RTI book study with faculty

RTI book study with Starmont Staff

Do you believe all students can learn? Why?  Of Course all students can learn -- It is our job to figure out how they learn. IT is important to understand what they know - base line and grow from there.

Do we believe that it is our job to educate all students who come into our classrooms? Why?  Of course it is our job - we need to make sure our teaching styles and strategies are evidence based and are designed to meet the needs of everyone. DI - would love to have more time to effectively implement these ideas. creating PBL - used several from online, but created my first just recently, key is to pique the interests of the students. if this is done, the students will most certainly improve.

Instead of "WEll, this is what I do... and the students just don't get it..."  try, "Well, that didn't work, let me see what I can do to chagne to stay focused on what is good for kids"

What do you want Starmont to accomplish? instill value of education; have sense of ownership and pride in the schools, strong leader and emphasize consistency and committment by all staff; make students become responsible for own learning. 95% of alls tudents proficient; 100% grad rates, teach staff research based strategies adn ahve time to plan, collaborate, form lessons based on research/data -- time!  PD without losing classroom time; PD is driven by specific needs and FOCUS teacher input not admin. basic skills need benchmark and retention. We need to be on board all faculty and staff and be open to change and is constructive criticism. Paraproffesional roles - strengths vs scheduling. Support-we need admin to listen, observe teaching methods - focus on tier I and build solid foundations

What do you see as your role in implementation of RTI at secondary level?

What support do you need from adminstration as we move forward?



Chapter 4-6
1. What squares with my thinking?
-the chart on p 76 - continuum of building the foundations to knowledge -- and across the curriculum

OFF TRACK convo on  -
timeline of English/Social Studies/Arts/Sciences/Incorporate - seedorff in charge

- behavior - PBIS - expectations - what we actually want the children to behave like
-"you can't say this at starmont" -- and WHY
-consistent and that the forms are having an impact on learning
-student engagement - motivation - student led
-research based strategies - business as usual approaches will not support the 80-85%

-steps the implement / gives focus that we thought we were on with PLC





2. What's still rolling around in my mind?
difference between PLC and leadership team?
what about students that already know material - what is their intervention?
incorporating 21st century skills in group projects and how to assess / teach them in the way we need to; common rubric?
-what are our priorities? need teacher evaluation based on priorities
-tier 3 -- is it or isn't it special education? - at our school?
-focus on studnet motivation that we can control - FOCUS ON QUALITY

3. What changes do we need to make?? to our current structure? to our teaching?  to our PD?

-we can't decide screening criteria of tier 2 if we don't have tier 1 fully developed -- need to have specific - what can i do tomorrow that was different than todayu
-need PBIS expectations