I am so happy to see the angst over RtI on our listserv these past couple of days/weeks!!! RtI is a great concept (help kids early - don't just let them fail - stop over identifying for special ed, etc.) HOWEVER the implementation of it in many states - Illinois worst of all - is the problem. When I posted my concerns on this listserv a couple of months (and years) ago I received the most wonderful response from someone - they referred me to Dr. Linda Dorn's CIM - Comprehensive Intervention Model - for K-8 students. Please, please check this out and send it to every professional in our field that you know! I had the great opportunity to hear Dr. Dorn this past week at the Reading Recovery Conference in Chicago, IL and she has got it figured out! Her website is: www.arliteracymodel.com. She is based in Little Rock, Arkansas and she frequently has visitors to her schools. She also has brought her model to National-Louis University in Skokie, IL. Anyone interested in this can email me off-line for information on the summer workshops being offered. Lastly, again for Illinois, there is a literacy assessment called, ISEL (Illinois Snapshot of Early Literacy) that has been officially approved for use in the RtI model by our State Board of Education. This is big - because in the world of "Reading First" the ISEL was dumped - and it's a very good literacy assessment - so we should all be very happy that it's back and approved!! I would love to talk to others in my state about this and everything else RtI related. But, I sincerely hope we keep up this conversation nation-wide because as Renee said, "The idea that we need a program to provide instruction, to me, is a blatant slap in the face to teachers, the reflection of an attitude that teachers are not smart enough to do their jobs without a so-called expert telling them what to do." Well said Renee! Carrie _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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