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Policy Challenges Webinar: Implementing Response to Intervention (RTI) in Mathematics: Research-Based Strategies for Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont Grades K–8 Schools

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VIEW WEBINAR ARCHIVE, PART 2 (1 hr., 26 min.)

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Response to intervention (RTI) is an educational approach intended to provide effective, data-based interventions for students. The 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) included RTI as a means of early identification of students with specific learning disabilities. In addition, RTI is sometimes seen as an overall school-improvement initiative that combines universal screening and frequent progress monitoring with adjustments to general instruction and inclusion in targeted interventions. State education agencies (SEAs), including those in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, are responding to IDEA and the high level of interest in RTI with statewide regulations. However, the RTI regulations in all three states were developed relatively recently, and most implementation decisions have been left to leaders at the district level.

Dr. Bradley Witzel, Winthrop University

During this two-part webinar, Dr. Bradley Witzel of Winthrop University assisted district leaders and other educators in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont in learning how to better implement RTI in mathematics. In the first session, on February 9th, 2010, Dr. Witzel presented eight research-based recommendations in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Practice Guide: “Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RTI) for Elementary and Middle Schools,” which he co-authored. During the second session, on March 3rd, Dr. Witzel served as one of three panelists with extensive experience implementing RTI in elementary mathematics. After introductory remarks, the panelists addressed questions previously gathered through needs-sensing activities or submitted to the online chat room during both sessions.

Featured Speaker:

June Conley
 
Kathy Durbin

Dr. Bradley Witzel is associate professor, coordinator of special-education programs, and assistant department chair of Curriculum and Instruction at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. He has worked as a classroom teacher and para-educator in inclusive and self-contained settings, with a focus on math and science instruction. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in special- and general-education methods, and his research focus is on mathematics and motivation strategies for students who learn at different rates and in different ways.

Panelists:

  • Bradley Witzel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C.; co-author of the IES Practice Guide: Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RTI) for Elementary and Middle Schools
  • June Conley, Principal, Songo Locks School, M.S.A.D #61, Naples, Maine
  • Kathy Durbin, Ph.D., Student Services Director, Lancaster County School District, S.C.

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