RTI meeting and Literacy group meeting

Today I attended an RTI meeting for fifth grade students at Birdville Elementary School. Those in attendance were Niki Blilie (math specialist), Maegan Connor (Literacy Coach), and teachers Ronda Wilson, Katie Moran, and Ken Puhl.

We went over each child who is currently on tier. We looked at their most current benchmark scores and their current report card grades. Decisions were made whether to keep them on their current level, move them to the next level, move them back a level, or exit them from tier.

Mrs. Blilie and Mrs. Connor meet with the teachers individually to discuss interventions. No students were added to the tier system. The teachers will continue with the adaptations and interventions which are already in place.

The meeting was from 1:25 to 2:30. I'm not sure what date will accompany this post because right now it is 12:03AM. This RTI meeting was held on December 14.

I also attended a Literacy Group meeting from 3:30 to 4:30 this afternoon (Monday, Dec. 14). K-3 grade teachers met with Nikki Blilie, Maegan Connor, and me. We discussed how best to use me for tier tutoring time. I am on campus Mondays and Tuesdays. I must teach 7 hours of pull-out during those two days. The rest of mine time on campus is considered title II time. I can use that time to help reduce class size or give model lessons. I have been giving model lessons to first and third grade classrooms. I opened it up to k-3 third grade classrooms to teach enrichment lessons to their students while they take small groups for tier tutoring. In this way, I would be reducing class size and helping them to accomplish some tutoring within the school day. I will continue with my current schedule of serving first and third grades. Second grade will be added to my schedule. I moved kindergarten lessons to Fridays----but I may be able to move them back to Mondays----I need to check with them and see what they would like me to do. I was hoping to do 2 20-minute sessions for each class, but I just don't have enough hours in my day to do that.

Laura Shipley and I met with Sarah Upchurch (asst. principal of 101) from 12:35 to 1:00 today. She asked us to co-chair a volunteer program. We will invite members from the nearby church to participate in a volunteer program that will help free up time on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the teachers to do more tier tutoring----and possibly Tuesday and Mondays if we have enough volunteers. Laura and I will meet tomorrow to start work on the project.