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