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Module 1071

RTI: A Proven Model for Reaching and Assisting Struggling Students

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Apply this towards your professional development requirements

Tuition: $225 complete

What You'll Learn

As a teacher or administrator, chances are you face a recurring challenge – what do you do with struggling students? In the classroom of yesterday, academically-challenged students were simply assigned to special education classrooms. Or, they fell through the cracks of the school system altogether. But with special education budgets increasingly stretched, school officials are looking at Response to Intervention (RTI) as a means of identifying struggling students at an early age.

In this module, you’ll undergo a through introduction to RTI and examine why it’s gaining traction as an effective method for identifying and preventing academic failure. Dr. Dan Reschly, a noted RTI expert, will outline the purpose of RTI and examine the critical features of a successful RTI program. In addition, he will present several case studies illustrating how RTI has been successfully implemented. In this module you’ll discover how to:

• Identify struggling learners at an early age
• Determine which course of action to take with under-performing students
• Assess how Federal and State legislation has impacted RTI programs
• Utilize scientifically-based data to drive performance improvement
• Apply formative assessment to monitor student performance
• Develop benchmarks that accurately gauge student improvement

Highlights

Response to Intervention Overview

• Elements that comprise a successful RTI program
• Rationale for implementing RTI in your school
• Scientifically-based strategies that match student needs
• Formative evaluation methods that accurately assess student performance

RTI in Action

• Examination of multiple-tiered intervention model
• What works vs. what doesn’t
• Case studies and success stories
• Federal legislation that impacts RTI implementation

Formative Assessments, Benchmarking and Prevention

• Analyzing benchmarking data to drive decision-making process
• Characteristics of effective formative evaluation measures
• Assessing student performance through Curriculum-Based Measurement(CBM)
• Evaluating teacher effectiveness through data-based criteria

The Virtual Teachers Lounge™

Check in with your peers and get answers to your questions – any time, 24/7. Taking this course will give you exclusive access to the thoughts, insights and experience of other educators and K-12 experts discussing your topics and giving you solutions and ideas for whatever is on your mind. In the Teachers' lounge, you can:

• Learn new, working strategies and solutions from other educators – live!
• Get answers to your toughest questions from top K-12 experts
• Discuss course topics with your peers and benefit from their experiences
• Share your success stories and best practices to benefit other teachers and administrators
• Get new perspectives, fresh ideas and guidance - whenever you need it.
• You can log whenever is most convenient for you, 24/7

All you have to do is sign up for this course, and you're in!

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Your Instructor

Dr. Dan Reschly is Professor of Education and Psychology in Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. He is Chair of the #1 ranked Department of Special Education in the United States. Widely recognized as an expert in Response To Intervention (RTI), Dr. Reschly regularly writes and presents on the topic of RTI, and delivers continuing education workshops in 46 states. He has received three NASP Distinguished Service Awards, the NASP Lifetime Award, and the Stroud Award. In 2004 He was identified as the most widely-cited author in school psychology books and journals over 2002-2004.

Materials & Assessment

Lectures	Your lectures, delivered by one of the nation's leading, recognized experts on this topic, are presented in multiple parts to make listening and tracking your progress easier. You can listen to each as often as you like by playing it on your computer, downloading it to your iPod or other MP3 player, even burning it to CD. Listen wherever it is most convenient for you: at home, in your car; at the park; and whenever you like: before or after work, at night or on weekends. Many educators can complete a module in only a week.
Text Resources	Virtual text resources are downloadable and expand on the material covered in your lectures. They may include articles, web links to related materials and web sites, definitions of important terms and concepts, and a bibliography. All materials can be viewed on your computer or downloaded and printed.
Assessment	If you are taking this course for a Certificate of Completion, you do not need to complete the assessments and need only submit final projects. If you want to receive 3 Professional Development credits or 90 Professional Development hours, you must complete all the assessments and final projects.
Virtual Teachers Lounge	To gain Professional Development credits or hours for any of these three modules, you must participate in the Virtual teachers Lounge discussion for that module . If you are not seeking credits or hours, participation in the Lounge is not mandatory, but you are still welcome to connect with and share your thoughts, questions, insights and experience with your peers at any time.

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