Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs.
The RTI process begins with high-quality instruction and universal screening of all children in the general education classroom. Struggling learners are provided with interventions at increasing levels of intensity to accelerate their rate of learning. These services may be provided by a variety of personnel, including general education teachers, trained personnel or intervention teachers. Progress is closely monitored to assess both the learning rate and level of performance of individual students. Educational decisions about the intensity and duration of interventions are based on individual student response toward a predetermined goal given the supplemental instruction. RTI is designed for use when making decisions in both general education and special education, creating a well-integrated system of instruction and intervention guided by child outcome data.
Adapted from RTI Action Network (http://www.rtinetwork.org)
Hawthorn current implements RTI through the following methods:
The RTI process begins with high-quality instruction and universal screening of all children in the general education classroom. Struggling learners are provided with interventions at increasing levels of intensity to accelerate their rate of learning. These services may be provided by a variety of personnel, including general education teachers, trained personnel or intervention teachers. Progress is closely monitored to assess both the learning rate and level of performance of individual students. Educational decisions about the intensity and duration of interventions are based on individual student response toward a predetermined goal given the supplemental instruction. RTI is designed for use when making decisions in both general education and special education, creating a well-integrated system of instruction and intervention guided by child outcome data.
Adapted from RTI Action Network (http://www.rtinetwork.org)
Hawthorn current implements RTI through the following methods:
- Quality Instruction
- General Education Curriculum
- Research-based interventions
- Universal Screeners
- Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) three times per year in reading and math for grades K-8 (https://www.nwea.org/assessments/map/)
- AIMSweb three times per year in Early Literacy and Early Numeracy for grades K-1 (http://www.aimsweb.com)
- Continuous progress monitoring
- Observations
- Classroom Assessment
- Classroom Performance
- AIMSweb progress monitoring for Tier 2 & 3
- Program specific progress monitoring