Taking Action. Austin Buffum
Access to Essential Grade-Level Curriculum
Action 2: Identify and Teach Essential Academic and Social Behaviors
How Do We Establish Common Expectations?
How Do We Target Instruction?
How Do We Reinforce Positive Behavior?
Action 3: Provide Preventions to Proactively Support Student Success
Preventions to Proactively Support Student Success
Conclusion
Tier 2 Teacher Team Essential Actions
Action 1: Design and Lead Supplemental Interventions for Academic Essential Standards
RTI at Work Pro-Solve Intervention Targeting Process: Tier 1 and Tier 2
KASAB Chart
Action 2: Consider Screening in Immediate Prerequisite Skills
Action 3: Monitor the Progress of Students Receiving Supplemental Supports
RTI at Work Pro-Solve Intervention Monitoring Plan: Tier 1 and Tier 2
Action 4: Extend Student Learning
Conclusion
Tier 2 Schoolwide Essential Actions
Action 1: Schedule Time for Supplemental Interventions
Creating Flexible Time Worksheet: Critical Considerations
Using Flexible Time Well
Action 2: Establish a Process for Schoolwide Student Intervention Identification
Establishing a Process for Schoolwide Student Intervention Identification
Action 3: Plan and Implement Supplemental Interventions for Essential Social and Academic Behaviors
Reasons Why Students Might Fail to Complete Homework
Supplemental Interventions for Essential Academic and Social Behaviors: Critical Questions
Action 4: Coordinate Interventions for Students Needing Skill and Will Supports
Conclusion
Tier 3 Schoolwide Essential Actions
Action 1: Identify Students Needing Intensive Support
Universal Screening Planning Guide
Action 2: Create a Dynamic, Problem-Solving Site Intervention Team
Building a Site Intervention Team
Dimensions of Success
Action 3: Prioritize Resources Based on Greatest Student Needs
RTI at Work Pro-Solve Intervention Targeting Process: Tier 3
Action 4: Create a Systematic and Timely Process to Refer Students to the Site Intervention Team
RTI at Work Pro-Solve Intervention Monitoring Plan: Tier 3
Action 5: Assess Intervention Effectiveness
Intervention Evaluation and Alignment Chart
Intervention Evaluation and Alignment Chart Protocol
Conclusion
Tier 3 Intervention Team Essential Actions
Action 1: Diagnose, Target, Prioritize, and Monitor Tier 3 Interventions
Action 2: Ensure Proper Intervention Intensity
Ensuring Proper Intensity for Tier 3 Interventions
Action 3: Determine if Special Education Is Needed and Justifiable
Critical Questions for Special Education Identification
Conclusion
RTI at Work Essential Actions for Tiers 1, 2, and 3
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Austin Buffum, EdD, has forty-seven years of experience in public schools. His many roles include serving as former senior deputy superintendent of California’s Capistrano Unified School District. Austin has presented in over nine hundred school districts throughout the United States and around the world. He delivers trainings and presentations on the response to intervention (RTI) at Work model. This tiered approach to response to intervention is centered on Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work concepts and strategies to ensure every student receives the time and support necessary to succeed. Austin also delivers workshops and presentations that provide the tools educators need to build and sustain PLCs.
Austin was selected 2006 Curriculum and Instruction Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators. He attended the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was greatly inspired by its founder, Roland Barth, an early advocate of the