Keynote: Supporting the Classroom Teacher as RTI 'First Responder': Three Recommendations Jim Wright, Presenter Jim Wright presented a keynote address--Supporting the Classroom Teacher as RTI 'First Responder': Three Recommendations --at the Technical Assistance Meeting for Committee on Special Education Chairpersons at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lake Placid, NY, on 15 March 2012. Here is the PowerPoint and a handout from the workshop. NOTE: To download and save these files to your computer, right-click and choose 'Save Target As...': Keynote: Supporting the Classroom Teacher as RTI 'First Responder': Three Recommendations: PPT in pdf format Handout: When ACQUISITION is the Target: How to Set Individual Student Academic Goals Strategic Number-Counting Instruction Intervention. The student is taught to use specific 'count-up' strategies on a number line to learn basic addition and subtraction facts.   Breakout Session: Academic Enabling Skills: Interventions for Middle and High School Students Jim Wright, Presenter Jim Wright presented a breakout workshop session--Academic Enabling Skills: Interventions for Middle and High School Students --at the Technical Assistance Meeting for Committee on Special Education Chairpersons at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lake Placid, NY, on 15 March 2012. Here is the PowerPoint and a handout from the workshop. NOTE: To download and save these files to your computer, right-click and choose 'Save Target As...': Breakout: Academic Enabling Skills: Interventions for Middle and High School Students: PPT in pdf format Workshop Handout Student 'Academic Enabler' Skills Checklists: In MS Word Format

Breakout Session: Strategies for Motivating the Struggling Student in Grades 3-12 Jim Wright, Presenter Jim Wright presented a breakout workshop session--Strategies for Motivating the Struggling Student in Grades 3-12--at the Technical Assistance Meeting for Committee on Special Education Chairpersons at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lake Placid, NY, on 15 March 2012. Here is the PowerPoint and a handout from the workshop. NOTE: To download and save these files to your computer, right-click and choose 'Save Target As...': Strategies for Motivating the Struggling Student in Grades 3-12: PPT in pdf format Workshop Handout   The Classroom Teacher as Intervention ‘First Responder’: Tools for Academic Intervention and Assessment Jim Wright, Presenter Jim Wright presented a pre-conference workshop--The Classroom Teacher as Intervention ‘First Responder’: Tools for Academic Intervention and Assessment--at the Technical Assistance Meeting for Committee on Special Education Chairpersons at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lake Placid, NY, on 14 March 2012. Here are PowerPoints, handouts, and other resources from the workshop. NOTE: To download and save these files to your computer, right-click and choose 'Save Target As...': The Classroom Teacher as Intervention ‘First Responder’: Tools for Academic Intervention and Assessment: PPT in pdf format [NOTE: PPT will be posted AFTER the workshop] Pre-Conference Workshop Handout   ChatDog Guide: Online Graphing. Check out this tutorial, which shows how to create and save progress-monitoring graphs on individual students using ChartDog, a free application on www.interventioncentral.org. ChartDog Graphmaker . You can create and save student progress-monitoring graphs at no cost using this application. Phrase-Cued Text Generator. This application allows the user to enter text and quickly annotate it to make a phrase-cued text sample. Teacher Tier 1 (Classroom) Intervention Plan Documentation Form in MS Word Format 'Click or Clunk' Reading Comprehension.. The student is taught to use a self-monitoring strategy to track understanding of text at the sentence, paragraph, and page levels.   Web Resources: These web sites offer additional intervention resources that schools may find helpful: Guide Notes Maker. Guided Notes can help struggling readers to better understand course content and remain academically engaged during class. Teachers can use this free application to create guided notes for their students.   What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guides. These short (60-100 page) manuals give research-based ideas for teachers and schools for interventions. Reading Interventions Manual from Jim Wright. This manual uses intervention ideas taken from the National Reading Panel Report of 2000. It contains 4 reading fluency interventions, and 10 interventions for reading comprehension. Cognitive Strategy Instruction . This website presents a series of interventions in which students are taught thinking strategies that they can use to perform better in reading, mathematics, writing, studying, and other areas. The site was created by Dr. Bob Reid and Torri Lienemann at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Ideas to Boost Basic Academic Skills . This site, 'Scientifically Based Research', contains interventions that target reading, math, and writing. The strategies were written by Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden of the University of Southern California at Santa Barbara and Dr. Joe Witt of Louisiana State University. HELPS Program . The HELPS program is free, research-based, and addresses reading fluency delays. Reading, Math, & Writing Interventions from MSU . Find pages featuring intervention ideas to improve reading comprehension, writing, and math skills on this site. It is sponsored by the School Psychology Program at Michigan State University. Intervention Central . The site has a range of academic and behavioral intervention ideas suitable for middle and high schools. Florida Center for Reading Research. Explore reading interventions and lesson plans for elementary students. FreeReading. This site has reading intervention ideas taken from the National Reading Panel study of 2000. Evidence-Based Intervention Network. Created by the school psychology program at North Carolina State University, this site has research-based intervention scripts for academics and behavior. Behavior Advisor . Dr. Tom McIntyre of Hunter College offers research-based behavioral strategies for whole groups and individual students..NOTE: You must create a log-in account before you can access the free intervention ideas on this site. Writing Next . Writing Next report on promoting adolescent writing skills (2007) from the Carnegie Corporation of NY. National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report. Curriculum and instructional recommendations from the 2008 National Math Panel.   Websites to Evaluate Commercial Intervention Programs What Works Clearinghouse Program Reviews. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in reading/writing, as well as other academic areas.The site reviews existing studies and draws conclusions about whether specific intervention programs show evidence of effectiveness. Best Evidence Encyclopedia. This site provides reviews of evidence-based reading and math programs.The website is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) . Instructional Intervention Tools Page. Sponsored by the National Center on RTI, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in reading, math, and writing.Users can streamline their search by subject and grade level.   RTI Information Sources from the New York State Education Department and the NYS RTI TAC New York State Education Department Guidance Document on RTI. Released in October 2010, this NYSED guidance document provides a guide to schools at any grade level in how to structure their RTI model and services. NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center. This site provides resources and guidance for NYS schools on implementation of RTI. NYSED 2008 RTI Guidance Memo. This memo presents the main points of the Regents Policy Framework on RTI for schools. NYSED Part 100 Regulations on RTI. This subsection of Part 100.2 (NYSED regulations) describes expectations for RTI for all schools. RTI Readiness Checklist. This checklist from the NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center allows schools to self-administer a quick 'RTI Readiness Check'.   Who Is Jim Wright? Jim Wright is a school psychologist and school administrator who lives and works in central New York. Until recently, Jim served as a program developer and trainer for the School-Based Intervention Team (SBIT) Project for the Syracuse City School District. Jim has presented extensively to educators across New York state and in other parts of the country on effective school-based academic and behavioral interventions, curriculum-based measurement, and violence prevention. In November, 2001, Jim was selected for the “Leadership in School Psychology” award by the New York State Association of School Psychologists. Jim is also the creator of the Intervention Central website (www.interventioncentral.org). Email: jim@jimwrightonline.com

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