A New Way of Thinking
Collective Responsibility
Structures for Collaboration
Concentrated Instruction
Assessments/
Interventions
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Targeted Instruction + Time = Learning
What is the formula for learning?
100
Muhammad recommends using this to create a catalyst for change in an inspirational way. They connect this to individual kids, not just as school outcomes.
What is data?
100
This team supports students needing tier 1 or 2 supports for motivational, attendance and behavioral issues. Additionally, this team supports students needing intensive, remedial support in academics.
What is a schoolwide intervention team?
100
Effective RTI systems focus on this instead of coverage.
What is learning?
100
True or False: Tiered interventions must be provided in order.
What is False? (Universal screeners provide information to tell us when students need intensive support.)
200
How do we raise our test scores? How do we stay legal? What is wrong with this student?
What are the wrong questions schools ask?
200
This school team guides the change process for the school. The make up of this team is critical. They focus on learning best practices, are candid about the school's current reality, determine potential next steps to improve the school, identify potential barriers and create staff consensus and ownership.
What is a leadership team?
200
This tier of support provides intensive interventions for individual students.
What is tier 3?
200
When less than 80% of students receiving a well instructed, research based curriculum, then focus should be on this tier.
What is tier 1?
200
This type of assessment should be administered to all students. It can be used to identify behavior and academic needs for students at risk.
What is a universal screener?
300
Why are we here? What knowledge and skills will our children need to be successful adults? How effectively are we preparing students for these future challenges? What must we do to make success the reality for every child?
What are the right questions to ask?
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In this type of school environment, members arrive at consensus on vital questions by building shared knowledge instead of averaging opinions. They engage in collective inquiry on best practices and current reality.
What is a professional learning community?
300
This Tier of support is supplemental interventions for some students, led by collaborative teacher teams.
What are tier 2?
300
Depth of Knowledge is a term used to describe the level needed of this to solve problems.
What is rigor?
300
True or false: When common, formative assessments are focused on individual learning targets attached to an essential standard, students are better served.
What is true?
400
A systematic process of identifying essential knowledge and skills that all students must mast to learn at high levels, and determined the specific learning needs for each child to get there. Thinking is guided by the question, Where do we need to go?
What is concentrated instruction?
400
This term suggests staff ownership of the RTI process. It can be difficult to achieve because, as rational adults, we resist change
What is collective responsibility?
400
These are a variety of ways to organize these teams, including by grade level, department, vertically or in interdisciplinary teams?
What are teacher teams?
400
You evaluate endurance, leverage and readiness to determine these.
What are essential skills?
400
When these are effective, they are characterized as Research based, Directive, Administered by Trained Professionals, Targeted and Timely.
What are interventions?
500
We use these two words to describe how we identify the reason for students who are at risk.
What is Will vs Skill
500
This creates a strong impetus for collective responsibility.
What is accountability?
500
These tiers provide supplemental support in learning essential core standards and English Language.
What are tier 1 and 2?
500
These are used to answer the questions, "Where are we now?", and "Where am I now?"
What are common, formative assessments?
500
Interventions that are mandatory, vs. optional, they are called this.
What is directive?
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