RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI) FACILITATOR

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Valid teacher’s license with appropriate endorsement

2. Master’s degree preferred

3. Five years of successful classroom experiences preferred

4. Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills

5. Meets health and physical requirements

6. Such alternatives to the qualifications as the Director may find appropriate

7. FLSA exempt

REPORTS TO

Building Level Principal

JOB GOAL

The Response to Intervention (RTI) Facilitator is a teacher who has both content and instructional expertise particularly in reading, writing, and/or math. This person facilitates the district’s Response to Intervention and Instruction Framework and small group reading model. The RTI Facilitator focuses on enhancing staff ability to provide intervention that (1) builds student understanding and skills, (2) is academically appropriate, (3) addresses the identified skill deficits for students, and (4) enhances student sense of engagement in and ownership of learning. The RTI Facilitator (1) serves as a member of a building leadership team working to align district and building goals, (2) evaluates student data in support of effective school improvement planning, (3) works collaboratively with other instructional leaders to design and deliver professional development as directed, and (4) participates in professional development and inquiry into his or her own instructional leadership practice.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Schedules, organizes and maintains Tier II and Tier III programming

2. Schedules/oversees universal screener testing for all students in the school

3. Interprets universal screener data and conducts monthly RTI2 data team meetings

4. Conducts fidelity monitoring for Tier II and Tier III programming

5. Communicates universal screener and progress monitoring progress to students, teachers, and parents

6. Maintains student intervention records

7. Attends S-Team meetings as part of the referral process

8. Interviews and recommends interventionists

9. Provides professional development for interventionists on effective implementation of intervention strategies

10. Facilitates Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) among teachers and non-certified personnel in which issues related to implementing effective interventions are considered, current research and writing on effective practice is read and discussed, engaging lessons are planned, and student work and data are reviewed to inform instruction for intervention

11. Trains new staff members in small group reading instruction

12. Maintains leveled library

13. Attends district-level and state-level meetings pertaining to the duties of the job

14. Performs other related duties assigned by the Principal