Closing the Rti Gap: Why Poverty and Culture Counts

All children should have equal access to highly qualified teachers, a strong curriculum, and research-based instructional methods. Understand why RTI is so important and how to achieve successful implementation in your school. Get a clear understanding of poverty and culture, and learn how RTI can close achievement gaps related to these issues. Examine the critical planning phase of RTI, and preview common pitfalls of implementation.

Benefits:

• Understand culture and poverty and how RTI can close achievement gaps related to these issues.
• Explore why RTI is so important, as well as how to make RTI effective for your school.
• Examine why planning prior to RTI implementation is critical to achieving desired results.
• Learn about common implementation pitfalls to avoid.

Contents:
Introduction: Getting It Right This Time
Chapter 1: Understanding the Importance of RTI
Chapter 2: Understanding the Impact of Poverty and Culture
Chapter 3: Planning for RTI Implementation
Chapter 4: Closing the Gap at Tier 1
Chapter 5: Closing the Gaps at Tiers 2 and 3

Donna Walker Tileston, EdD, is the founder and president of Strategic Teaching and Learning in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Tileston has presented at international, national, and state conferences to thousands of educators and has presented her research in Warsaw and The Hague.

Donna is the author of 23 books including her best-selling series "What Every Teacher Should Know," which won the distinguished National Publishers Award in 2005. Donna's training and keynotes include Why Culture Counts, and 21st-Century Learners: What's the Difference. The "What Every Teacher Should Know" series is offered for graduate-level credits at California State University and Hamline University; many of her courses are also offered for alternative certification in various states.