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Implementing an effective intervention model is complicated. Whether it’s due to lack of resources, unclear objectives, inconsistent professional development, or having to navigate changes in funding regulations, ongoing challenges make it difficult to implement an intervention framework with fidelity and realize it’s true purpose: to improve student outcomes.
A popular model for delivering intervention and support for students with diverse learning needs is Response to Intervention, or RTI. But what makes an intervention model, like RTI, successful?
Join us to hear Dale Webster, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer at the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE), discuss strategies for creating an effective intervention program for grades K-8, including:
Essential components of a RTI framework as applied in grades K–8
Important considerations for implementing a multi-tiered system of support
Evidence-based instructional strategies for effective interventions in math and literacy
How to effectively use data from progress monitoring to inform instruction
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 1:00 PM CST
Duration: 60 minutes
GUEST SPEAKER
Dale Webster, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer at the Consortium on
Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE)
For 24 years, Dale has had extensive experience at all levels
of education: school site, district, county office, state
board/state dept. of education, and university.
Dale is currently the Chief Academic Officer for CORE,
a professional development/technical assistance firm supporting
the implementation of scientifically-based reading and math instruction, K-12.
REGISTER HERE
Monday, February 1, 2016
In 2009, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) put Marshall Metropolitan High School on academic probation. In 2011, the Marshall staff implemented Pathway to Accelerated Student Success (PASS), which consists of three credit recovery programs: Daytime, Extended Day, and the PASS Institute. Now, 90 percent of PASS Institute students finish high school in a year or less, and Marshall Metropolitan High School is off academic probation. From 2011 to 2015, PASS provided thousands of CPS students the opportunity to recover credits, meet graduation requirements, and continue to postsecondary education. In this webinar, we will review Marshall's proven practices of relationship building, peer-to-peer mentoring, and FuelEd online courses and wraparound services. Together these elements have evolved into a powerful, integrated system that gives students opportunities they never thought they would have. CPS cited Marshall "A turnaround school that has revitalized its curriculum, culture, and climate, and is showing clear gains as a result. Students receive the supports necessary to be academically successful."
Guests:
Carol Brown-Robinson, administrator,
John Marshall Metropolitan High School, Chicago, Ill.John Watson, founder, Evergreen Education Group This webinar will be moderated by Nicole Bono, director of marketing, Fuel Ed |
Over the past decade, numerous research reports have concluded that current teacher professional development and certification processes are outdated and ineffective. The latest report, The Mirage, from TNTP, suggests that despite spending nearly $18,000 per teacher per year (or $67 billion nationwide) on teacher development efforts, teacher improvement is relatively infrequent and not tied to district interventions. In this webinar, Daniel Weisberg, CEO, The New Teacher Project, will be interviewed by Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, about the key insights of The Mirage report, where the field of educator professional learning is headed, and what it means for districts to ask fundamentally different questions about what great teaching means and how to achieve it. Upon registering, attendees may submit questions to be addressed in the conversation, and live Q&A will be held at the end.
Guest:
Daniel Weisberg, chief executive
officer, The New Teacher ProjectThis webinar will be moderated by Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan |
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