Illinois Response to Intervention (RtI)
RFP
- State Personnel Development Grant: Illinois RtI Network Request for Proposals (RFP) - Application Closed
Items of Interest
OSEP has released a PowerPoint presentation that provides some guidance on the use of federal funds to support response-to-intervention initiatives. This guidance clarifies how Title I, as well as Title III funds for English-language learners and Coordinated Early Intervening Services funds under IDEA, may be used to support tiered interventions and progress monitoring in an RTI model without violating the programs’ fiscal rules. The presentation, Implementing RTI Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds: Key Issues for Decision-makers, is available at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/rtifiles/rti.pdf 
NASDSE RtI Blueprints Now Available
District and School Building Level RtI Blueprints are now available from NASDSE. Go to the NASDSE Website Homepage at www.nasdse.org and look under What’s New for details. These blueprints can be downloaded for free and print copies are available for only $10 plus shipping costs.
- The
Illinois State Response to Intervention (RtI) Plan
- State Plan for Scaling Up Response to Intervention
Illinois Response to Intervention (RtI) District Self-Assessment Template
With the development of the State RtI plan, the next step for the stakeholder group was to develop a district self-assessment template. The stakeholder group reviewed self-assessment tools from multiple technical assistance projects, such as ASPIRE, PBIS, and CHOICES. Additionally, the group reviewed RtI self-assessment tools from several different states.
The purpose of this self-assessment template is to assist districts in determining their initial readiness toward implementation of RtI to meet the learning needs of ALL students. This template will assist districts in gathering baseline information regarding current resources and practices addressing scientific research-based instruction, progress monitoring, ongoing assessment and levels of intervention and problem-solving.
ISBE provided a webcast training session on the Illinois Response to Intervention (RtI) District Self-Assessment on Friday, April 11, 2008.
The link to view the webcast is http://www.state.il.us/video/streaming/isbe/response-to-intervention-041108.asx.
The PowerPoint materials used during the webcast can be accessed at http://www.isbe.net/RtI_plan/rti_plan.pdf. (Updated 5/7/08)
Resources
- Response to Intervention Trainer Application
- Specific Learning Disability Webpage (examples: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Dypraxia)
- Tiered Interventions in High Schools: Using Preliminary 'Lessons Learned' to Guide Ongoing Discussion
- RTI Action Network
- NDPC-SD Telephone seminar on "Supporting School Completion for Adolescent English Language Learners through Response to Intervention May 27th
- Illinois Special Education Eligibility and Entitlement Procedures and Criteria within a Response to Intervention (RtI) Framework: A Guidance Document
- NCLB Conference on the RtI Modules Slides
- Implementing RtI Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds: Key Issues for Decision-makers (USDE Document)
This presentation explains how funds under Title I and Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) may be used to support Response to Intervention (RTI) in public schools. - Frequently Asked Questions about Response to Intervention (RtI)
- Implementing RTI Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds: Key Issues for Decision-makers (USDE Document)
(9/09)
- March 2009 Closing the Gap Presentation
- Bilingual Conference 2009
- Triple I Conference PowerPoint (11/08)
- RtI in Illinois - http://www.state.il.us/video/streaming/isbe/response-to-intervention-090408.asx
This webinar provides an overview of the elements of Response to Intervention in Illinois. - Writing the Plan - http://www.state.il.us/video/streaming/isbe/Writing-the-response-to-intervention-090408.asx
This webinar provides details on writing the Response to Intervention Plan. - Response to Intervention Plan (08/08)
- www.rti4success.org
This is the National Center on Response to Intervention's monthly e-newsletter, the RTI Responder. We share the latest research findings about RTI, related information from our partners and the federal Technical Assistance and Dissemination network, as well as the policies, strategies, and techniques that states have developed to implement an RTI model. - Resource Manual 2008-2009 (updated 10/08)
District Improvement Plans with Response to Intervention Components, School Improvement Plans, Restructuring Plans, and Title I District Plans.
Further questions may be e-mailed to mchism@isbe.net.
