Square Up to RTI2
Response to Instruction & Intervention: April 2024
In this issue...
Spring Screener Dates
April 24- May 14 (all grades)
Spring Benchmark Screening
Click here to view the required assessments for each grade band.
A universal screener is a brief screening assessment of academic skills (i.e. basic reading skills, reading fluency, reading comprehension, math calculation, math problem solving, written expression) administered to ALL students to determine whether students demonstrate the skills necessary to achieve grade-level standards.
This folder contains all the materials needed for Spring Benchmark. Please pay close attention to the guidance about testing conditions and standardized scripts since the results may be used as a pathway for promotion and also indicate criteria for ILP-D.
Come join us for this opportunity to support out students!
Data Meetings
Data Meetings may look different as we move forward following new state guidance. The team is tasked with matching interventions with the specific area of deficit for each student, monitoring progress, and making adjustments as needed. The team needs to meet at least quarterly and after each universal screening window.
Reading Rangers
- Students in T3 may be added to Reading Rangers
- Click Here for directions on how to add students.
MTSU Center for Dyslexia Training Opportunity
Micro Moves to Strengthen Intervention
Written Expression
Students are screened for Written Expression through the aimswebPlus Universal Screener that is given three times per year. Our canvas course offers guidance to determine if a student might benefit from Written Expression intervention. You can join here.
Many of our intervention materials offer Written Expression components. REWARDS has an excellent tool for students 5th grade and above. Please reach out to your facilitator if you have questions!
It's All About Differentiation
Join this webinar with Nancy Young and Jan Hasbrouck.
All students deserve appropriate instruction differentiated to their unique needs. In this live and recorded webinar, Nancy Young, Ed.D., and Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D., unpack the popular Ladder of Reading & Writing infographic as a visual tool for the range of student reading abilities. To support students on their literacy journey, participants will examine key terminology, instructional content, and needs-based methods while they explore new findings from the ever-evolving science of reading. This webinar will discuss effective and joyful ways to deliver differentiated instruction for all students on the reading continuum.
TAMS Conference
Click here to register for TAMS Summer Conference.
Educator Spotlight
Schools were awarded a Priority Grant to pilot the implementation of Benchmark Advance Phonics Skills resources to measure the impact of continuity of curriculum within the Tier 2 intervention. Congratulations to the following schools: Inskip Elementary (Stephanie Dunn), South Knox Elementary (Susan Parker), and West Hills Elementary (Maria Collier).
Podcasts
Materials Ordering Links
Click on these links to order materials:
The SPIRE placement test is available here and should be used to determine appropriate placement of students.
Intervention Menus
Department Staff
Paula Sarver
RTI2 Specialist/Region 5
Kalie Snipes
Secondary Math RTI2 Facilitator, District
Beth Underwood
RTI2 District Facilitator
bethany.underwood@knoxschools.org
Peggy Burkey
RTI2 Facilitator Region 1
Jan Coopwood
RTI2 Facilitator Region 2
Ashley Hurst
RTI2 Facilitator Region 3
Tammy Farmer
RTI2 Facilitator Region 4
Judy Fugate
RTI2 Facilitator Region 5