Two-Day Event: Institute: Strengthen Your RTI Program! Powerful Strategies to Increase the Success of your Current Response to Intervention Program (Grades K-8) Presented by Kelly Harmon Outstanding Educator and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for Grades K-8 School Teams Looking for Ways to Refine and Strengthen Their RTI Program

• Collective Responsibility … Participants will understand the shared commitment needed among all educators to ensure the success of every student through an effective RTI framework
• Concentrated Instruction … Educators will learn to deliver focused, standards-based instruction and interventions tailored to student needs in Tiers 1, 2, and 3
• Use Multiple Sources of Assessment (Convergent Assessment) … Attendees will explore how to use screening, diagnostic, and progress-monitoring data to inform instruction and intervention decisions
• Provide Interventions When Needed (Certain Access) … The institute emphasizes creating systems that guarantee timely and appropriate interventions for all students who need them, ensuring equitable support

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Join nationally recognized RTI/MTSS expert Kelly Harmon for this strategy-rich, two-day institute designed to help school teams strengthen and refine their RTI framework. This powerful learning experience will guide you in rethinking your RTI program through the lens of the 4 Keys to an Effective RTI Process-Collective Responsibility, Focused Instruction, Formative and Summative Assessment, and Guaranteeing Students receive the support they need. You'll learn how to use state standards and student data to define and deliver effective Tier 1 instruction and targeted interventions at Tiers 2 and 3. Walk away with high-impact, research-based strategies to increase student success across all tiers, and tools to build a responsive system of supports that guarantees timely, equitable access to learning for every student. This is your opportunity to take a deep dive into your current RTI process, evaluate its strengths and gaps, and develop a clear, actionable plan to boost achievement schoolwide.

You and your team will walk away with dozens of research-based strategies and an extensive digital resource handbook to help you refine and strengthen your RTI program.

A Practical, Two-Day Leadership Institute Focused on Increasing the Effectiveness of Your RTI Program

Plan to attend as a school or district team to strengthen the instruction in your RTI program. You will learn how to build on the success of your current RTI program, identify key instructional components that have the greatest impact on student achievement and find the specific areas you need to target for implementation and improvement. Discover ways to increase the effectiveness of your Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction and interventions. You will leave equipped with a wealth of research-based strategies to develop and improve your RTI program.

Develop a Plan to Strengthen and Refine Your RTI Program

Learn how to build a school team approach where all teachers shift to a model of collective responsibility for the success of all students. Learn creative ways to better use the resources you have to develop a collaborative and successful approach to working with students who need more intensive and specific interventions at Tiers 2 and 3. The focus of these two days will be on implementing the crucial components of an effective RTI program, maximizing time to provide quality interventions, defining the roles of the school team, implementing research-based interventions, and how RTI works successfully in a variety of schools. This is a unique opportunity to work and plan with your school team.

Two-Day Intensive RTI Leadership Institute

Here's what you'll learn:

• Practical strategies for school teams who are using the RTI model and are looking for ways to refine and strengthen it
• Increase the success of your Tier 1 instruction – develop a schoolwide focus on highly-effective instruction to better meet the needs of all students
• A framework for selecting and using evidence-based instructional strategies during intervention time
• Techniques for building academic vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency across content areas
• Resources and routines for structuring small group instruction during WIN (What I Need) time
• Micro-interventions that provide in-the-moment support and redirection during core instruction
• Tools and templates to build an RTI playbook that outlines interventions and scaffolds for specific student needs
• Guidance on designing effective RTI team structures and documentation systems
• Instructional planning questions that support aligned, rigorous, and responsive teaching
• A systematic process for evaluating and revising your current RTI model for greater impact
• Strategies for setting, tracking, and reflecting on individual student intervention goals
• Clear processes for determining priority standards and aligning them with learning progressions
• Daily and weekly tools for monitoring intervention effectiveness through formative assessments
• Approaches to engaging students in their own learning through goal setting and self-monitoring
• Reach at-risk students earlier and more quickly through team collaboration
• Build a collaborative school culture where all teachers are collectively responsible for the success of all students
• Create a playbook of effective interventions
• Strengthen your schoolwide Tier 1 instruction to increase success for all students
• Maximize the quality of Tier 2 interventions without exhausting staff or students
• Strengthen your assessment process by documenting student progress more efficiently and effectively
• Explore ways to organize for interventions within and beyond the core classroom

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

If you're like many educators today, you're working tirelessly to meet the diverse needs of your students­ – and you're likely wondering how to make your RTI program more efficient, effective, and equitable. You're not alone.

This two-day, strategy-packed institute is designed specifically for educators and school teams who are already implementing RTI and are ready to take it to the next level. Together, we'll explore ways to strengthen your existing program by focusing on what matters most: using data to drive decisions, improving Tier 1 instruction, and providing targeted, research-based interventions that help students thrive.

Throughout the institute, we'll dive into the Collective Responsibility, Focused Instruction, the four Types of Assessment, and Guaranteeing Access to interventions – a framework that has transformed outcomes in schools across the country. You'll leave with tools, strategies, and resources to:

• Design high-quality core instruction that proactively reduces the need for interventions
• Identify learning goals and success criteria that guide focused, intentional instruction
• Implement effective small-group supports at Tiers 2 and 3
• Build a collaborative culture where teams use evidence to make instructional decisions

I've had the privilege of supporting educators across the nation in strengthening their RTI programs, and I know firsthand the challenges – and opportunities – that come with this work. What we do matters, and when we get it right, we change lives.

If you're ready to lead with clarity, build your team's capacity, and ensure every student receives the support they need to succeed, I hope you'll join us. I look forward to learning and growing alongside you.

Warm regards,
Kelly Harmon

P.S. Be prepared to take back practical strategies and ideas you can use immediately to increase the effectiveness of RTI in your school(s).

Who Should Attend

Grades K-8 school teams who are looking for ways to refine and strengthen their RTI program.

About BER Live Online Events

With the current health challenges, all BER in-person PD events are currently being presented in a Live Online format:

• Outstanding Instructors
  All programs are led by outstanding BER national trainers
• Extensive Resource Handbooks
  You'll have access to an extensive digital Resource Handbook before, during and after your seminar
• Highly Interactive
  You'll be able to ask questions in real time and interact with the instructor and other participants
• Program Guarantee
  As we have for 48 years, we guarantee the high quality of our programs. If you are not satisfied, we'll give you a 100% refund.

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

• Key concepts and practices of RTI
• Sample strategies of research-based interventions
• Assessment techniques to provide necessary data for decision-making
• Ways to maximize your resources
• Ideas to include intensive, systematic and multi-level instruction
• Steps for documenting student progress

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Consultation Available
Kelly Harmon will be available throughout the two-day institute for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own RTI program.

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.