Circleville City Schools
RTI Steps
Step 1: Evidence-based instruction and behavior support.
Examples: Guided reading, small group instruction, PBIS,
common core math, fundations.
Step 2: Collect data for all students using the universal screening
measures, such as State Diagnostic assessment, Contact Jill Sims or
Patti Webb for behavior data.
Step 3: Identify students who have not met academic benchmarks or
who do not demonstrate typical behavior (ie. Below Average or At-Risk)
Step 4: Complete the RTI student entrance form (on CES website staff
resources RTI). Parent contact from the teacher is required
through a phone call to explain that their child will be entering
the RTI process. Also let them know that you will be sending home
the family background form for them to fill out and return.
Step 5: Request a meeting with your grade level RTI coach (List of
coaches is in the RTI handbook). The RTI coach will contact a 2 nd coach
or expert in the students area of need to attend the meeting as well.
Step 6: Teacher brings screening data, cumulative file review sheet
and family background form if it is returned before the meeting.
During the meeting the team will determine ONE area of need and set
a DATA goal and Tier2 interventions. Teacher will progress monitor the
decided intervention strategies for 6 weeks. RTI coach will provide
the RTI coordinator copies of all documents
(strengths/weaknesses, DATA goal planning form, family
background, 5 Whys, Cumulative file review, screening data)
Step 7: Teacher contacts parents to follow up on the intervention
strategy put in place and the forthcoming letter that you will send
home RTI-1 Letter. Teacher also discusses strategies the parent can
try at home and offers to send strategies home. Provide a copy of
RTI-1 Letter to the RTI Coordinator.
Step 8: If a student is NOT making progress (below the growth line)
after 6 weeks of Tier2 intervention, discuss changing the frequency
and intensity of the current intervention for another 3week period.
Change frequency/intensity on RTI Plan form (in red binder).
If a student IS making progress (above the growth line),
continue intervention and data collection through progress
monitoring.
Step 9: After a student has received 6-9weeks of classroom
differentiated instruction, the same universal screener needs to be
given again. This data will be used to determine if the student has met
the intervention goal.
If the student IS making progress continue the intervention and
send home the RTI-2 letter to parents.
If the student is NOT making progress after 6-9 weeks of Tier 1
& 2 intervention then the teacher will collect the data and
request a meeting with their grade level RTI coach and RTI
Coordinator to discuss other intervention strategies or Tier 3
intervention only if appropriate data has been collected.
Provide copies of all data to RTI coordinator.
Step 10: Teacher contacts parent and shares intervention status and
sets up a meeting with the IAT team if Tier 3 interventions are
determined necessary. When the teacher contacts the parent they will
explain that during the IAT meeting we will be discussing strategies to
help the student and ask the parent to bring a strategy for them do to
at home, us to do at school and the student to do. If they need help
coming up with strategies offer to send a list home.
Step 11: Teacher contacts appropriate team members (RTI coach, title,
parent, principle, Patti and/or Jill any other support staff) to attend the
planning meeting. Invitation should be sent on exchange calendar to
required staff members. At the meeting with parents only intervention
strategies for school, student and home will be discussed NOT the
problem. During this meeting the Parent, Teachers and Child will
choose 1-2 intervention strategies that they will put in place and
progress monitor.
Send RTI-3 letter to parents for the meeting.
RTI coordinator will follow up with a phone call to the parents
before the meeting to remind them of the setup and provide
intervention strategies if necessary.
Step 12: Tier 3: Interventions along with continued Tier 1& 2
classroom interventions will be put in place and progress monitored for
6-9 weeks.
Step 13: Repeat Step 9 (9-week Intervention Status)
If the data shows the student is still NOT making progress,
discuss changing the frequency and intensity of the current
intervention for another 3 week period. The team will
analyze the data and discuss the effectiveness of the current
interventions and the possible need for scheduling Tier 4
meeting. Provide copies of all data collected to RTI
coordinator.
Step 14: If proceeding to the RTI team for Tier 4 interventions the RTI
coordinator will contact Andre Woeste to inform him of the student and
then he will contact the parents and the team to discuss a suspected
disability.
