Leadership+Support

What types of support do you need as leaders to help implement RTI/AIS? What other questions do you have? Please capture your questions and discussions in this space. Include contact information if you are willing to be contacted by others.**
 * Leadership Support

What support would you like to see provided to leaders? What do you envision it could look like? A: Something that could be useful is a handbook for "If..., try ...." A: How can we support and help the teachers to see the silver lining, so this isn't just another "thing to do"? A: We know what the overall silver lining is: the effect on students. We need to be able to boost their abilities, and let them know they know more thank they think they do. A: But the "big picture" silver lining is different silver lining int he classroom. We need to give teachers support, resources, etc. Sometimes teachers thing the best help for a student is special ed. A: Once teachers see the results from trying the ideas/interventions, they will get very excited and will see the benefits. But you have to provide support, structures, scheduling. A: It's almost like a 3-legged-stool: DI, RTI, and ____ (sorry! I didn't hear, and that's very important!!) to help ALL students. A: COMMUNICATION, and exposure to big picture. A: Each layer helps us be better at educating students. A: It's important that we don't forget the values that teachers are going in with; the more that a teacher comes in with the impression that this is second-order change, the more resistance there will be. A: Keeping data isoverwhelming and time-consuming, so help in that sphere will lessen resistance. A: We need to lobby for change in higher ed. A: The piece of RTI that teachers are asking for help on is the behavior piece.