The National RTI Summit: A Replicable Model of Shared Interest and Action

1. The National RTI Summit: A Replicable Model of Shared Interest and Action April 21, 2008

2. Programs General education Special Education Title 1 Title 3 Reading First Other All People State Staff Local Staff Principal Organizations Superintendent Organizations Teacher Organizations Organizations representing related service providers Family Organizations Other All RTI Needs Leadership: Who Must Lead?

3. Can We Share Leadership across Groups with Differing Perspectives: OSEP’s Investment in a Partnership of Stakeholders • The IDEA Partnership • 55 National Organizations • Coalescing around issues • Learning from and with each other • Becoming allies with SEAs in forward leading states • Bringing policy and practice together • Building appreciation for stakeholders expertise • Creating new ways for stakeholder voice to be heard and valued • Fostering Communities of Practice that connect decisionmakers and stakeholders

4. Can We Make the Research to Practice Connection? OSEP’s Investment in an RTI Center • The Research Component: American Institutes for Research (AIR), Vanderbilt University, University of Kansas • The Practice Component: TA Liaisons with states and other TA Centers

5. RTI: The Big Questions in Implementation • Can we come together across groups to change practice and better serve all students? • What must be done to promote RTI more broadly, as it is introduced in IDEA? • How will we align programs and redesign roles to support better instruction for all students and RTI as the method for responding to differences in learning?

6. A National Summit as A Strategy for Engagement and Action • Cross-agency at the federal level • State teams, across program areas • Invited and coached by CCSSO • Stakeholders as members of state teams • Invited by their organizations • Researchers and early implementers as presenters • Tracks to address different levels of knowledge • Keynotes with ‘big messages’ that could generate discussion • State team time to convey current efforts, think with a larger group of stakeholders and plan future efforts • TA Centers and organizations as state team facilitators • Intentional follow-up across TA investments

7. Summit Goals and Expected Outcomes • Learn about the value of an RTI model to increase student achievement, decrease inappropriate referrals to special education and assist SEAs and LEAs in making AYP • Build rapport • Share information, tools and resources • Create a shared vision • Establish team expectations • Assess the state capacity to implement multi-tired instruction • Develop a plan that is consistent with the state improvement efforts across general and special education

8. Interagency Participation • Groundbreaking engagement: • Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) • Title I • Reading First • Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) • Institute for Education Sciences (IES)

9. Organization Roles State Teams: • National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), Chair • American Association of School Administrators (AASA) • National Education Association (NEA) • American Federation of Teachers (AFT) • Parent Training and Information Centers (PTI) /Parent Resource and Information Centers (PIRC) Planning Committee, Facilitators and Presenters: • Other organizations in the IDEA Partnership Follow-up Networks • All organizations

10. Developing the Summit Topics and Speakers • Present current research • Balance research and practice • Create tracks to respond to different levels of awareness and knowledge • Create a common core of material for basic session that presenters agree to cover • Foster open-ended and ongoing discussions • Permit discussions of emerging issues • Encourage positive communication of potential barriers to implementation, with realistic recommendations

11. State Team Interaction • Three Sessions • Introductions and Engagement • Assessment and Alignment • Forward movement • Planning Document • Reaction from Facilitators

12. Building on the Summit: Action by IDEA Partners • NASTID – Rich Long • NAESP – Bob Heimbaugh • NEA & AFT – Patti Ralabate & Lisa Thomas • AASA – Mary Summers • PTIs & PTAC – TBD (possibly Connie Hawkins) • AOTA – Gloria Frolek-Clark • ASCA – Jill Cook • ASHA – Marcia Rubin • NASP – Mary Beth Klotz & Stacy Skalski • HECSE – Harvey Rude • NASDSE – Bill East

13. Next Steps • We look forward to working with you! • Thanks for the opportunity to share with you!