Best Practices at Tier 3

Meet the needs of students who have fallen the furthest behind. Created for grade K-5 educators, this guide details how to implement intensive interventions at Tier 3 of the RTI at Work(TM) process. Discover practices and strategies to intervene successfully when students struggle with core content, as well as with foundational skills from previous school years.

The RTI at Work(TM) inverted pyramid is designed to continually focus a school's collective attention and resources to a single point: the individual child.

TIER 1

A coherent and viable core curriculum that embeds ongoing monitoring for all students

TIER 2

Immediate and targeted interventions systematically applied and monitored for any students not achieving

TIER 3

Intensive interventions focused on closing gaps

Use this guide to improve your school so students receive the support they need to learn at the highest levels:

• Study the critical elements of the RTI at Work(TM) process.
• Understand the role of teams, specifically the leadership and intervention teams, in implementing Tier 3 interventions.
• Learn how to collaboratively design and deliver instruction to students needing intensive intervention with a multitiered system of support (MTSS).
• Examine the role of assessment at Tier 3 and discover strategies for using assessment data to monitor learning.
• Acquire best practices for delivering intensive behavior interventions according to the RTI model.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Power and Purpose of Tier 3 Interventions
Chapter 2: The Need for Collective Responsibility
Chapter 3: Collaborative Team Structures at Tier 3
Chapter 4: Tier 3 Design to Ensure High Levels of Learning
Chapter 5: Convergent Assessment for Targeting at Tier 3
Chapter 6: Behavior Supports at Tier 3
Chapter 7: Academic Instruction at Tier 3
Chapter 8: Personalized Learning for Teams
Final Thoughts
Appendix: Resources and Tools
References and Resources
Index