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Strand 6: RtI Coaching

Presenter
Shannon Harken, Heartland AEA 11, Johnston, IA

Amelia VanName Larson; District School Board of Pasco County, Land O' Lakes, FL

Committee Facilitators:

Amber Roderick-Landward & Dave Tilly, Ph.D.

Who Should Attend?
Individuals at the district or building level with responsibilities to provide direct support for RtI implementation.

Description:
This strand is designed to explore issues related to coaching staff through various phases of RtI implementation. Presenters will provide strategies and troubleshooting related to consensus building, infrastructure development, and implementation. Examples and activities will address coaching practices that apply to RtI for both social and academic domains.

Note: This is not a beginner-level session. The presenters will assume basic knowledge of RtI viewpoints and practices, including basic knowledge of using data in a problem-solving model.

Prerequisites:
Participants who register for this strand should have already had an overview of RtI and have a good understanding of the underlying practices and beliefs. This session assumes decisions with RtI have, or are, being made and will direct attention to the role of coaching in supporting data driven decision-making.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of training, participants will:

  1. Understand the role of coaching in supporting building-level RtI practices that increase student achievement;
  2. Understand the role of coaching in supporting high quality Tier I instruction;
  3. Understand the critical steps in the collaborative data team meetings; 
  4. Understand the structure a team meeting must follow during benchmark meetings versus weekly meetings;
  5. Have practiced useful skills needed when working with a staff or individual around building consensus, infrastructure development, and implementation of RtI practices;
  6. Have an expanded repertoire of strategies to use when providing support to colleagues at various levels of understanding and implementation with their practices;
  7. Have practiced useful skills needed when running team meetings; 
  8. Have created a network.