Overview
Funded by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) through August 2019, the goal of the Building Capacity for Response to Intervention Implementation Project is to build capacity for Texas schools to implement Response to Intervention (RTI) as a means for improving student achievement, reducing the number of students with learning difficulties, and reducing disproportionality.
The project focuses on disseminating information, resources, and tools designed to enhance the use of an instructional decision-making model for RTI in the areas of reading, mathematics, and behavior.
Web site resources address steps for campus-level RTI implementation, from conducting a campus needs assessment, developing an action plan, promoting teacher collaboration, designing differentiated instruction and intervention, to answering parents’ questions.
Major activities for the Building Capacity for Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation project include:
- Disseminating the Campus RTI-Progress Monitoring Tool (RTI-PMT) ;
- Creating free online professional development modules and resources;
- Collaborating with TEA and the Regional Education Service Centers to disseminate information and provide venues for Texas school leaders and stakeholders, including foster care service providers;
- Promoting use of RTI as a means for school improvement, especially in districts that are targeting disproportionality; an
- Maintain and update the project website, http://buildingrti.utexas.org, to give Texas educators, parents, and other stakeholders “24/7″ access to RTl implementation information
Selected Publications
Featured Professional Development Resources
Findings (Publications and Presentations)
- School Leaders’ Planning Checklist for Implementation of an Instructional Decision-Making Model -
- Sample Literacy Blocks, K–5 - Booklet/Guide
- Literacy Center Ideas, K–5 - Booklet/Guide
- RTI Implementation - Booklet/Guide,Presentation
- Daily Sample Lessons and Activities: Phonics, Word Study, and Word Recognition (K–5) - Booklet/Guide
- Phonics (Spanish) - Booklet/Guide
- Observation Tools - Booklet/Guide
- 3-Tier Reading Model Action Plan - Booklet/Guide
- Comprehension (Spanish) - Booklet/Guide
- Phonological Awareness (Spanish) - Booklet/Guide
- Instructional Walkthrough Tools - Booklet/Guide
- Parent Notification Checklists and Sample Letters - Booklet/Guide
- Features of Effective Instruction - Presentation
- Collaborative Instructional Logs - Booklet/Guide
- Collaborating for the Success of Students in Foster Care - Presentation
- Building RTI Capacity in Texas: Challenges and Opportunities - Presentation
- Academic Vocabulary in the ELAR and Mathematics TEKS: A Teacher Resource - Booklet/Guide
- Tier 3 Instruction Within a Response to Intervention Framework - Booklet/Guide
- Transition Planning for Students in Foster Care who are Receiving Special Education Services - Online Course
- Using Research to Inform Literacy Instruction: What Do We Know About “Balanced” Literacy? - Online Course
- Using Research to Inform Literacy Instruction: How Should We Teach Students to Read Unknown Words? - Online Course
- Sound-Spelling Chart - Booklet/Guide
- Progress-Monitoring Line Graph - Booklet/Guide
- Student Survey for Middle and High Schools - Booklet/Guide
- Example Assessment Plan, PK–12 - Booklet/Guide
- Selecting a Research-Based Intervention - Video/Podcast
- Response to Intervention: Straight Talk for Parents - Booklet/Guide
- Using Research to Inform Literacy Instruction: Do Children Learn to Read Naturally? - Online Course
- Secondary RTI: Providing Instruction in Teacher-led Small Groups - Online Course
- Instructional Decision-Making Procedures: Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students - Booklet/Guide
- Secondary RTI: Promoting Teacher Leadership - Online Course,Video/Podcast
- Supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in Secondary Classrooms - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Selecting an Intervention to Meet Students’ Needs: A “How-to” Resource for Educators - Booklet/Guide
- Comprehension Strategy for During Reading: Get the Gist - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Comprehension Strategy for During Reading: Mental Imagery - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Comprehension Strategy for Before Reading: Making Predictions - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Comprehension Strategy for Before Reading: Activating Prior Knowledge - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Using Collaborative Instructional Logs (RTI) Information to Develop an Individual Transition Plan - Presentation
- RTI and the Role of Student Evaluation Personnel - Presentation
- Lessons Learned from Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation - Presentation
- Alternative Approaches for the Reading Difficulties of Spanish-Speaking Children - Presentation
- Managing RTI Campus Data - Monitoring Effectiveness of Intervention - Presentation
- A Resource for Student Evaluation Personnel in Schools Implementing Response to Intervention - Booklet/Guide,Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Building Capacity for Response to Intervention (RtI) Implementation Project - Website
- Differentiated Instruction to Meet the Needs of All Students - Presentation
- Campus Data Management Tool: Supporting Response to Intervention Implementation - Presentation
- Resource for Monitoring Campus RtI Implementation - Presentation
- Response to Intervention: Managing Intervention Data Effectively - Presentation
- Reading Support for Spanish-Speaking Students in Elementary Classrooms - Video/Podcast
- Data-Based Instructional Supports for Bilingual Students - Presentation
- RTI and the Evaluation of Students With Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) - Presentation
- Campus Needs Assessment Tools - Booklet/Guide
- Using Data to Differentiate Intervention Instruction: A Middle School Example - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Closing the Achievement Gap: Collaborating to Support Student Success - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Conversations With Dr. Sharon Vaughn - Video/Podcast
- Using RTI Information to Develop IEPs for Students With Specific Learning Disabilities - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Finding Time: Building Schedules to Implement RTI - Presentation,Video/Podcast
- Building Capacity for RTI Presentation: Campus Data Management Tool - Presentation