Year Long Professional Development Schedule for RTI

Training and Implementation

Professional
Development Date and
Time

Topic and Objective

Wednesday August 19,

2015
10:30am-12:00pm

Topic: What is RTI?

Objective: All staff members will
understand the purpose, positive
effects, and main components of
RTI.

Tuesday, September
15, 2015
6:30pm-7:00pm

Tuesday, September
22, 2015
2:10pm-3:00pm

Tuesday, October 6,
2015
2:10-3:00pm
Tuesday, October 20,
2015
2:10-3:00pm

Topic: PTO Meeting Introduction of

RTI to Parents
Objective: Parents will understand
the purpose, positive effects, and
main components of RTI.
Topic: Universal Screening
Objective: All teachers will learn
how universal screening can help
to set a baseline from which to
identify struggling students and
compare progress towards a goal.
Teachers will understand what form
of assessment will be used for
universal screening.
Topic: Referral Practices and
Documentation
Objective: Teachers will understand
the referral method for at risk
students and the proper
documentation to be completed.
Topic: Tier I Interventions
Objective: All teachers will acquire
ideas and methods for
differentiated instruction and
evidence based interventions

Tuesday, November 3,
2015
2:10-3:00pm

Tuesday, November
17, 2015
2:10-3:00pm
Tuesday, December 1,
2015
2:10-3:00pm

Tuesday, December
15, 2015
2:10-3:00pm

Tuesday, February 2,
2015
2:10-3:00pm

Tuesday, March 15,

2015
2:10-3:00pm

within the general education

classroom.
Topic: Data Analysis
Objective: Grade level team
members will graph and analyze
data from universal screening to
identify struggling students.
Teachers will create education
profiles for students identifying
strengths and weaknesses.
Topic: Progress Monitoring
Objective: Teachers will acquire
techniques and resources for
monitoring progress.
Topic: Tier II Intervention TrainingSpellRead
Objective: Support Team members
will be trained in Tier II
interventions using SpellRead.
Topic: Progress Monitoring and Data
Analysis
Objective: Teachers will understand
how to use progress-monitoring
worksheets to graph and analyze
data.
Topic: Data Analysis
Objective: Teachers will graph and
analyze student data from mid year
assessments to determine if there
are students who have not made
growth. Teachers will plan next
steps for students who have not
made progress from the beginning
of the year.
Topic: Evaluation
Objective: Teachers will complete
an evaluation to show whether
they find the RTI implementation
process to be effective thus far.

Teachers will discuss questions and

concerns about the process.
Topic: Evaluation
Objective: The Navigation Team will
meet to complete an evaluation
Tuesday, March 29,
and review the teachers
2015
evaluation. The Navigation will plan
2:10-3:00pm
next steps for implementation and
professional development for the
remainder of the year.
Tuesday, April 12,
Topic: TBD
2015
Objective: Topics will be reviewed
2:10-3:00pm
and clarified according to teacher
concerns from the PD on March 15.
Topic: Evaluation and Next Steps
Objective: The Navigation Team will
Tuesday, May 24, 2015
gather to discuss the success of RTI
2:10-3:00pm
implementation and next steps for
the next school year.