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Response to Intervention: The Building Blocks

Response to Intervention: The Building Blocks workshop will be offered August 19 at 9 a.m. in the St. Peter High School Auditorium. Consider using this training as part of your staff in-service/professional development for the 2008-2009 school year! Presenter and RtI expert, Matthew Burn will focus on the elementary level; however, the content is an excellent introduction to RtI concepts for all grades! The cost to attend this workshop is $80/per person, $70/per person for a team of 5 or more, and $40/per person for AYP Needs Improvement schools. CEUs will be provided. Register online: www.mncae.org – click on “events.”

What is RtI and Why We Do It?
Burns will focus on an analysis of RtI and discuss important topics such as:

• How did we get to the RtI Model?
• Re-thinking learning disabilities
• Progress monitoring and data-based decision making in the context of RtI
• The assessment challenge for school systems in implementing RtI
• Deficit, Difference and Variability: How should we conceptualize literacy learning difficulties in the context of RtI?
• Evidence-based literacy interventions: What works with whom in what contexts? What should a culturally responsive second tier of instruction look like?
• Moving forward in your schools

For more information contact Bridget Serig, bserig@mncae.org, 507-389-2509 or 651-808-1958. Download brochure (Acrobat PDF)