For: Principals, Assistant Principals, Special Education Directors, Curriculum Directors, Teachers and all concerned educators

Educate your staff for one low price! Your purchase includes PowerPoint presentation and CD of 90-minute audioconference.

SNAPSHOT: Do you want your students to have the benefits of the response-to-intervention (RTI) model by the time they return in the fall? Take advantage of the summer to move closer toward RTI implementation.

In Getting to RTI: What you need to know before implementing this results-based model you will hear the perspective of the past coordinator of Idaho's Results-Based Model used in more than 150 schools around the state. You will also hear from an educator who has implemented RTI in schools in Montana and Alaska.

Although it has its roots in special education, RTI is just as relevant to general education students. In many schools when students can't keep up in class, their best option is to qualify for special education services. Under the response to intervention model, the focus is not on putting students into learning-problem categories but on frequent assessment and monitoring to see if the student is reponsive to instruction or if other instructional approaches are needed.

CD and PowerPoint presentation $197 CD, PowerPoint and transcript $247

CONFERENCE TOPICS: In their presentation, Wayne Callender and Dave Means draw on their experiences to describe key steps in implementing RTI. Topics include:

• Evaluating support, modifying instruction--Making changes when a student doesn't make adequate progress.
• 3-tiered approach--Benchmark, strategic and intensive levels of instruction plus a fourth level for long-term support
• Interventions are not just for special ed --Maximizing the use of special education resources for the benefit of all students. Using scientifically validated teaching practices and interventions across all levels.
• Systems--Setting up a well-designed structure for addressing all students.
• Screening and assessment--Identifying student needs, differentiating instruction and evaluating student progress and program effectiveness.
• Problem-solving--Trouble-shooting at both individual and systems levels.
• Four purposes of assessment--Assessment should be done for purposes of screening, diagnosis, progress monitoring and outcome measure
• Assessment-intervention loop--Identifying need for support and planning instructional intervention.
• Evaluating support, modifying instruction--Making changes when a student doesn't make adequate progress.

  To order by phone, call 1-207-632-1954. Purchase orders may be faxed to: 815-461-5647

  WHO'S IT FOR? Superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, curriculum directors, special education directors, teachers, education consultants and other concerned educators.

  ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

  Wayne Callender is a regional education coordinator with the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon, and the past coordinator of the Results-Based Model Project for the state of Idaho, a problem-solving and RTI approach to special education. Callender has conducted trainings and seminars with educators implementing RTI and currently serves as a consultant to schools in several states. A certified K-12 building and district administrator as well as a special education director, Callender was a contributor to the "Handbook of response to intervention: The science and practice of assessment and intervention recently published by Springer (Edited by S. R. Jimerson, M. K. Burns, & A. M. VanDerHeyden). He wrote a section titled "The Idaho results-based model: Implementing response to intervention statewide."

  Dave Means is director of special services for the Whitefish School District in Montana where he has helped introduce and implement the RTI model in one elementary school in the Whitefish School District. Previously, as director of special services for Alaska's Kodiak Island Borough School District, he introduced and helped initiate the implementation of RTI in four elementary schools. Dave worked with the Alaska Department of Education, Wayne Callender, and the Western Regional Resource Center to start the program in Kodiak. He has also worked as a school psychologist and counselor in Montana and Alaska.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Question: What happens if I or one of my colleagues miss the live conference?
Don't worry! An audio-link will be emailed to you on request within 48 hours of the audioconference so you can listen at your leisure.

Question: My school district only pays by purchase order. Do you accept POs?
Yes! You may fax the PO to 815-461-5647 or call us at 207-632-1954.

Question: Can I ship the CD to other district offices so that they can listen at a later date?
An unlimited number of attendees may listen to the live conference. Please limit use of the CD to staff in one office. Discounts are available for multiple orders.