Pyramid Response to Intervention: RTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don't Learn

by Chris Weber, Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos

Finalist : Association of Educational Publishers 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award Accessible language and compelling stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process. Written by award-winning educators from successful PLC schools, this book demonstrates how to create three tiers of interventions--from basic to intensive--to address student learning gaps. You will understand what a successful program looks like, and the many reproducible forms and activities will help your team understand how to make RTI work in your school.
Chapter 1: What Is Pyramid Response to Intervention?
Chapter 2: The Facts About RTI
Chapter 3: RTI Models
Chapter 4: Laying the A Professional Learning Community
Chapter 5: Learning CPR
Chapter 6: Tier 1: The Core Program
Chapter 7: Tier 2: The Supplemental Level
Chapter 8: Tier 3: The Intensive Level
Chapter 9: The Role of Behavioral Interventions
Chapter 10: Meeting Legal Requirements
Chapter 11: Putting It All Together
A Moral Responsibility

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction, Grad School

132 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published August 11, 2008

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 2018-2019 school year started in my area last week with the arrival of the teachers( admin has been back since August 6th)so pleasure reading has been overtaken by professional development. I find myself in a new role within an elementary school as a resource teacher. I am excited but also nervous! I had a great chat with my colleagues yesterday and since grades 1-3 actively pursue an RTI model, I really felt that I needed to brush up and get in that mindset. This is a fairly decent resource that discusses intervention at both elementary and secondary levels. Maybe not my favorite RTI book, but I found it was useful and took some "reminder" notes when I have those discouraging days.

[Kirsty Cochrane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this to be one of the best books that I have read on Education in a long time. It was written for teachers with real life examples and usable proformas. I am currently developing RTI for use in my school and have found this book easy to understand and providing me with a great starting point for developing the model.

[David Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read especially if your school had the Intervention process and you are looking to make it better. I am motivated to review our Tier Interventions for each grade level and see what can be improved. As a leader in the school I have reflected on what I can do to be better in this process and now I have ideas, example, and websites to help me along the way.

[Sara B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great intro to RtI, especially as my district is moving this direction. Gave me a clear idea of what we are already doing and where we need to go.

[Ashley H · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides a different look and twist into the RTI process for teachers and school administrators. Instead of solely developing a intervention plan by yourself as the classroom teacher, this book shows you how working as a grade level Professional Learning Community can best support your schools students.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent professional read. I appreciated the use of case studies, rather than the dissertation-type approach of many professional books. I didn't think it was mind blowing, but it did pose some good questions and validated some of my current beliefs.

[Noelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

It just makes sense.

[Marcie Rader · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK, have to read it. What can I say? Clock hours? Yep, that about says it all...

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic overview of the reltionship between the RTI, PLCs and student success.

[Alicia]

We are reading this as a staff at Leavitt. So far, sort of slow, but I have only read the first three chapters and it is only an introduction to RTI and sort of justifying it.

[Jillian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Makes RTI easy to understand.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful resource and explanation of RTI implementation withing A PLC...great discussion as a result

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the professional information this book provided. It was one assigned book that I didn't mind reading.

[Amber Flores · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information, quick read and reference

[Taboom563 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did my summer reading...lol

[Jenn Engle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too generalized...thank goodness for the Web resources the authors cited.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vague but motivational and good resources included. A nice general book study and a fair introduction to RTI.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Work-related mandatory reading.