It's About Time: Planning Interventions and Extensions in Secondary School

by Jack Baldermann (Contributor), Luis F. Cruz (Contributor), Joe Doyle (Contributor)

Carve out effective intervention and extension time at all three tiers of the RTI pyramid. Explore more than a dozen examples of creative and flexible scheduling, and gain access to tools you can use immediately to overcome implementation challenges. This book is full of examples from real schools that have achieved these results without using additional resources or extending the school day.
Harnessing the Power of Time
Chapter 1: Making Time for Interventions During Core Instruction
Chapter 2: Co-Teaching the RTI and PLC Way
Chapter 3: The Most Effective Intervention Is Prevention
Chapter 4: Three Doses of Intervention and Acceleration
Chapter 5: A Promise to Learn at High Levels
Chapter 6: Creating Plus Time and the Culture to Use It
Chapter 7: The FLEX Schedule
Chapter 8: Building and Sustaining a Culture That Supports Learning for All
Chapter 9: The Power to Change Creating a Secondary Intensive Reading Intervention Model
Chapter 10: Maximizing Student Learning Through a Compassionate Response to Intervention Model
Chapter 11: From a Last Resort to a Model School of Choice
Chapter 12: Personalizing Learning Through Online Interventions

Genres: Education

316 pages, Paperback

First published October 9, 2014

Reviews

[Bekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would be more useful for school administrators than teachers. The case studies were interesting and described in intricate detail, but I found they got quite repetitive. The basic premise of the book is that it is possible to find extra time in the school day for RTI by reworking schedules and creating school-wide systems (in professional learning communities). Each chapter is written by a different school administrator about their own school’s success story and challenges. I have about 30 pages of written responses for this book if you want a play by play of what I really think. ;) I learned a lot about RTI, but most of the examples in the case studies would need to be implemented by a school’s administrative team. I’d love to see more studies on what teachers could do in their classrooms without having to change the school’s daily schedule. The American context in the case studies is also quite different from the Canadian system I’m working in. Overall I’d say if you’re passionate about Response to Intervention you may enjoy this book, but I trudged through it. If you’re a school principal it is definitely worth a read!