October 12 & 13, 2010
Kansas City, Missouri
The Second Annual RTI in Early Childhood Summit was held in Kansas City,
Missouri on October 12 & 13, 2010 with almost 200 practitioners, researchers,
policymakers, and higher education faculty in attendance. During the 2 day event,
all participants had opportunities to learn about what we know and what we don’t
know about RTI in Early Education. Participants had the opportunity to find out about
cutting edge work on new progress monitoring measures and interventions that can be used in
multi-tiered systems of support, hear about programs implementing RTI, network with colleagues,
and help direct the focus of future research.
Hosted by the Center for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRTIEC) and coordinated
by the Division for Early Childhood (DEC), the event was highlighted with excellent presentations
and breakout sessions and provided a basis for future communication among the diverse stakeholders
interested in RTI for young children. The PowerPoint presentations included here have been
generously shared by our presenters and represent their perspectives on this important topic.
- Plenary Sessions: Understanding the Most Essential Content and Instructional Strategies to Include in Tier 1 to Promote Successful Readers
- Good Early Literacy Instruction – for Now and for Then (William Teale)
- Tier I Interventions in the Context of RTI Approaches to Preschool Early Literacy Instruction: Domains, Evidence, and Outcomes (Christopher Lonigan)
- Breakout Sessions:
- Reactions and Follow-Up Discussion with Plenary Speakers (William Teale, Mary Abbott, Lisa Knoche, Jeannette McCollum)
- BestChoice: A Product Review Tool for Early Literacy Instructional Materials and Programs (Kathleen Roskos and Brandi Noll)
- Statewide Scale-Up of the Teaching Pyramid for Promoting Social Emotional Competence and Addressing Challenging Behavior (Mary Louise Hemmeter and Lise Fox)
- Where are We? Defining High Quality Tier One Environments and Assessments for Dual Language Learners (Lillian Durán)
- RTI with Dual-Language Learners: Lessons Learned for Tier 2 and 3 Interventions (Brenda Gorman)
- Quality of Tier 1 in Early Education Classrooms and Relation to Proportion of Children with Early Literacy Risk (Judy Carta, Charlie Greenwood, and Jane Atwater)
Plenary Sessions:
Breakout Sessions:
- Reactions and Follow-Up Discussion with Plenary Speakers (Scott McConnell, Roland Good and Jerry Gruba)
- What Are the Best Predictors of Early Literacy and How Can They Be Measured? (Hugh Catts)
- Developing A New Set of Early Literacy and Language IGDIs (Alisha Wackerle-Hollman and Tracy Bradfield)
- Measuring Change in Social-Emotional Behaviors in the Teaching Pyramid (Mary Louise Hemmeter, Lise Fox, and Patricia Snyder)
- Progress Monitoring in Akron Ready Steps: A Work in Progress (Kathleen Roskos)
- Reception
Plenary Sessions: What Features of Instruction Should Differentiate the Tiers in RTI Approaches Focused on Early Literacy?
- Making the Most of Whole Group and Small Group Instruction (Karen Stoiber)
- Child Characteristics by Instruction Interactions: What Does this Mean for RTI? (Carol Connor)
Breakout Sessions:
- Reactions and Follow-Up Discussion with Plenary Speakers (Carol Connor, Karen Stoiber, Tom Rendon, and Erik Neesen)
- State and Federal Policies Supporting Multi-tiered Interventions in Early Education Settings (Jim Lesko, Gail Houle, and Jennifer Tschantz)
- Research Being Conducted by CRTIEC on Tier 2 and Tier 3 Interventions (Howard Goldstein and Ruth Kaminski)
- Integrating Early Literacy and Behavioral Tier 2 Interventions Within the Concept of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Support (Deb Kamps and Howard Wills)
- Concluding Panel and Discussion:
- Creating an RTI Agenda – What’s Next in Research and Policy to Support High Quality Practice (Judy Carta, Charlie Greenwood, Ruth Kaminski, Howard Goldstein, and Scott McConnell)