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The Big Book of Tools for RTI at Work™

Whether you’re in collaborative teams identifying grade-level standards, school leadership teams assessing Tier 2 interventions, or intervention teams helping at-risk students, this book offers educators the targeted tools necessary to create a highly effective multitiered system of supports (MTSS) that can ensure high levels of learning for every student.

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  • Use this book to support implementation of the intervention process outlined in the second edition of Taking Action: A Handbook for RTI at Work™.
  • Create a guiding coalition, discover how to build a culture of collective teacher efficacy, and intentionally and carefully design effective Tier 1 instruction.
  • Gain access to templates, surveys, checklists, reflection prompts, and other resources.
  • Monitor and assess the effectiveness of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 intervention efforts.
  • Evaluate a school’s readiness to successfully implement the RTI at Work/MTSS process.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Grasping the Bigger Picture
Chapter 2: Tools for Establishing a Culture of Collective Responsibility
Chapter 3: Tools for Building Tier 1 of Your Intervention Pyramid
Chapter 4: Tools for Building Tier 2 of Your Intervention Pyramid
Chapter 5: Tools for Building Tier 3 of Your Intervention Pyramid

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Chapter 2: Tools for Establishing a Culture of Collective Responsibility

Chapter 3: Tools for Building Tier 1 of Your Intervention Pyramid

Chapter 4: Tools for Building Tier 2 of Your Intervention Pyramid

Chapter 5: Tools for Building Tier 3 of Your Intervention Pyramid

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Chapter 2: Tools for Establishing a Culture of Collective Responsibility

  • Tool: Ten Considerations for the Guiding Coalition
  • Tool: Using Faculty Survey Data to Target the Work of Guiding Coalitions
  • Tool: Analyzing Faculty Survey on the Work of Guiding Coalitions
  • Tool: Planning a Cycle of Inquiry for Guiding Coalitions
  • Tool: Using AI Tools to Support Collaborative Team Development
  • Survey: Rating Our Readiness for RTI
  • Tool: Reflecting on Our Faculty’s Readiness for RTI
  • Tool: Evaluating Our Mission Statement
  • Tool: Developing Collective Commitments
  • Tool: Site-Based Teams Aligned to the RTI at Work Process
  • Tool: Forming Teacher Teams
  • Tool: Team Collaboration Time—Planning Guide and Schedule
  • Tool: Have We Created Time for Teacher Collaborative Teams?
  • Tool: Commit to Team Norms
  • Tool: Developing Specific Actions to Address the Needs of Our Peers
  • Sample: Developing Specific Actions to Address the Needs of Our Peers
  • Tool: Addressing the Three Common Reasons for Resistance to Change
  • Tool: Rating Your Readiness for Our New Initiative

Chapter 3: Tools for Building Tier 1 of Your Intervention Pyramid

  • Tool: Essential Standards Chart
  • Tool: Essential Standards Unit Plan
  • Sample: Mathematics Essential Standards Unit Plan
  • Tool: Using AI Tools to Develop a Proficiency Scale
  • Tool: Examining Your Work With the Team Teaching-Assessing-Learning Cycle
  • Answer Key: Common Formative Assessment Pretest
  • Tool: Assessment Design Checklist
  • Tool: Building a Common Formative Assessment
  • Tool: Performance Tracking Table
  • Sample: Performance Tracking Table—Elementary School Mathematics
  • Sample: Performance Tracking Table—Middle School Science
  • Tool: Reflecting on the Role Grades Can Play as Feedback
  • Sample: Assessment Wrapper for Primary Students
  • Tool: Practice Test Tracking Template for Secondary Students
  • Sample: Practice Test Tracking Template for Secondary Students
  • Tool: Teaching Primary Learners About Short-Term Goal Setting
  • Tool Overview: Creating Next-Step Checklists to Involve Students in the Intervention Process
  • Student Tool: Next-Step Checklist
  • Sample: Next-Step Checklist—Sixth-Grade Matter Unit
  • Tool: Team Protocol for Analyzing Assessment Results
  • Tool: Looking at End-of-Unit Assessment Data
  • Tool: Targeting Tier 2 Interventions
  • Sample: Targeting Tier 2 Interventions
  • Tool: Essential Standards Student Tracking Chart
  • Tool: Ensuring Access to Essential Grade-Level Curriculum
  • Tool: Developing a Master Schedule for Three Tiers of Instruction
  • Template: Developing a Master Schedule for Three Tiers of Instruction
  • Tool: Reflecting on Your Master Schedule
  • Checklists: Establishing Common Expectations, Targeting Instruction, and Reinforcing Positive Behaviors
  • Tool: Reviewing the Skills Necessary to Succeed in the Modern Workplace
  • Checklist: Concentrating Instruction on Social and Academic Behaviors
  • Student Tool: What Do Successful People Do Differently
  • Tool: Assessment Purpose Map
  • Tool: Assessment Stoplight Analysis
  • Tool: Assessment Reflection by Type
  • Tool: Grading Reflection and Planning
  • Tool: Standards-Based Mindset Reflection and Planning

Chapter 4: Tools for Building Tier 2 of Your Intervention Pyramid

  • Tool: Building Shared Knowledge About Tier 2 Interventions and Extensions
  • Answer Key: Building Shared Knowledge About Tier 2 Interventions and Extensions
  • Tool: Targeting Tier 2 Interventions for an Individual Student
  • Checklist: Differentiation Strategies
  • Tool: Tier 2 AI Prompts for Classroom Teachers
  • Tool Overview: Preparing a Prerequisite Pretest
  • Tool: Preparing a Prerequisite Pretest
  • Tool: Analyzing Prerequisite Pretest Results
  • Tool: Rating the Effectiveness of Interventions on Your Learning Team
  • Tool: Individual Student Intervention Report
  • Tool: Building Your Learning Team’s Knowledge About Extensions
  • Tool: Weekly Extension Planning Template
  • Tool: Using AI Chatbots to Develop Extension Tasks
  • Tool: Questions to Consider When Creating a Schedule for Supplemental Interventions
  • Tool: Evaluating Your Plan for Providing Supplemental Interventions
  • Protocol: Developing Schoolwide Criteria for Identifying Students in Need of Tier 2 Behavioral Support
  • Tool Overview: Evaluating Your Systematic Response to Student Interventions
  • Tool: Evaluating Your Systematic Response to Student Interventions
  • Tool: Staff Recommendation Form for Students Needing Behavioral Support
  • Tool: Reviewing Your Plan for Providing Supplemental Interventions for Students Struggling With Social Behaviors, Academic Behaviors, and Health and Home Challenges
  • Tool: Planning Interventions for Students With Attendance Issues
  • Student Tool: Student Survey on Missing or Late Work
  • Student Tool: Learning Profile Survey—Secondary
  • Student Tool: Learning Profile Survey—Primary
  • Tool: RTI at Work Pro-Solve Intervention Targeting Process—Tier 1 and Tier 2

Chapter 5: Tools for Building Tier 3 of Your Intervention Pyramid

  • Tool: End-of-Meeting Reflection for Intervention Teams
  • Tool: Intervention Team Implementation Continuum
  • Tool: Communicating the Purpose of the Intervention Team
  • Tool: Universal Screening Planning Guide
  • Protocol: Universal Screening Planning Guide
  • Tool: Universal Screening Tracking Template
  • Tool: Universal Screening Review Protocol
  • Sample: Universal Screening Review Protocol
  • Sample: Responses to Scenarios to Calibrate Tier 3 Decisions
  • Tool: Planning for and Prioritizing Tier 3 Interventions
  • Sample: Teacher Referral Form—Academics
  • Sample: Teacher Referral Form—Social Behaviors
  • Tool: Teacher Referral Processing Protocol
  • Tool: Action Plan to Support a Referred Student
  • Sample: Action Plan to Support a Referred Student
  • Tool: Intervention Evaluation and Alignment Chart
  • Protocol: Intervention Evaluation and Alignment Chart
  • Tool: Guiding Coalition Review of Tier 3 Interventions
  • Tool: Intervention Planning Tool for Site Interventionists
  • Tool: Reviewing the Intervention Team Meeting Cycle
  • Tool: Intervention Team Meeting Dashboard
  • Tool: Teacher and Interventionist Communication Template
  • Tool: Teacher Report on Student Progress
  • Tool: Intervention Team Reflection Before a Special Education Referral

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