Spring 2010

Teacher PD Sourcebook, Vol. 03, Issue 2
Paul J. Riccomini
Paul J. Riccomini
Teaching Opinion It's Not Just for Reading
How RTI can refocus math instruction on student learning
Paul J. Riccomini, April 9, 2010
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5 min read
Photo by Chad Greene
Chad Greene
Reading & Literacy Q&A Responding to RTI
Early-reading expert Richard Allington believes response to intervention is possibly "our last, best hope" for achieving full literacy in the United States. So why does he sound so unhopeful?
Anthony Rebora, April 9, 2010
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15 min read
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Teaching Faculty Meeting
In their second year of RTI implementation, a teacher and her principal discuss what's working and what still needs work.
Elizabeth Rich, April 9, 2010
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11 min read
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Education Funding Tools of the Trade
With a growing array of RTI-related products on the market, schools need to make purchasing choices carefully.
Anthony Rebora, April 9, 2010
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6 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion RTI Experiences
Teacher readers share their experiences in working with response to intervention.
April 9, 2010
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3 min read
Elizabeth Stein believes special education teachers have a key role to play in RTI. Here she provides small-group reading instruction to 3rd graders at Mills Pond Elementary School in Long Island, New York. <br/> — Emile Wamsteker
Elizabeth Stein believes special education teachers have a key role to play in RTI. Here she provides small-group reading instruction to 3rd graders at Mills Pond Elementary School in Long Island, New York.
Emile Wamsteker
Teaching Opinion This Sounds Familiar
A special educator's view of response to intervention
Elizabeth Stein, April 9, 2010
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5 min read
In addition to shared leadership and targeted professional development, the "Focused Instruction Process" used in some Chicago schools emphasizes eight steps that include student mastery of skills and progress monitoring.
John Zich
School & District Management Zeroing In on Instruction
A Chicago school-turnaround program gets results by working with teachers, not against them.
Dakarai I. Aarons, April 9, 2010
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6 min read
From right to left, Haylee Scott, Hannah Burton, Fernando Lugo, and Eduardo Farias, all 6 years old, engage in a word exercise during a Tier 2, 1st grade class at Lilian J. Rice Elementary in Chula Vista, Calif. <br/> — Sandy Huffaker
From right to left, Haylee Scott, Hannah Burton, Fernando Lugo, and Eduardo Farias, all 6 years old, engage in a word exercise during a Tier 2, 1st grade class at Lilian J. Rice Elementary in Chula Vista, Calif.
Sandy Huffaker
Federal A New Language
A California district sees gains from using RTI with English-language learners.
Mary Ann Zehr, April 9, 2010
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7 min read
Teaching What is RTI?
A look at the definition, core concepts, and growing use of RTI
April 9, 2010
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1 min read
Laura Kelley, a 5th grade teacher at Fulton Elementary in Aurora, Colo., took on the newly created volunteer role of RTI coordinator at her school last fall. Kelley runs the school's Instruction Support Team weekly meeting where teachers discuss intervention strategies. <br/> — Nathan W. Armes
Laura Kelley, a 5th grade teacher at Fulton Elementary in Aurora, Colo., took on the newly created volunteer role of RTI coordinator at her school last fall. Kelley runs the school's Instruction Support Team weekly meeting where teachers discuss intervention strategies.
Nathan W. Armes
School & District Management A Custom Fit
A Colorado district adapts response to intervention to its own needs and instructional philosophy and sees early signs of success.
Elizabeth Rich, April 9, 2010
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5 min read
Teachers Who "Friend"
"Digitally Inclined," PBS and Grunwald Associates, LLC, 2009
Education Teachers Who "Friend"
Nearly 30 percent of teachers use a social networking site or social media community for classroom instruction, according to new data.
April 9, 2010
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1 min read
Anthony Rebora
Anthony Rebora
Anthony Rebora
Teaching RTI in Perspective
We've noticed an interesting trend on our Web site in the last couple of years: Whenever a story includes the words "response to intervention" in the headline, it gets a huge number of page views.
Anthony Rebora, April 9, 2010
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1 min read
Bill Gates
Bill Gates
Teaching Profession Gates Takes a Risk on Teacher Evaluation
Bill Gates describes his foundation’s recent $335 million investment in developing evaluation systems to improve teacher effectiveness as a “high risk” initiative that could fail.
Ann Bradley, April 9, 2010
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1 min read
Professional Development How Do You Define PD?
The National Staff Development Council is pushing Congress to adopt a new, expanded definition of professional development.
Anthony Rebora, April 9, 2010
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1 min read
RTI for the Gifted
Teaching Opinion RTI for the Gifted?
Teacher blogger Tamara Fisher offers an idea for a more inclusive RTI model, designed to include accelerated-learning tiers for gifted students.
April 9, 2010
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1 min read
Recruitment & Retention Creating a Collaborative Culture
A new study offers tips for schools on becoming more collaborative.
April 9, 2010
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1 min read
Assessment Teachers Beg to Differ on Effectiveness Measures
Teachers have different ideas than education policymakers on how instructional effectiveness should be measured, according to a national survey.
Anthony Rebora, April 9, 2010
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1 min read
Curriculum Cashing In on Lesson Plans
Controversy is brewing over some savvy teachers’ practice of selling lesson plans online.
April 9, 2010
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1 min read
— Mindset Works
Mindset Works
Teaching Changing “Mindsets”
Children who focus on innate ability are not as successful academically as those who focus on effort.
Debra Viadero, April 9, 2010
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1 min read