RTI Elementary Leadership training DAY 1 10/14/10 CONTINUED

What can I do about the students who forget information?
3-minute timed review
- 1 min to think by themselves - 1 min  to share with one partner - 1 min to share with another partner

recycle the lesson (culmulative review)
REPETITION REPETITION REPETITION!!!!

Common errors of reviewing saying “do you remember?” “any questions?” and using NO culmulative review

Use Mnemonics!!!
USE GUIDED NOTES  (a teacher-prepared outline i.e. Fill in the blank)

OPPOSITIONAL CHILDREN - quick rewards such as TIME WITH TEACHER lunch etc
***Staff development “what do I do about the...”

What can I do about the students who fail to see the relevance of my instruction?
Teach students WHY the objective is important
-FOCUS on personal relevance “if you use this skill with... you will be able to....”
-EXPLAIN how a negative consequence could be avoided “if you do, you will avoid losing...”
-DISCUSS the effect on others “other students may not want to work with you if you dont know it, parents will be happy, etc”

Use rationale questions - incorporate questions (with point values) on quizzes or tests that are related to the personal relevance of the objectives.
ASK THE STUDENTS WHY THEY THINK MATH FACTS ARE IMPORTANT!

WHY common errors - “because I said so” “because it’s on the test”  “because you will need it when you grow up” “because it is important. Trust me” “ failure to make personally relevant connections to student’s life

RTI Elementary Leadership training DAY 1 10/14/10 CONTINUED

Use probes every 6-8 weeks - CBM (curriculum-based measurement) it is rate-based

Daily Classroom Behavior Report Card - Paws rules chart to gain points/rewards

Shelley would like us to implement writing probe suggested at RTI training

Within the Teacher Guided Instruction is this acronym GROWIQ

G=gain attention R=Review O=Objective W=Why I=Input Q=Questioning

Telling the students the objectives will help to prime their brain to pay attention

Ticket out the door will help to assess knowledge by letting them know ahead of time what it is

What Will I Do Log EXAMPLE:

Topic/Lesson	Date	Objective
ex. punctuation	4/15	ex. Write sentences using correct punctuations

What do I do with students who do not respond to instructions?

-First determine if it is a skill deficit or it is a performance problem

-If it is skill deficit then teach them to look at a person, acknowledge, do the task immediately, check back if necessary, look say ok, do it right away!

TEACH INTELLIGENT BEHAVIORS (look smart, act smart) (kind of like reading mastery’s STAR)

SNAPPE

S=sit N=nod A=act interested  P=participate P=prepare E=evaluate

PROMPTING - say something like “this is an instruction” or “get ready for an instruction” (like RM)

Use an auditory or visual SIGNAL to alert students of instruction

You/Me game (like RM Teacher/Student game)

- Make sure to give individuals with behavior problems EARNING POWERS

BEHAVIOR BINGO - similar to the cir the letters with POPCORN

Green card is a cheat sheet for this conference

** USE OPEN BODY positions (no cross-armed, hands-on-hips, and finger pointing)

6 steps to increase OTR (on-task response)

1. everybody get ready to say/tell

2. keep it a secret or signal by touching forward

3. whisper share oyour idea with your partner

4. when I pull your name, say your idea or your partner’s idea

5. have class repeat individual’s response

6. repeat the process until 100% participation

Choral responding - model it - use signal after you say “everybody get ready to tell me”

Participation board

Participation Buddies (clock buddies like Aubra uses)

COMMON ERRORS of participation

-Too few questions -dont say who can tell me... - dont tell the name of the student being called on until question is asked - No thinking time

What can I do about the students who disrupt my instruction?

Teach how to get teacher’s attention appropriately.

-look at the teacher - signal somehow - wait for acknowledgement - ask questions in a normal voice

Take digital pictures to show the expected behavior and what is NOT an expected behavior.

RTI Elementary Leadership training DAY 1 10/14/10

RTI Elementary Leadership training DAY 1 10/14/10

Montana RTI Teams Bozeman, Great Falls, Billings

Presentor/Trainer Susan L. Mulkey  email:susanm@xmission.com

presentation will be on the OPI website

RTI Essential Components

1.Strong Leadership

2. Ongoing Assessment

3. Evidence-based Curriculum and Instruction

4. Collaborative Teaming

5. Data-based Decision making

6. Fidelity of Implementation

7. Ongoing Training and Professional Develeopment

8. Community and Family Involvement

*The ones in red are the ones we are focussing on 

Personal learning log ideas are highlighted in yellow

Have you ever wondered what I can do about students who do not participate during my instruction, forget info, don’t understand or generalize, don’t work cooperatively, don’t compete assignments, don’t perform well with traditional test

Did you know that TEACHER VARIABLES account for more variance in students achievement than any other factor, particulary in high poverty schools

Teaching is and Art and Science

Do you agree? the more we know about the science of teaching… the better we can artistically apply knowledge

TEACHING is not telling and LEARNING is not being told

Good teaching differs with the ROBUSTNESS of the variables

TEACHING is not telling and LEARNING is not being told

Good teaching differs with the ROBUSTNESS of the variables

Memory logs – index cards, personal learning log

Index card format

FRONT Write the BIG IDEA or name of strategy or intervention

BACK Detail the strategy Notes to jog your memory

Look, Lean, Whisper Partner strategy

TEACHING should be PASSIONATE - students know when you care or dont

Student Engagement by repeating (culmulative review)

TGIF = what each lesson should look like (as far as time spent)

T=Teacher Guided Instruction G=Guided Practice I=Independent Practice F=Final Measurement     20%_______________                    _____75%___________________           10%___________

Start with the END in mind