RtI Tracking Tool at a Glance
RESPONSE to INTERVENTION Tracking Tool At-a-Glance (K-12)
Overview
During the 2006-2007 school year through the Deployment Team's work on school and district dashboards, a gap was identified in the systematic collection and review of data pertaining to behavior and academic interventions. In 2007-2008, a District RtI committee was established to increase awareness of RtI, identify gaps and consistencies across the system, celebrate best practices, and develop a consistent approach to K-12 interventions.
While committee work was underway, an attempt was made to document the intervention process at four schools (Burleigh, PPMS, Tonawanda, WHMS) with the goal of developing an electronic tracking tool for consistent use across our system.
Technology Plan Goal Addressed
- Goal #1: Integrate Technology with Student Learning Initiatives
- Goal #2: Support Continuous Improvement through the Development or Acquisition of New Applications
- Goal #3: Maintain System Integrity
2008-2009 Elmbrook Environment
During the summer of 2008, finishing touches will be completed on the first phase of this tracking tool. The tool will allow for:
- Documentation of classroom interventions already attempted before beginning the referral process
- Assignment of formal intervention with specific timeline, person responsible, updates required, and progress indicator with measurable data
- "Dashboard" view of all interventions in progress at a school for RtI team to monitor and discuss
- Global report that can analyze interventions in progress, status of interventions, and success rate
- Archived "tab" in Infinite Campus that tracks all interventions assigned to a particular student that can pass from grade to grade, and level (elementary or middle) to level (middle or high)
Goals
- To implement, evaluate, and refine an intervention tracking tool seamlessly integrated with Infinite Campus that supports the implementation of RtI
- As interventions, strategies, and measurement tools are identified and selected by the RtI committee, incorporate those decisions into the tracking tool
- Develop an e-mail system that notifies responsible parties of intervention updates coming due, missing updates, or students in need of an intervention review (2-3 consecutive updates not meeting established progress/goals)
- Develop dashboard tool and administrative reports to help monitor interventions in progress and their ultimate success/failure
Resources Needed
- Development time from Web Developer
- Continued cooperation of schools to test, implement, provide feedback on the tool
Primary Contact(s)
- Chris Thompson (x1163) - Strategic
- Kyle Holder (x1159) - Development
Key Dates/Timeline for Implementation
- September, 2008 - Tool is implemented at 2-4 schools for testing/feedback
- Sept - Dec, 2008 - Feedback is received and changes are made to the tool during pilot use
- Sept - May, 2008 - Integrate changes and decisions made by the RtI committee into the tool
- Jan, 2008 - Scale use to an entire school, and/or consider piloting at a high school
- Sept, 2009 - Implement the RtI tracking tool at all schools
Related Initiatives
- RtI Committee
- Deployment Team - Dashboard Development, Continuous Improvement
Key Talking Points
- The RtI tracking tool will facilitate the federal mandate to document interventions with specific and measurable targets throughout our system
- Intervention information recorded in Infinite Campus will be tracked by individual student and be available to teachers as a student moves from grade to grade, and level to level. Typically this information has been absorbed by the classroom teacher and guidance counselor and inconsistently disseminated to new teachers, oftentimes lost over time
- As the RtI Committee develops a consistent process and assessment and progress monitoring tools, Elmbrook will have an electronic tool to document and monitor progress