Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: RTI Dilemma A fourth grade teacher teaches all subject areas. The self-contained class includes many students who are below grade-level in Math and Reading. The teacher is moving through the tiers of intervention. Several of the students are in tier 2, while others are in tier 3. The teacher has provided some programmatic interventions for each student. The instructional coach feels that the teacher needs to consistently work one-on-one with each student to meet each of their needs. The teacher feels like there is not enough time to systematically address the needs of each student in the necessary subject areas and maintains that the interventions for each student need to be programmatic. Is there common ground? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) While there is not way to work one-on-one with each student every day in every subject you teach, you can set up a schedule for the week. Each student will receive one-on-one instructional time with the teacher at least one per week for a set amount of time. This can be done while the class is working independently, or it can also be done when the class is going through rotations in an activity. The teacher can offer tutoring hours after school, and the parents can be notified. This can be schedule for students as well. The easiest way, although this is not one-on-one, is to place students in small groups homogenously for some lessons/activities and heterogeneously for other lessons/activities. You want to mix it up so that the students do not detect who is in the "smart group" and vice versa. Depending on the skill you are targeting, homogenous groups allow you to rotate and work with 3-4 students at a time that are one the same level and/or have the same deficiencies. Grouping students heterogeneously also allows you to rotate and see what the students are learning from each other. Peer tutors are great as well! We can't do it all, but there are strategies you can use to target as many instructional needs as possible.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Great Solution! Rated On: March 20, 2015 5:28 pm Rated By: aSaByN                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: There are several positive strategies listed in this solution. Rated On: October 17, 2015 2:39 pm Rated By: eMaGeB                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: i agree with you. you have wonderful solutions to the issue. Rated On: October 19, 2015 2:54 am Rated By: aQaWus                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I like this solution the best. Rated On: February 24, 2019 11:54 pm Rated By: Myria Coure