Implementing Response to Intervention: A Principal′s Guide - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412955068 ISBN 13: 9781412955065

Publisher: Corwin, 2007

Synopsis

Learn how to launch RTI successfully and improve student outcomes significantly!

This principal′s guide to implementing Response to Intervention (RTI) for elementary and middle school reading emphasizes the critical role administrators play in ensuring RTI success in their schools. The author makes recommendations for putting the RTI process in motion and helps school leaders: 

• Formulate a comprehensive assessment plan that includes an assessment calendar and a data management system 
• Design a yearlong staff development plan to train teachers in using data for making instructional decisions 
• Use data in grade-level, teacher, and parent meetings
• Motivate staff for optimum success without overwhelming them

About this title

About the Author

Susan L. Hall is founder and president of the 95 Percent Group Inc., which focuses on early childhood reading education and small-group intervention to give 95% of kindergarten through third grade students the opportunity to read at or above their grade level. A frequent speaker and lecturer, she also serves on the advisory board of the Neuhaus Education Center. Hall is a member of the Reading First Review Panel for state grant proposals and is also a Sopris West certified trainer for DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) and LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling). She is the author of I′ve DIBEL′d, Now What?, and a co-author with Louisa C. Moats of two books, Straight Talk About Reading and Parenting a Struggling Reader. Hall earned her bachelor′s degree at Lawrence University, her master′s degree from Harvard University, and her doctorate of education from National-Louis University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412955068
• ISBN 13: 9781412955065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Hall Susan L.