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michmalvey wrote a new post, Back on the Launching Pad, on the site Response to Instruction & Intervention in the Thompson Schools 1 year, 2 months ago
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michmalvey wrote a new post, Insights into the LHS Propel Lab, on the site Response to Instruction & Intervention in the Thompson Schools 1 year, 4 months ago
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michmalvey wrote a new post, How do we do things differently to get better results?, on the site Response to Instruction & Intervention in the Thompson Schools 1 year, 5 months ago
I recently attended a conference presentation that talked about how to use our limited existing resources (human, space, time, materials) in a different way in order to increase student achievement. This session […] -
michmalvey wrote a new post, Interesting blog given our current budget situation…., on the site Response to Instruction & Intervention in the Thompson Schools 1 year, 6 months ago
Read this blog from a school psychologist in Virginia who writes about how difficult RtI implementation has been to sustain when there are RIFs, school closures and other major budget cuts. I will post her […]
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michmalvey wrote a new blog post: Interesting blogpost on RtI Pros and Cons by Elaine Mulligan 2 years, 3 months ago
Just read this blogpost from Elaine and I think it has some good information about what works well in an “RtI World” and what continues to be problematic.
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michmalvey wrote a new blog post: SIPPS Intervention Training 2 years, 6 months ago
I am spending the day with 40+ teachers from TSD who are participating in a SIPPS training. This is our second full year of SIPPS implementation and it is great to hear the thoughtful questions from our teachers. Last year most of our teachers who were trained in SIPPS were instructional coaches and interventionists. This [...]
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michmalvey wrote a new blog post: Progress Monitoring…not a black and white scenario 2 years, 7 months ago
As we are wrapping up our first quarter of the 2010-2011 school year, I have been getting many questions about progress monitoring and how to best make decisions on measures to use, how often to monitor, etc. When we first began progress monitoring two years ago, our expectations were more standardized: select a few students [...]
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michmalvey commented on the blog post Creative Elementary Scheduling in an RtI Framework 2 years, 7 months ago
I don’t think you are crazy, but you are being creative! The most important thing you will want to do is to progress monitor students to determine if this way of providing intervention is getting you the results that you want for them as a group and individually. Another reminder is to use this data [...]
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michmalvey wrote a new blog post: Using the Collaborative Inquiry Cycle to Impact Teaching and Learning 2 years, 9 months ago
Over the past few weeks, groups of administrators and teacher leaders in Thompson have begun their work in planning for the upcoming school year. Much of this work has revolved around school improvement and the use of the Collaborative Inquiry Cycle to assist in this planning. This cycle is based on the work of Laura [...] -
michmalvey wrote a new blog post: Creative Elementary Scheduling in an RtI Framework 2 years, 9 months ago
As the school year begins, opportunities for creative scheduling present themselves. While much of the planning for how to deliver differentiated services takes place in the spring and is refined over the summer months, there are always situations that need fine tuning as the year unfolds. The RtI Action Network has a current blog regarding this…[Read more]
