Tiered Interventions

 

 

 

 

 

 

RTI stands for Response to Intervention. RTI is a proactive, multi-tiered approach designed to identify and support students with learning and behavioral challenges and provide early intervention.

The Three Tiers of RTI:

Tier 1: Universal instruction for all students in the classroom, focusing on high-quality teaching practices.

Tier 2: Targeted interventions for students who need additional support, often in small group settings.

Tier 3: Intensive interventions for students who have not responded adequately to Tier 2 support, which may involve more individualized instruction.

Members include the principal, school counselor, basic skills teachers, classroom teachers, and CST members.  

 

A teacher may start when he/she is concerned about a student's lack of progress in any area. The teacher begins to collect data about her concerns in the classroom and records this data. 

 

Students can have a variety of difficulties such as academic, emotional, organizational, or other.  For example, a student may have difficulties reading and/or identifying letters, communicating, writing, focusing, completing work, anger management, or other. These difficulties range from student to student and so do the interventions that are put into place.

 

To help students achieve by working collaboratively with a team of professionals in the school and parents and discover interventions that work for them and get the support the student needs.

 

Teachers will discuss concerns with parents every step of the way. If a meeting is held, a letter will be sent home, with date and time of meeting, so that parents may attend. 

 

All parties are invited to attend the meeting and the teachers that work with the student will discuss her concerns about the student. Following this, the committee, along with parents, sit and discuss the student's difficulties and brainstorm strategies that can be used to help. A plan is established for helping the student.