It's About Time: Planning Interventions and Extensions in Secondary School - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936763052 ISBN 13: 9781936763054

Publisher: Solution Tree, 2014

Synopsis

Carve out effective intervention and extension time at all three tiers of the RTI pyramid. Explore more than a dozen examples of creative and flexible scheduling, and gain access to tools you can use immediately to overcome implementation challenges. This book is full of examples from real schools that have achieved these results without using additional resources or extending the school day.

Benefits:

• Learn to build time into the school day to support students who need intervention.
• Read accounts of secondary school educators who have successfully implemented response to intervention practices.
• Understand the challenges of creating intervention time, and gain tips to overcome them.
• Access resources to support your school's or district's intervention policies.

Contents:
Introduction: Harnessing the Power of Time
Chapter 1: Making Time for Interventions During Core Instruction
Chapter 2: Co-Teaching the RTI and PLC Way
Chapter 3: The Most Effective Intervention Is Prevention
Chapter 4: Three Doses of Intervention and Acceleration
Chapter 5: A Promise to Learn at High Levels
Chapter 6: Creating Plus Time and the Culture to Use It
Chapter 7: The FLEX Schedule
Chapter 8: Building and Sustaining a Culture That Supports Learning for All
Chapter 9: The Power to Change Lives: Creating a Secondary Intensive Reading Intervention Model
Chapter 10: Maximizing Student Learning Through a Compassionate Response to Intervention Model
Chapter 11: From a Last Resort to a Model School of Choice
Chapter 12: Personalizing Learning Through Online Interventions

About this title

About the Author

Editors

Mike Mattos is an internationally recognized author, presenter, and practitioner who specializes in uniting teachers, administrators, and support staff to transform schools by implementing the response to intervention (RTI) and PLC processes. Mike co-created the RTI at Work™ model, which builds on the foundation of the PLC at Work process to successfully create systematic, multitiered systems of support to ensure high levels of learning for all students.

He is former principal of Marjorie Veeh Elementary School and Pioneer Middle School in California. At both schools, Mike helped create powerful PLCs, improving learning for all students. In 2004, Marjorie Veeh, an elementary school with a large population of youth at risk, won the California Distinguished School and National Title I Achieving School awards.

A National Blue Ribbon School, Pioneer is among only thirteen schools in the United States selected by the GE Foundation as a Best-Practice Partner and is one of eight schools chosen by Richard DuFour to be featured in the video series The Power of Professional Learning Communities at Work™: Bringing the Big Ideas to Life. Based on standardized test scores, Pioneer ranks among the top 1 percent of California secondary schools and, in 2009 and 2011, was named Orange County's top middle school. For his leadership, Mike was named the Orange County Middle School Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators.

Austin Buffum, EdD, has more than 45 years of experience in public schools. His many roles include serving as former senior deputy superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District in California. Dr. Buffum has presented in over 500 school districts throughout the country and around the world. He delivers trainings and presentations on the RTI at Work™ model. This tiered approach to RTI is centered on Professional Learning Communities at Work™ concepts and strategies to ensure every student receives the time and support necessary to succeed. Dr. Buffum also delivers workshops and presentations that provide the tools educators need to build and sustain PLCs.

Dr. Buffum was selected 2006 Curriculum and Instruction Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators. He attended the Principals' Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was greatly inspired by its founder, Roland Barth, an early advocate of the collaborative culture that defines PLCs today. Dr. Buffum later led Capistrano's K-12 instructional program on an increasingly collaborative path toward operating as a PLC. During this process, 37 of the district's schools were designated California Distinguished Schools and 11 received National Blue Ribbon recognition.

Dr. Buffum is coauthor of Generations at School.

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Dr. Buffum earned a bachelor of music and received a master of education with honors. He also holds a doctor of education from Nova Southeastern University.

Contributors

Jack Baldermann; Luis F. Cruz; Joe Doyle; Darin L. Fahrney; Paul Goldberg; Aaron Hansen; Dennis King; Regina Stephens Owens; Steve Pearce; Rich Rodriguez; Bob Sonju; Timothy S. Stuart; Jane Wagmeister.

Review

"As the high school principal of an inner city school, I appreciate any resource that provides insight into strategies to leverage time and attention for struggling students. It's About Time can be an important tool for any educator looking for effective interventions for their students."

--Kate McDonald, principal, Metro Tech High School, Phoenix, Arizona

"In 2010, Seneca High School was faced with the difficult truth that changes needed to be made in order to improve student achievement. This excellent book by Mike Mattos and Austin Buffum book describes how we successfully created time in the school day for necessary intervention while still providing students with core content."

--Michelle Dillard, former principal, Seneca High School, Louisville, Kentucky

"The editors and authors of It's About Time: Planning Interventions and Extensions in Secondary School make the compelling case that a school with a mission to help all students learn must recognize that when students struggle, they are entitled to extra time and support. . . .The first key to supporting all students is to ensure that the schedule provides educators with access to the students who need them most during the school day. Educators must also ensure that they use the extra time for learning in the right way and for the right purpose. No one has provided greater clarity on the critical conditions for effective intervention and extension than the editors of this book, Mike Mattos and Austin Buffum."

--Excerpt from the foreword by Richard DuFour

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1936763052
• ISBN 13: 9781936763054
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Mike Mattos, Austin Buffum