It's About Time: Planning Interventions and Extensions in Secondary School

Carve out effective intervention and extension time at all three tiers of the RTI pyramid. Explore more than a dozen examples of creative and flexible scheduling, and gain access to tools you can use immediately to overcome implementation challenges. This book is full of examples from real schools that have achieved these results without using additional resources or extending the school day. Benefits: Learn to build time into the school day to support students who need intervention. Read accounts of secondary school educators who have successfully implemented response to intervention practices. Understand the challenges of creating intervention time, and gain tips to overcome them. Access resources to support your school's or district's intervention policies. Contents: Introduction: Harnessing the Power of Time Chapter 1: Making Time for Interventions During Core Instruction Chapter 2: Co-Teaching the RTI and PLC Way Chapter 3: The Most Effective Intervention Is Prevention Chapter 4: Three Doses of Intervention and Acceleration Chapter 5: A Promise to Learn at High Levels Chapter 6: Creating Plus Time and the Culture to Use It Chapter 7: The FLEX Schedule Chapter 8: Building and Sustaining a Culture That Supports Learning for All Chapter 9: The Power to Change Lives: Creating a Secondary Intensive Reading Intervention Model Chapter 10: Maximizing Student Learning Through a Compassionate Response to Intervention Model Chapter 11: From a Last Resort to a Model School of Choice Chapter 12: Personalizing Learning Through Online Interventions