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Discussion: Marjorie Y. Lipson

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juliebwise	Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 12 2011, 10:23 PM EDT What are the key concepts related to response to intervention and how does this approach improve literacy instruction for all students? Post reply Do you find this valuable? Keyword tags: keynote presentation Marjorie Y. Lipson RTI commission
JimSnelbaker	1. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 10:07 AM EDT I wonder if more poor students fail to learn to read due to their parents' lack of time/effort/ability to promote this at home? How to we get the parents involved? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
SlatonM	2. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 12:02 PM EDT "What are the key concepts related to response to intervention and how does this approach improve literacy instruction for all students?" Dr. Lipson shared a great deal of powerful information. However, the key concept to improve literacy instruction for ALL students is quality instruction. Quality instruction comes from teachers who both know their subject (literacy) and know their students. I think Dick Allington stated it best: "Educational research can be summed up in four words: Kids differ, teachers matter!". Post reply Do you find this valuable?
JoleneKingston	3. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 12:28 PM EDT The components of RTI that seem most appealing to me as a teacher are the flexibility with which it is implemented and the fact that it is not characterized as an approach to be implemented by only one person in the building. I think it will benefit the widest spectrum of students since there is an emphasis on ongoing evaluation to determine the needs of each student and to apapt what you are doing to the student's needs. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
stephsnelbaker	4. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 12:33 PM EDT Dr. Lipson shared lots of great points. What I am wondering, however, is how does a classroom teacher get administration to drive the RTI initiatives? Without administration facilitating, teachers have little authority to establish the "buy in" and develop the kind of collaboration needed to be effective. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
KirstyHouck	5. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 12:41 PM EDT I found this presentation very enlightening. As a high school teacher I can honestly say that I have very little knowledge of RTII. After listening to Dr. Lipson I feel as if I understand the purpose, challenges, and implications of RTII. The key message that I take home from the presentation was that good teaching is key to successful students and that collaboration is essential for RTII. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
CarrieThompson	6. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 12:43 PM EDT This presentation was meaningful for me because I know so little about RTII. Now I have a better understanding of how it works. I'm still wondering how, as a secondary content teacher, this is going to work. I agree that good instruction matters most and I feel that needs to be addressed more at the secondary level. I think there needs to be a more rigorous way of evaluating teachers so that excellent instruction is available to all students. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
kasibuchanan	7. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 1:10 PM EDT I enjoyed listening to Dr. Lipson's presentation since I am not very familiar with RTII. One of the main ideas that I got from her is that there is no intervention technique that works with all students. It is important to try a variety of techniques with a student to see what works best for him/her. I also learned how important it is for teachers and adminsitrators from a school to work together with a unified vision of student improvement instead of doing random actions of school improvement. I liked Dr. Lipson's analogy of a school with too many initiatives to a Christmas Tree that is overly decorated to the extent that it no longer looks nice. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
banzhokm	8. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 1:34 PM EDT I learned alot from you today. I had some very limited knowledge of RTII so your presentation really helped me get a better grasp of the concept Post reply Do you find this valuable?
KristinHahn	9. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 1:44 PM EDT I now have a better understanding of RtII and feel validated that my role as a learning support teacher needs to be one of prevention as well as remediation. Marjorie Lipson was great to listen to as an introduction to the week. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
ACushatt	10. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:06 PM EDT When Response to Intervention (RTI) is implemented in a school, any student that is demonstrating an academic weakness receives immediate attention from a team of educators and an action plan is put into place. It is the challenge of RTI to meet the needs of students as soon as it is noticed rather than wait to they fail. The most common RTI model has three tiers. The tiers progress from whole class instruction (tier 1) to intervention with a few students (tier 3). The goal of the intervention is to get the students back into the classroom. RTI requires educators to work collaboratively and develop goals and plans for all teachers to implement in the classroom so that all students are able to succeed. Further, RTI is based on the fact that there must be good first instruction that is based on research and driven by assessment. What student wouldn’t benefit from that? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
bryantwforeman	11. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:06 PM EDT I came here today with only a basic knowledge of RTII. After listening to the presenter, I now have a better understanding of the components of this approach. A solid core instruction, teacher expertise, staff collaboration, and analysis of all forms of data are just a few key components to make this approach successful. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Andreachiccarine	12. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:07 PM EDT I find the key concepts of RTI include the creation of developmentally appropriate instruction for all students and the generation of specific interventions geared towards students in need. I do believe that literacy instruction is improved though the whole process including the Initial collaboration and planning, which leads to “better” differentiated instruction that is responsive to student’s needs. Assessments are used to continue to form appropriate instruction. Varieties of materials and resources are used to generate interventions based on specific student needs. The goal is to rejoin the student back into the classroom. It is a wonderful system if done correctly. My only concern is how do schools determine that they have "effective" teachers taking the time to create the responsive, differentiated literacy instruction to begin with?? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
JodieLauber	13. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:08 PM EDT It hit home for me when Marjorie Lipson talked about the “Christmas Tree Schools” in her presentation today. We see this time and time again as educators…often times schools hear about some new initiative or some program another school is trying and are anxious to jump on board. This happens over and over and as soon as we get into trying something new, we seem to abandon it and move on to trying something else. This never gives us the true opportunity to see something through till the end. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
jenniferstrobeck	14. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:14 PM EDT I was glad to hear Marjorie speak of the importance of everyone needing to collaborate when working with our students (LS, Reading, classroom teacher) . At my school, we do this at a small level, but our schedule for next year will allow us more time to collaborate to meet student needs through RtI and core classroom instruction. Another thing that I thought was interesting is that RTI is not a "one size fits all" approach. In my district, every elementary building is doing RTI differently, and it is working for each school in its own way. Every building has different students, teachers, materials, resources, and time . Ttherefore RTI must look differently to meet student needs in each building. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
BarbaraPeachey	15. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:14 PM EDT I can't help but wonder how current budgetary constraints on our education systems will impact intervention programs. We are seeing staff and program cuts that will directly affect our most needy learners. Dr. Lipson highlighted the need for quality instruction. It's so frustrating when we are fighting such financial hurdles. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Rachel_Lenhart	16. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:15 PM EDT After hearing Dr. Lipson speak I have a much better understanding of RTII. My school implements RTII in K-3. As a 4th grade teacher I am not directly involved in this intervention, but I feel much more knowledgeable about RTII. I really liked what she said about allow students to exit the reading specialist's pull out groups once they reach their benchmark. It seems like an obvious and simple idea, but may of us do not do that. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Almqukat	17. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:21 PM EDT I really appreciated the chart that Lipson provided for us showing the "Possible RTI Approach" and how it is cyclical. I am able to visualize tiers 1-4 and the cycle that they go through in order to allow students to make the needed growth. I wonder if sometimes we skip tier 3 and jump right to tier 4 and a referal to special education? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
carriemarvis	18. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:21 PM EDT I agree with Dr. Lipson when she stated the importance of collaboration. Teachers and reading specialists must work together to ensure all instruction is aligned. This will benefit students and help them reach their full potential rather than constantly back pedaling because they're learning two different things in two different classrooms. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
abbierider	19. RE: Marjorie Y. Lipson Jun 20 2011, 2:22 PM EDT All too often I have heard the statement. "Just wait until this kid qualifies." and it kills me! In a perfect world it would be fantastic if all educators were able to collaborate to work together to make sure we are meeting the needs of our students as soon as possible. I think we are stuck in the silo effect. Teaches are doing great things all over the place but we are not all working together for cohesion. Post reply Do you find this valuable?