2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog

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The Common Core and RTI: Quality Audit for School Leaders
How well are we implementing and integrating RTI and CCLS?
Schools working to improve student academic performance must integrate two major initiatives--the
Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS) and Response to Intervention (RTI). These two approaches
complement one another; while the Common Core sets clear, ambitious goals for learning outcomes, RTI
provides the “intervention toolkit” to help struggling students to attain those goals. This full-day workshop
provides a blue-print for integrating CCLS and RTI as a unified school-wide effort to improve student
academic performance. The training will demonstrate for school leaders how to conduct a self-audit to
evaluate the quality of their district’s implementation of CCLS and RTI to date. In particular, the training
focuses on how to fix these potential CCLS/RTI problem areas:
• Student problem identification--participants will review teacher-friendly checklists to pinpoint common
student learning problems
• Classroom interventions--the training will review a package to guide teachers in the selection and
implementing of classroom interventions. This package will include documentation forms, a suggested
structure for efficient problem-solving meetings, and a starter set of research-based ideas for intervention
• Supplemental intervention programs--the workshop will provide guidance on how to verify that tier 2/3
interventions are research-based, as well as advice on scheduling these supplemental interventions and
expanding the school’s pool of interventionists
• School-wide screening tools--participants will learn what screening tools are recommended, which are
approved for both RTI and CCLS/APPR purposes, how to use screening information to make efficient TIER
2 student placement decisions, and how screening tools change at the middle and high school level
• Defining the non-responding student--the workshop offers guidelines for determining whether a
particular student is making adequate progress toward the Standards with RTI support or should be
referred to the Committee on Special Education (CSE).
PARTICIPANTS: Building and district administrators, teacher leaders, teachers
DATE/TIME: Dec 18 2013 8:30AM - 3:00PM
COST: $173 for Curriculum Center Members; $198 Curriculum Center Non Members
LOCATION: Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Yorktown Heights, NY; School Services Building
FACILITATOR: Jim Wright is a national trainer and consultant to schools and organization on a broad
range of topics relating to school improvement. Mr. Wright is a certified school psychologist and school
administrator in central New York State and has over 18 years of experience in public education, in urban
and suburban settings. Mr. Wright has particular expertise as a consultant and trainer on issues relating to
Response to Intervention, the Common Core learning Standards, and academic/behavioral interventions
and assessments for struggling students. He has worked with a variety of schools in New York and other
parts of the country, helping them both to map out steps for improving their educational practices and
to motivate their staff to support those positive changes. Mr. Wright is also the creator of Intervention
Central, a popular website with free intervention and assessment resources for teachers in grades K-12.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY: 12/4/2013
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