, Learning Consultant, Social Worker, or Speech/Language specialist

• Collaborative member of grade level team

• Connection for each grade level to the building intervention team

• Assist with securing staff to provide intervention/enrichment opportunities

What are the Expectations of

Intervention Time (I Time)?• No new subject matter is

taught during this time

• Support staff is assigned to provide intervention based on

‘Greatest Areas of Needs’ (GANs)

• Best Practice Interventions/Enrichments are

provided

To determine GANs, as an intervention group/grade level

group, we looked at

- NWEA/MAP results- MLPP Assessments

- Classroom assessments- DRA reading assessment

- Common Assessments- MEAP – item analysis

Benchmark Criteria was determined by each grade

level –

What is expected of our students at each card

marking? Who then would concern us, and what would they need? Tier 1, 2, or 3?

This is how we organized our data:

Last Name First Name M F BirthdateSp. Ed. ELL

FLEP

Student Start Date

Spring 11 Map Math

Percentile

Fall 11 MAP Math

Percentile

Winter 12 MAP

Math Percentil

e

Spring 12 MAP Math Percentile

EoY Math test %

Spring 11 MAP Reading Percentil

e

Fall 11 Sight

Words

Fall 11 MAP

Reading Percentil

e

Winter 11 MAP

Reading Percentil

e

Spring 12 MAP Reading Percentile

Spr. 11

DRA ↓

B/mark

Fall 2011 DRA

Fall 11 MAP Lang. Usage

Percentile

Winter 12 MAP Lang. Usage

Percentile

Spring 11 Writing Prompt

Fall 11

Writing

Prompt Teacher

  Tyler x               81           40     28M   8          Grace   x   504         19           19     L24   17          Spencer x               6           7     M28   6          Jadyn   x     x       17           14     28M   42        

  Tyler X   4/30/03       9/7/10 1 21       12 469 16     20 K   14          Zachary x               26           32     M28   2          Caden X   6/8/02 X     9/7/10   6       7   6     NA   8                                                             Noah x               71           1     40   3          Joseph x               6         515 18         8          Jack X   4/22/03           6       15 317 2     18 J   4        

  Lily   X 8/5/03           1       6   25     28 M   20        

  Andreas X   8/4/03         6 8       6 85/280 1     14 H   1                                                             Kotona   x     x       15           -         1/0/00          Thomas x               40           8     L24   5          Dala   x     x       26           16     L24   22          Takuma x     x x       59           6     M28   7          Gonzalo X   8/7/02 X X       1       1   2     20 K   1          Aniki   x             11           58     N30   68          William x               50           18     L24   15          Emma   x             15           40     M28   27          Angelina   X 8/4/03           8       9 468 21     20 K   6                                                             Jordyn   x             8           32     M28   29          Max X   10/11/02           34       4 499 23     24 L   17          Stephan x               2           14     L24   2          Sierra   X 11/8/03       9/7/10 3 9       3 501 1     24 L   14          Edward X   3/13/03           5       24 66/280 2     18J   1        

So as a staff what have we done…

• Increase small group instruction• Increase consistent daily practice• Increase manipulative/hands on activities

• Challenge students who require it• Structure Tier 2 & 3 support

Through Collaboration…..

• Data is at the core of what we do.• Low classroom proficiency scores =

need for change of instructional practices

• Individual student data drives planning for instruction and intervention.

• Intervention should occur in consistent intervals to the greatest extent possible.

Including RtI into our Building School

Improvement Plan has been vital – failure is not an option at Ridge Wood

Elementary!

Yes, we have our challenges -

• Progress monitoring • Timing of flexible intervention groups – when to move or not to move a student? How much time is enough to show adequate growth?

• We need more time & staff for all content areas!

Next Steps…• Continue discussions on

data analysis and interpretation

• Continue to develop intentional intervention & enrichment opportunities

• Provide professional development on:– Use of Math Workshop – Flexible grouping– Research-Based Intervention

Programs

What Questions do you have?

My Contact Information:Heather Bauer

bauerhe@northville.k12.mi.us or Heather Bauer123@gmail.com