RTIRESPONSE TO INTERVENTION

PLC’s: The Essential Questions:

1. What do we want students to learn?2. How will we know when students do learn?3. How will we respond when students don’t

learn?4. How will we enrich and extend the learning of

proficient students?

What is Response to Intervention (RTI)?

RTI is a systematic, timely and direct intervention to students who are struggling to grasp curriculum being taught in the classroom setting.RTI is a proactive approach instead of reactive approach in that it moves away from remediation and in to intervention.

The Starting Point

At Risk88%

On Level12% In March 2011 approximately 88% of

students at Nathan Hale H.S. were At-Risk of failing one or more of their classes.

At-Risk is defined as a student having a D or an F in one or more classes.

What are we doing to help?

A majority of the 88% of At-Risk students had a number of zeros from missing assignments.

The ScheduleM/T/W/Th Flip Flop Friday

80 min. 8:45 – 10:05 Period 1/2 Same20 min. 10:05 – 10:25 DIRT Same80 min. 10:30 – 11:50 Period 3/4 Same20 min. 11:55 – 12:15 A Lunch Same80 min. 12:20 – 1:40 A Period 5/6 Same35 min. 11:55 – 12:30 B Period 5/6 Same20 min. 12:35 – 12:55 B Lunch Same40 min. 1:00 – 1:40 B Period 5/6 Same80 min. 11:55 – 1:15 C Period 5/6 Same20 min. 1:20 – 1:40 C Lunch Same55 min. 1:45 – 2:40 RTI/N.A.T.E Teachers As Advisors80 min. 2:45 – 4:05 Period 7/8 Same

One of the most important things we can do for RTI to be successful is to implement an uninterrupted time during the school day for academic intervention and enrichment.

The Process• The first three (3) weeks of school will be a time for students to establish their

grades. This time will be used to introduce students to Nathan Hale expectations, to go over the Student and Family Guide to Success and to introduce the students to what RTI is and how it is going to work.

• On Friday, at the end of the third week (and every Friday thereafter) students will report to advisory instead of N.A.T.E. or Ranger Time to get an update on their grades and to find out their placement for the following week.

• Student in good standing will be given wristbands that they must wear in order to get into Ranger Time.

• Students who do not get a wrist band will be required to attend N.A.T.E. for enrichment

• N.A.T.E. will cycle weekly, therefore a student who is placed in N.A.T.E. on Friday must remain in N.A.T.E. until the following Friday even if they get their grades to a satisfactory level in the middle of the week.

The Data

At Risk88%

Sat.12%

At Risk66%

Sat.34%

Over the course of the last school year, Nathan Hale H.S. reduced number of at-risk students by 22 percentage points even though our enrollment went up by 400-500 students.

674 Students were failing at least one class in the Fall

of 2011.1 F - 37.2%(251)

2 F's - 19.2%(130)

3 F's - 18.6%(126)

4 F's - 11.7%(79)

5 F's - 6.8%(46)

6 F's - 3.5%(24)

7 F's - 2.2%(15)

8 F's - .4%(3)

498 Students were failing by the last week of school

(Spring 2012).

1 F - 30.6% (153)2 F's - 27.2% (136)3 F's - 17.2% (86)4 F's - 11.6% (58)5 F's - 7.2% (36)6 F's - 4.0% (20)7 F's - 2.0% (10)8 F's - 0%

A difference of 176 students

Reflection/Improvements:• Schedule• N.A.T.E./Advisory

• PODS (Points of Discussion)• Connecting RTI to PLC’s

Tuesday-Friday Bell Schedule

Period 1/2

8:20-9:40

Tutoring/Break 9:40-10:00

80 Minutes +

20 Tutoring

Period 3/4

10:05-11:25

Tutoring/Break 11:25-11:45

80 Minutes +

20 Tutoring

Lunch A

11:50-12:10

Period 5/6 A 12:15-

1:30

Tutoring 1:30-

1:50

75 Minutes +

20 Tutoring

Period 5/6 B

11:50-12:20

12:45-1:30

Lunch B 12:20-12:40

Tutoring 1:30-

1:50

75 Minutes +

20 Tutoring

Period 5/6 C

11:50-12:50 1:15-1:30

Lunch C 12:50-

1:10

Tutoring 1:30-

1:50

75 Minutes +

20 Tutoring

Period 7/8 1:55-3:15

Tutoring/DIRT 3:15-

3:35

80 Minutes +

20 Tutoring

Monday Bell SchedulePeriod 1 8:20-9:05

45 Minutes

Period 2 9:10-9:55

45 Minutes

Period 3

10:00-10:45

45 Minutes

Period 4

10:50-11:35

45 Minutes

Lunch A 11:40-12:00

Period 5A 12:05-12:55

50 Minutes

Period 5B

11:40-12:05 12:30-

12:50

B Lunch 12:05-12:25

45 Minutes

Period 5C

11:40-12:25

C Lunch 12:30-12:50

45 Minutes

Period 6

12:55-1:4045 Minutes

Co-curricular 1:45-2:25

40 Minutes

Period 7 2:30-3:15

45 Minutes

Period 8 3:20-4:05

45 Minutes

PODS – Points of Discussion

Administrator

Kansas Jayhawks

Teacher

Teacher

TeacherTeacher

Teacher

Students

Students

StudentsStudents

Students

1200 Students10 Admin./Counselors/Deans120 Students each5 teacher = 24 students per teacher.

Making the PLC Connection1. What do we want students to learn?

Identify Essential Standards; Common Lessons; Common Formative/Summative Assessments

2. How will we know when students do learn? Examine Data

3. How will we respond when students don’t learn? Response to Intervention

4. How will we enrich and extend the learning of proficient students? Teacher collaboration; sharing of best practices; increase A.P. certified staff; increase A.P. course offerings/concurrent enrollment.