Train-the-Trainer - RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION: Powerful Strategies to Strengthen Your Tier 1 and Tier 2 Reading Instruction (Grades K-6)

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For years, many schools and districts only served students when a “need” was shown based on a “discrepancy”; an outdated model that looks at the difference between a child’s ability and the child’s actual achievement. The “discrepancy” model is dependent upon a child falling “behind enough” to qualify for special education services. It is a “wait for failure” model that no longer needs to be used. Now schools and districts can use the Response to Intervention (RTI) model, focused on providing a child with the assistance when the student needs it. To help strengthen the training of your teachers, Kelly Harmon, a national presenter on RTI has developed an exciting, cost-effective train-the-trainer opportunity you won’t want to miss.

This two-day train-the-trainer institute focuses on practical ideas for implementing and strengthening RTI in your reading program with ready-to-use strategies for your classroom and school. Participants who complete this two-day institute will be able to better train Grades K-6 educators at their school site(s) on ways to implement and strengthen RTI in their reading program at Tier 1 and Tier 2.

Plan to attend as a school or district team, a representative team member or district leader to increase the effectiveness of your RTI program. You will learn how to build on the success of your current process, identify the key components that have the greatest impact on student achievement and find the specific areas you need to target for implementation and improvement. Leave equipped with a wealth of the most effective RTI strategies and training materials needed to train an unlimited number of teachers in developing or refining your reading Response to Intervention program for Grades K-6. Join Kelly to learn how to better support and accelerate your at-risk students’ achievement in Grades K-6.

If you are interested in providing higher quality training in the RTI reading process to your teachers, whole schools or your entire district, this is the perfect opportunity. Send one trainer or a team of trainers to this two-day program and they will walk away with an extensive digital resource handbook filled with the strategies and tools needed for their own training, along with classroom proven strategies they can use to demonstrate RTI in action. The focus of the two days will be on implementing the crucial components of an effective Response to Intervention program, how to maximize your time to provide quality interventions, defining the roles of the school support team, implementing research-based interventions, and how RTI works in a variety of K-6 schools. Most importantly, participants will discover dozens of tips and techniques for providing the best possible training to your teachers.

You will leave this training ready to train other teachers and interventionists how to …

As educators, we have all worked with the student who struggled, didn’t respond or who needed more than we could provide. In the past, we searched for a program to help these students; often, special education was their only hope to get intensive, focused assistance. We also know the students who didn’t “make it” - who didn’t qualify for special education and continued to flounder until next year’s teacher could refer them for more testing. Response to Intervention (RTI) is an exciting strategy that districts and schools may opt to use as a better way to meet students’ needs earlier and more quickly.

In this two-day train-the-trainer institute, I will focus on strategies for developing or strengthening RTI that you can take back and share in your own school(s). Throughout the two days you will also learn how to more effectively provide instructional models for teachers in your building. Some of the questions you and your teachers may be asking about RTI are:

I will help you answer these questions and more. We will discuss the key elements in developing a model and how school teams can collaborate to make the process efficient and effective. I will give you strategies to organize your interventions to include intensive, systematic and multi-level instruction. Most importantly, you will gain strategies and training techniques you can use immediately in helping your teachers implement RTI in your school(s). We will focus on proactive interventions to support and scaffold students before they fail. This institute is not just about students with disabilities, but also about all students who are struggling.

P.S. You will learn dozens of specific instructional strategies you can use to greatly increase the success of your Grades K-6 students.

Staff Development Trainers, Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, General Education Teachers, Curriculum Directors, Title I Staff, and Administrators Serving Grades K-6

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas This institute provides participants a wonderful opportunity to meet and share ideas with other educators interested in increasing the effectiveness of their RTI programs.

Consultation Available Kelly Harmon will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Semester Credit Option Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

What you'll learn

• Train your teachers and interventionists to implement the key components of an effective Response to Intervention (RTI) Reading model in Grades K-6 for Tiers 1 and 2
• Learn proactive approaches to share with your staff for supporting students with reading needs before they “fail enough” to qualify for special education
• Learn how to more effectively intervene with students before they fall too far behind
• Tips, tools and practical strategies that you and your staff can use immediately in your RTI reading program