Enrich. Intervene.
Learn. Succeed.
ISD 728 - Rogers Middle School
Rogers Middle School
• Part of the Elk River Area School District
• Northwest Suburb • 1,140 students and 100+ staff
membersStudent population➢ MCA➢ Diversity➢ ELL➢ SPED➢ FR
Our Journey
Our Journey
Refine and Strengthen C, I, A, E/I, R- (iObservation)
Last year...
Rogers Middle School Intervention/Enrichment program provides opportunities for students to understand the essential learning outcomes of the curriculum, including providing students with additional support and enrichment within the school day.
RMS Program Philosophy
● Formed a professional learning community consisting of 10-12 committed staff members, led by our district gifted and talented coordinator
● Focused on gifted and talented and high achieving students (classroom and schoolwide)
● Book studies
Making Differentiation a Habit, Diane HeacoxDemystifying Differentiation in Middle School, Eidson, Iseminger, Taibbi Advancing Differentiation, Richard Cash
How we started
● Goal: to enrich students whose needs were already being met in the classroom
● Committed staff members● Start framework for building wide
implementation of RTI Enrichment/Intervention schedule
Goals and Implementation
Starting with Tier One
● Identification process (test scores, discussion of writing sample, higher level thinking sample)
● Development of course offerings
Goals and Implementation Starting with Tier One
● Engineering Challenges● Law Enforcement● Sewing, Woodworking● Photobooth Software Application● Journalism
Tier One Course Offerings
Tier One- Top scoring 25%, Gifted and Talented and High Achieving Students, enrichment course offered
Tier Two- 65%, rotating curriculum schedule, with intervention opportunities
Tier Three- 10%, targeted intervention course
AVID
Three Tiers, 1140 Students, RTI
Wednesday/Thursday Mornings ● 70 minutes total a week● Clustered in groups of 5-30 students based
on tier and intervention needs
● Rotating A (advisory) and E (enrichment) schedule in our system
Targeted Enrichment/Intervention Time
Example of Student Schedule
Students will experience one of the following: ● Targeted curriculum intervention ● Rotating discipline extension activity (math,
English, science, allieds, social studies, AVID strategies)
● Enrichment/intervention course or AVID
Targeted Enrichment/Intervention Time
● Students clustered in college groups● Teachers are assigned the college group for
attendance purposes for each week● Tier 2 rotates to teachers, tiers 1 and 3 and
AVID stay in one course all quarter
Schedule in Student System
● Goal: to offer enrichment opportunities for each core subject for majority of students
● PLC (grade/subject alike)- creates enrichments
Tier Two
● Teachers receive intervention time 1-5 times per quarter
● Reteach essential learning outcomes, data based
● Teachers identify students and inform them to report to their room or PLC partner
● https://docs.google.com/a/isd728.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmjALW2WUV_sdGh1WTBOX1RzVlAtc1JyVjA4WkFnRlE&usp=sharing
Targeted Curriculum Intervention
● Students are grouped and labeled by college/university
● Groups rotate through enrichments (student stay together)
Example - College Schedule
Example - 8th Grade Level Two
● Goal: offer intervention for students who need more time on a skill
● Students who could benefit from weekly time spent on a subjecto IEP knowledge, social skills, math,
number sense, reading fluency, writing, mindfulness
Tier Three
● Training and changing of philosophy with teachers
● Determining tier placement (scores, labels)
● Finding flexibility in the Tier Two schedule to accommodate interventions
Challenges
● Student motivation● Student understanding of philosophy● Not graded enrichment
Challenges
● Multiple staff want the same student at the same time (priority departments, communication)
● Number of staff available to teach weekly
● Staff only needing intervention time with students one of the two days
Things to keep in mind
● Provide time for teachers to plan their enrichments
● How to allocate intervention time per department
Things to keep in mind
● Classroom impactso improvement data from teachers
● MCA● Motivation● Focus is on learning● Continuous refinement of our system
Is this working for our students?
● Look for ways to provide all students with choices
● Review data as PLC teams and leadership team
Our Next Steps
Additional QuestionsComments or questions may also be emailed to us.