Best Practices at Tier 3 [Elementary]

Meet the needs of students who have fallen the furthest behind. Created for grade K-5 educators, this guide details how to implement intensive interventions at Tier 3 of the RTI at Work(TM) process. Discover practices and strategies to intervene successfully when students struggle with core content, as well as with foundational skills from previous school years.

The RTI at Work(TM) inverted pyramid is designed to continually focus a school's collective attention and resources to a single point: the individual child.

TIER 1

Access to an essential grade-level curriculum that embeds ongoing monitoring for all students

TIER 2

Immediate and targeted interventions systematically applied and monitored for any students not mastering the core curriculum

TIER 3

Intensive interventions and remediation focused on closing gaps in learning

Use this guide to improve your school so students receive the support they need to learn at the highest levels:

• Study the critical elements of the RTI at Work(TM) process.
• Understand the role of teams, specifically the leadership and intervention teams, in implementing Tier 3 interventions.
• Learn how to collaboratively design and deliver instruction to students needing intensive intervention with a multitiered system of support (MTSS).
• Examine the role of assessment at Tier 3 and discover strategies for using assessment data to monitor learning.
• Acquire best practices for delivering intensive behavior interventions according to the RTI at Work process. Contents:
  Introduction
  Chapter 1: The Power and Purpose of Tier 3 Interventions
  Chapter 2: The Need for Collective Responsibility
  Chapter 3: Collaborative Team Structures at Tier 3
  Chapter 4: Tier 3 Design to Ensure High Levels of Learning
  Chapter 5: Convergent Assessment for Targeting at Tier 3
  Chapter 6: Behavior Supports at Tier 3
  Chapter 7: Academic Instruction at Tier 3
  Chapter 8: Personalized Learning for Teams
  Final Thoughts
  Appendix: Resources and Tools
  References and Resources
  Index