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An Introduction to RTI Problem-Solving Teams
 
Workshop Description:
In the RTI model, the Problem-Solving Team (‘RTI Team’) is responsible for creating intensive, customized intervention plans for struggling general-education students who have failed to respond to lesser levels of academic or behavioral support. The RTI Team is made up of a diverse group of school professionals that meet with referring classroom teachers to assist them in identifying their central concerns about unsuccessful students and to design intervention plans to help those students to achieve success.
 
This workshop provides guidance to schools to set up effective RTI Teams in elementary and secondary buildings. The team problem-solving model presented in the workshop is adapted from the highly successful School-Based Intervention Team (SBIT) Project, a pioneering initiative first piloted in the early 1990's by the Syracuse (NY) City School District. Participants are trained to perform each of the RTI Team roles (facilitator, recorder, case manager, time-keeper).and to follow the problem-solving steps of the RTI meeting. The training provides modeling of effective team problem-solving and gives participants an opportunity to engage in a practice RTI Team activities to reinforce workshop content. The training also prepares participants to anticipate and avoid common Problem-Solving Team 'pitfalls'. The workshop concludes with a review of free web resources to assist RTI Teams in their work.
 
Workshop Outcomes
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will:
 
  • understand the central role of the RTI Problem-Solving Team in assisting schools to create customized, intensive academic and behavioral intervention plans.
  • be familiar with the steps and scripted roles of an RTI Team meeting.
  • be aware of common ‘pitfalls—such as limited data collection—that can confront RTI Teams.
  • acquire strategies for interacting in an accepting, collegial manner with teachers who refer students to the RTI Team.