Best Practices at Tier 3 [Elementary]

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™ 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™ 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™ 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