Austin Buffum
Список книг автора Austin BuffumPyramid Response to Intervention
Accessible language and compelling stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process. Written by award-winning educators from successful PLC schools, this book demonstrates how to create three tiers of interventions—from basic to intensive—to address student learning gaps. You will understand what a successful program looks like, and the many reproducible forms and activities will help your team understand how to make RTI work in your school.
Simplifying Response to Intervention
The sequel to Pyramid Response to Intervention advocates that a successful RTI model begins by asking the right questions to create a fundamentally effective learning environment for every student. RTI is not a series of implementation steps, but rather a way of thinking. Understand why bureaucratic, paperwork-heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-driven approaches fail. Then learn how to create a focused RTI model that works.
Collaborative Administrator, The
In a culture of shared leadership, the administrator’s role is more important than ever. How do you maintain the right balance of loose and tight leadership? How do you establish profound, lasting trust? What principles strengthen principal leadership? This book answers these questions and more in compelling chapters that deliver the strategies and heartfelt inspiration essential to being the best administrator you can be.
RTI at Work™ Plan Book
Create a path to success for every student with the support of our RTI at Work™ Plan Book by experts Austin Buffum and Mike Mattos. Broken down into 40 weekly planning pages, the plan book helps individuals and collaborative teams stay on top of various responsibilities, tasks, and goals as they implement a three-tiered approach to effective intervention. Also included are reproducibles, tools, and activities designed to improve teamwork and strengthen daily practice. Use this RTI at Work teacher planner to guide your student intervention plan and instructional strategies: Review the foundational ideas and basic concepts of RTI education and the RTI at Work process. Recognize the positive cultural shifts that occur in schools by implementing response to intervention (RTI) within a professional learning community (PLC). Learn best practices for using the forms and reproducibles included in the book to meet daily RTI goals. Read inspiring RTI at Work success stories from real teachers and principals. Acquire references and resources for further study of RTI at Work and PLC at Work®.
Taking Action
Response to intervention (RTI) is the most effective process for ensuring student success, using differentiated instruction to provide the time and support necessary. This comprehensive implementation guide covers every element required to build a successful RTI at Work™ program in schools. The authors share step-by-step actions for implementing the essential elements, instructional strategies, and tools needed to support implementation, as well as tips for engaging and supporting educators. Readers who valued the practical knowledge in Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work ™ (DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, Many, and Mattos) will appreciate a similar style and practicality in Taking Action . This guide will help you incorporate the response to intervention process by allowing you to: Understand how RTI at Work™ builds on the PLC at Work™ process. Review the revised RTI at Work™ pyramid and its three RTI tiers. Learn what roles teacher teams, leadership teams, and schoolwide teams play in a tiered intervention structure. Understand the differences among intervention, extension, prevention, and enrichment. Avoid common missteps when implementing RTI. Consider why an achievement gap remains in 21st century education and how the RTI process can close that gap. Contents: IntroductionChapter 1: The RTI at Work™ PyramidChapter 2: A Culture of Collective ResponsibilityPart One: Tier 1 Essential ActionsChapter 3: Tier 1 Teacher Team Essential ActionsChapter 4: Tier 1 Schoolwide Essential ActionsPart Two: Tier 2 Essential ActionsChapter 5: Tier 2 Teacher Team Essential ActionsChapter 6: Tier 2 Schoolwide Essential ActionsPart Three: Tier 3 Essential ActionsChapter 7: Tier 3 Schoolwide Essential ActionsChapter 8: Tier 3 Intervention Team Essential ActionsEpilogueReferences and Resources