RtI teaching strategies for assessing students with behavioral and academic challenges

The RtI wheels are essential for all teachers!

Identifying students with academic and behavioral needs that put them at risk of falling behind in the classroom is the first step in developing useful approaches to giving these young learners equal opportunity for success. Response to Intervention (RtI) is a method of identifying and delivering research-based interventions for students threatened by the chance of academic and social failure.

Mentoring Minds offers a multitude of effective RtI teaching strategies for educators seeking experience and understanding of the Response to Intervention approach. Teachers can gain the skills required for identifying and addressing the needs of students with behavior and learning issues. These teaching strategies are appropriate for both general and special education teachers who want to be able to work together with other teachers and provide vital assistance to these students.

Included among our various teaching wheels are the RtI Tier Wheels that offer both academic and behavioral strategies. The multi-tiered instruction suggested on this wheel is meant to accompany any existing Response to Intervention approach. The wheel is available for tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 interventions.

By using this reference tool, teachers can accomplish many important objectives with their students who are at risk. RtI teaching strategies suggested by this wheel will guide educators to incorporate effective instructional strategies that are evidence-based; use grouping suggestions to improve the logistics of group work; accurately assess the needs of struggling learners; and use differentiation strategies to vary approaches in how content is introduced, how information is processed, and how learning is demonstrated.

Teachers will also be able to use strategies in core academic areas to apply time management strategies; increase student access to appropriate instruction and demonstrate success in learning; use strategies for giving directions to increase student understanding and promote seamless learning; and use transition suggestions to increase quality time for learning, decrease loss of time, and prevent disruptive behavior.

The RtI wheels offer academic strategies on one side
of the wheel and the other side offers strategies in the
behavioral domain. These strategies provide teachers
with easy-to-implement ideas for achieving high-quality
instruction to meet the needs of learners in all settings. The
RtI wheels are used to provide multi-tiered instruction that
complements any existing RtI approach.

Available for Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 interventions.

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Benefits:

• Serves as a quick-reference guide for each respective tier's strategies
• Helps to diversify and supplement core instruction to meet unique needs of students
• Increases the learning potential of students and increases the repertoire of instructional strategies for teachers
• Enhances the performance of students in core academic domains 

• Incorporate effective instructional strategies that are evidence-based
• Use differentiation strategies to vary approaches in how content is introduced, how information is processed, and how learning is demonstrated
• Use grouping suggestions to initiate and/or improve the logistics of group work at that tier
• Use assessment strategies to address needs of struggling learners
• Use strategies in core academic areas to increase student access to appropriate instruction and demonstrate success in learning
• Apply time management strategies to helps students maximize time at each tier
• Use transition suggestions to increase quality time for learning, decrease loss of time, and prevent disruptive behaviors
• Use strategies for giving directions to increase student understanding and promote seamless learning
• Implement academic and behavioral strategies to ensure high-quality instruction and interventions at each tier
• Use wheel in grade-level planning sessions, department meetings, RtI meetings to improve delivery of effective instruction, develop appropriate behavior plans, design intervention plans, and improve the campus climate for learning