Steps to Success
Assessments & More!
The Essentials
"The I"
Grab Bag
100
"High School + Plus"
What is "high" levels of learning?
100
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
What is DIBELS?
100
When the initial instruction meets the needs of enough students. Teaching right the first time.
What is High Quality Classroom Instruction
100
PREVENTION!
What is the BEST intervention?
100
To assure high levels of learning for all students!
What is "Our Mission"?
200
Success for all kids ~Bringing what works into schools ~Has both and Academic & Behavior components (+PLC)
What is RTI?
200
Administered to all students. Used to identify students who will need intensive help BEFORE they start to fail. Brief and easy to administer. An example of an assessment used is DIBELS.
What is Universal Screening?
200
Systematic Response must: Identify~ Place~ Monitor~ Revise~ Return
What is Certain Access?
200
Research-based, scientifically validated instruction that go beyond the core.
What are Interventions?
200
In 1950 there were 34% in 2002 there were 13%.
What are US Manufacturing Jobs?
300
School-wide positive behavior supports in Response to Intervention context.
What is Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support? (PBIS)
300
Core Curriculum~ Universal Screening~ Benchmark~ Preventative-Proactive
What is Tier 1?
300
SIPPS~ Touch Phonics~ Literacy Leaders
What are Research-Based Interventions.
300
To carry out the intervention.
What is the Implemention Plan?
300
Professional isolation~ Failure is OK...~ Few students went to college (10-15%)~ Job was to "sort" students (bell curve)
What is the "Traditional US School System"?
400
90% Free & Reduced lunch~ 90% Ethnic minority~ 90% of students score proficient or higher on district or state academic standards in language arts or in another area.
What are 90/90/90 schools?
400
When initial instruction is not sufficient. Small group interventions matched to student needs
What is Tier 2?
400
Use data to determine the effectiveness of our instruction. Approximately weekly to every couple of weeks.
What is Progress Monitoring?
400
When the initial core instruction isn't enough, students needs are targeted and differentiated. (Not individual support).
What are Small Group Interventions?
400
Functionally illiterate or near illiterate without the minimum skills required in a modern society according to The State of Literacy in America.
Who are over 90 million US adults? (Nearly one out of two)
500
Collective Responsibility~ High Quality Classroom Instruction~ Certain Access~ Universal Screening~ Reasearch Based Interventions~ Progress Monitoring
What are the 6 Essential Components of RTI?
500
Individual students~ SST/IEP~ High Intensity Intervention
What is Tier 3?
500
Guiding belief that each member of the school is responsible for the success of every student and that all decisions are determined by what will best ensure high levels of learning for each child.
What is Collective Responsibility?
500
Systematic Instruction in Phonics, Phonemic Awareness and Sight Words.
What is SIPPS?
500
Tightrope walkers without a safety net, responsible for meeting the needs of every child with little room for error.
What are educators today/Who are Kennedy Teachers?