A response to intervention (RTI) team should consist of people who work directly with the student, and other important decision makers. These people may include: parents of the student, the special education teacher, the general education teacher, the principal, school psychologist, RTI coordinator, reading specialist, support staff, and speech and language specialist. The parents may be helpful for providing information about the student’s background and developmental history. Parents can also gain helpful insight on their child’s progress to help them learn different skills at home. The special education teacher can consult with the general education teacher on ways to teach struggling students. Also, special education teachers can help put the RTI plan into action, and provide more intensive intervention if needed. The general education teacher can deliver instructions and help with screening students. They can also provide targeted interventions to students.
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The general education teacher can keep records of the student’s progress. These records will inform the RTI team about how well the plan is working. In addition, they should attend meetings and keep in touch with the parents. The principal should play an important role of the RTI team as well. The principal should consult with teachers and attend RTI meetings. The principal should oversee the administrative details of the RTI plan. Also, the principal should assign staff to work with students. The school psychologist will be helpful for administering some assessments, and attending meeting. Also, the school psychologist can help to provide training to other RTI members, and create behavior intervention plans for individual students. The RTI coordinator should be responsible for scheduling meeting and keeping the parents involved. This person can also track students’ progress, and maintain RTI data. The reading specialist can also be used to keep track of the student’s progress, and inform parents of resources they can use at home to assist the their child. Helping to select reading and screening material is also an important role for the reading specialist. The support staff would be a great for implementing the RTI plan inside the classroom with the student. The support staff should also intervene, collect data, and attend meetings. The speech and language specialist would be great for working with students who language barriers affect their academic skills. In addition, they would also be great for administering student assessments, and attending team meetings. When creating a RTI plan, it is crucial that the team members collect as much meaningful information about the student as possible. Aside from the student’s academic data, it is important to know other information that would be valuable to the creation of the RTI plan. Knowing the interest of the student would be beneficial because, this information can create a way to capture the student’s attention and maintain focus. This information can be gathered from conducting an Interest Survey. This survey should be made up of questions that reveal the interest of the individual student. In addition, it is also important to know how the student prefer to learn. The RTI team can gather this information by conducting an interview with the child. The developmental history of the child is also important. The parent(s) should be one of the main sources
The general education teacher can keep records of the student’s progress. These records will inform the RTI team about how well the plan is working. In addition, they should attend meetings and keep in touch with the parents. The principal should play an important role of the RTI team as well. The principal should consult with teachers and attend RTI meetings. The principal should oversee the administrative details of the RTI plan. Also, the principal should assign staff to work with students. The school psychologist will be helpful for administering some assessments, and attending meeting. Also, the school psychologist can help to provide training to other RTI members, and create behavior intervention plans for individual students. The RTI coordinator should be responsible for scheduling meeting and keeping the parents involved. This person can also track students’ progress, and maintain RTI data. The reading specialist can also be used to keep track of the student’s progress, and inform parents of resources they can use at home to assist the their child. Helping to select reading and screening material is also an important role for the reading specialist. The support staff would be a great for implementing the RTI plan inside the classroom with the student. The support staff should also intervene, collect data, and attend meetings. The speech and language specialist would be great for working with students who language barriers affect their academic skills. In addition, they would also be great for administering student assessments, and attending team meetings. When creating a RTI plan, it is crucial that the team members collect as much meaningful information about the student as possible. Aside from the student’s academic data, it is important to know other information that would be valuable to the creation of the RTI plan. Knowing the interest of the student would be beneficial because, this information can create a way to capture the student’s attention and maintain focus. This information can be gathered from conducting an Interest Survey. This survey should be made up of questions that reveal the interest of the individual student. In addition, it is also important to know how the student prefer to learn. The RTI team can gather this information by conducting an interview with the child. The developmental history of the child is also important. The parent(s) should be one of the main sources