In The Big Book of Tools for RTI at Work™, William M. Ferriter, Mike Mattos, and Rob J. Meyer deliver a robust set of tools for teachers and leaders to employ on their journey to implementing effective additional support for struggling students. Practical and full of resources, this book supplies educators with the means to transform their school response to intervention process and create a highly effective multitiered system of supports.
K−12 administrators, teachers, and leaders can: - 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 their Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 intervention efforts
- Evaluate their school’s readiness to successfully implement the RTI at Work/MTSS process
Contents: Introduction
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
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index
William M. Ferriter, MS, is a sixth-grade language arts and social studies teacher in a professional learning community (PLC) school near Raleigh, North Carolina. Bill has designed professional development courses for educators across the United States. His trainings include how to use blogs, wikis, and podcasts in the classroom; the role of iTunes in teaching and learning; and the power of digital moviemaking. Bill has also developed schoolwide technology rubrics and surveys that identify student and staff digital proficiency at the building level. He is a founding member and senior fellow of the Teacher Leaders Network and has served as teacher in residence at the Center for Teaching Quality.
To learn more about Bill’s work, visit https://buildingconfidentlearners.com or follow @williamferriter on LinkedIn.
Mike Mattos is an internationally recognized author, presenter, consultant, and practitioner. Mike co-created the RTI at Work model, which builds on the foundation of the PLC at Work process to create systematic, multitiered systems of support to ensure high levels of learning for all students.
To learn more about Mike’s work, visit AllThingsPLC (www.allthingsplc.info) and http://mattos.info/welcome.html, or follow @mikemattos65 on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Rob J. Meyer is an experienced educator currently serving as the director of teaching and learning at Beaver Dam Unified School District in Wisconsin. With more than seventeen years in education, he previously served as a teacher of social studies, an assistant principal at the secondary level, and a principal at the primary level. Rob successfully uses the PLC at Work process to improve outcomes for the students he serves. By focusing on a districtwide effort to implement research-based systems of continuous improvement, he helped improve data across sites, which led to a Model PLC at Work school designation in his district.
Rob received a bachelor’s degree in broadfield social studies with a minor in history, as well as teacher credentials, from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. He earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rob also earned a superintendent license credential and doctorate in education at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.
