Response to Intervention

    As I look at the group of students I'm currently working with I see students struggling on different issues for so many different reasons. We each have our own learning curves and mountains to climb. For my students this looks like diagnosed learning disabilities, trauma, misdiagnoses, English being their second language, and trying to be a student during a pandemic for a brief start to a list that can be much longer.
    What I personally love about an RTI, is the proactive intervention that is a key component. We as teachers use assessments in an RTI plan to determine what skill students are still needing. These skills can then be taught by the teacher to the students as a differentiated instruction. RTI's allow the teacher to meet the student where they are, and bring them to where they need to be. We can use RTI's to determine what students are needing more assistance and on what skills specifically. 
    This is also a process that can help identify learning disorders. Teachers have to use remediation and track methods of instruction with students they are referring to special education testing. Using RTI consistently in the classroom would make the process easier when needed.
    The progress monitoring that must take place for any RTI to be successful can be very time consuming, but its a must to make sure that the interventions are working. It is a process that those using it would have to learn, and there seems to be many beneficial take-a-ways.
    

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