Webinars
AutoSkill has worked with educators and administrators to define best practices for building fluency in the foundation skills of reading and math. View the following web seminars for more information.
| Part 1: Foundations of Response to Intervention (RTI) |
| Presenter |
Dr. John E. McCook (bio) |
| Overview |
No matter where your school or district is in the process of planning or in the early stages of implementing Response to Intervention (RTI), understanding the core principles of the RTI model is critical for success.
Join recognized RTI expert Dr. John McCook for the first in a series of free webinars, as he guides you through the success factors and non-negotiables of RTI.
You’ll learn about:
- The theoretical and legal foundations of RTI
- Discrepancy formula vs. response to intervention
- Issues not addressed by the federal law
- Implementing the RTI model
- The essential components of RTI |
| Date Recorded |
September 30, 2008 |
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| Part 2: Support Teams Under RTI |
| Presenter |
Dr. John E. McCook (bio) |
| Overview |
Typically support teams have been used to identify students for special education services. Now under the Response to Intervention (RTI) model, support teams are working to keep at-risk students in general education classrooms, while providing targeted interventions and monitoring their progress. For educators, this shift represents an enormous challenge on many fronts.
Join recognized RTI expert Dr. John McCook for the second in a series of informative webinars, as he illustrates the process and significance of support teams under RTI.
You’ll learn about:
- The purpose and function of support teams
- Who should be on the teams and why
- Data-based decision-making identifies at-risk students
- Why some interventions fail; how to avoid these pitfalls
- Retraining and reconstituting the teams |
| Date Recorded |
September 30, 2008 |
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| Part 3: Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring |
| Presenter |
Dr. John E. McCook (bio) |
| Overview |
Essential components of Response to Intervention (RtI), universal screening and progress monitoring enable educators to use timely information to assess students' academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention. Sounds simple, but is it? In this webinar, you will learn about:
Join recognized RTI expert Dr. John McCook for the final part of this series of informative webinars.
You’ll learn about:
- Curriculum-based measurement (CBM)
Probes
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Understanding benchmark data
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Progress monitoring and its purpose
- Interpreting progress monitoring charts
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| Date Recorded |
September 30, 2008 |
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| University High School
"A Place of Higher Learning" |
| Presenter |
David Christiansen, Principal, University High School, Orlando (FL) |
| Overview |
Since 2003, at-risk students in University
High School in Orlando FL, have
received training in the Academy of
READING® as part of their intervention
program. After two consecutive years of
positive results with their reading
implementation, the school introduced the
Academy of MATH® to 9th grade students who scored at Level 1 or
Level 2 in their 2005 Florida Comprehensive
Assessment Test (FCAT). Results from the
study demonstrate a clear and significant
math proficiency impact for the test
group in comparison with the control group. |
| Date Recorded |
September 15 , 2006 |
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Read the Efficacy Study (PDF 108K) |
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