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Reducing Behavior Problems > Teach Skills > See How It Works
The school psychologist at P.S. 269 describes Jaguar Academy, an activity program aimed at encouraging and promoting positive behavior through sports. Jaguar Academy is geared towards students who...
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A mediation coach discusses the positive benefits of peer mediation and conflict resolution throughout all grades. The peer mediation program at P.S. 24 spans pre-kindergarten to fifth grade and...
RtI Reading > Systematic Skill Instruction > See How It Works
A reading specialist demonstrates modeling, guided practice, and error correction strategies during an intensive one-on-one lesson on letter sounds. She discusses how she models correct sounds and...
RtI Reading > Implementation > See How It Works
Wendy Robinson coordinates Heartland AEA's Instructional Decision Making project. She describes training experiences that are effective for communication, allocating intervention resources, and...
Principal Bobbie Lamond explains her role in the school's evolution of RtI. The sample material, RtI Implementation Self Report, is used to chart school progress. She also discusses the grade-level...
Erin Lolich, an administrator in the Tigard-Tualatin School District and the director of professional development in RtI for 32 school districts, describes the types of training, coaching, and...
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak describes how Response to Intervention has served to align the state's reform and improvement framework. In Pennsylvania, RtI is known as RtII...
Principal Deb Chiodo from Cornell Elementary School describes her development as an instructional leader through the use of RtI. Systematic and regular grade-level meetings are the heart of the...
Lana Michelson, chief of Iowa's Bureau of Student and Family Support Services, and Eric Neessen, consultant for School Psychological Services, discuss Instructional Decision Making (IDM). IDM is a...
RtI Reading > Monitoring & Differentiation > See How It Works
A first-grade teacher demonstrates a small group phonics lesson and discusses reteaching and frequent checking for skill mastery. She explains the 80% / 20% decision rule for regrouping, describes...
Hear a second-grade teacher explain how she differentiates instruction daily for four learning skills groups and monitors student progress through frequent informal and formal assessments. She...
Watch a demonstration of informal phonological and phonemic awareness assessments conducted with an elementary school student. Hear about how assessments are used to identify struggling students...
