CARE Model: Planning Tool from 5301 Week 4 assignment

Tool 8.1 CARE Model: Planning Tool

Identify Concerns that must change (look to the future)

(Assign points to concerns from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important issues to consider.)

1. Consistency is pertinent for RTI to succeed as a whole.

2. Training through the region center or by administration to educate teachers on the process and steps will happen to implement RTI for at risk students.

3. Follow up, feedback, and assessment is a must for teacher buy in. Teachers need to know this is the only way to acquire needed documentation for a child to be referred to special education or 504.

Identify Affirmations that must be sustained (look to the present)

(Assign points to affirmations from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important issues to consider.)

1. Through RTI, less demand for referrals to special education.

2. Collaboration within RTI committee helps the general education teacher create interventions for her/his at risk students.

3. RTI committee is overseen by administration. Administration is directly involved.

SMART Recommendations that must be implemented:

(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely)

(Assign points to recommendations from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important recommendations to implement.)

1. At risk students are identified by general education teachers.

2. Student success is measured through informal and formal assessment, thus making sure the student is having positive experiences learning within the appropriate goals set during intervention.

3. Following through with intervention, then, following up with RTI committee to discuss intervention success or failure.

EVALUATE – Specifically and Often

(Identify the best ways to evaluate the implemented recommendations.)

1. General education teacher generates documentation of success or failure of intervention.

2. Committee meets and assesses data provided by general education teacher after she/he has carried out first/second Tier interventions created by RTI committee.

3. Stopping at Tier 1 or Tier 2 if intervention has been successful. If needing to go onto Tier 3, make sure a special education representative is present for recommendations.

Action Research Plan

Action Research Plan

Goal:  Improving and restructuring RTI process for Krueger Elementary

Action Steps	Person/s Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1) RTI Professional development will be the first activity designed to achieve the objective. All faculty will attend an online RTI training from Region 13	Lynda Large Krueger Elementary assistant principal) will be the person responsible for this action research plan.	The timeline for this action research project will begin the week of August 20, 2012 and end June 2012.	Julie Brown (Krueger Elementary principal) and Lynda Large are still looking at a couple of different RTI formats for our RTI committee to use. We want to find one that will fit our campus needs.	The process for monitoring the achievement of goals and objectives will be an RTI program from our campus service center Region 13.
An RTI committee will be formed.	Principal- Julie Brown		RTI information from 2011-2012 school year will be acquired and studied. Outcomes of success and possible referrals for special education will be noted.	Faculty will be trained on how to use the appropriate paperwork.
. From that time on, meeting with the RTI committee will be ongoing. Follow up on each student will be decided as an intervention is created.	RTI Committee Members

Action Research Statement:  How can the Krueger Elementary Response to Intervention (RTI) process be improved upon to create more effective results for our at risk students?

Action Research Blueprint:  

1. My objective for this action research plan is to improve the Response to Intervention process at Krueger Elementary based on a restructuring of the RTI process.

2. RTI Professional development will be the first activity designed to achieve the objective. All faculty will attend an online RTI training from Region 13.  From that time on, meeting with the RTI committee will be ongoing. Follow up on each student will be decided as an intervention is created.

3. RTI information from 2011-2012 school year will be acquired and studied. Outcomes of success and possible referrals for special education will be noted.

4 The timeline for this action research project will begin the week of August 20, 2012 and end June 2012.

5. Lynda Large Krueger Elementary assistant principal) will be the person responsible for this action research plan.

6. The process for monitoring the achievement of goals and objectives will be an RTI program from our campus service center Region 13.

7. Julie Brown (Krueger Elementary principal) and Lynda Large are still looking at a couple of different RTI formats for our RTI committee to use. We want to find one that will fit our campus needs.