Week 4 - Assignment 1

RTI is a reading intervention strategy that allows for students to get the necessary interventions they need without losing precious time. RTI is used in many schools and it is very successful in Literacy development and intervention. RTI is based on a three tier system. The first tier is excellent differentiated class instruction given to all students by a qualified instructor at least three hours a day.  Approximately 80 to 85% do well with no intervention after tier one. However the teacher will notice and look out for students who are struggling to grasp core concepts or have a specific reading problem. These students will then right away become part of tier 2 and receive an additional 30 minutes of small group directed instruction. All students in tier two continue in tier one regular class instruction as well. This intervention should help most students get back on track and mainstreamed. This extra guided help by an assistant teacher or homeroom teacher is so important so the student does not lag even farther behind. Hopefully with a little boost the student will be back to the level of his peers. If a student is still not keeping up after tier two and needs a more intense intervention plan they move to tier three. Tier three provides students with a more intense intervention including a special education evaluation/teacher and smaller more individualized group instruction.

RTI is a wonderful intervention system however not every school has the resources and funds to involvement it into every classroom. I would like to know how every classroom can use this system to make sure no child slips through the cracks or has their reading issues go unnoticed.