Action Research Progress Check 1

Currently in my RTI project we are in the fourth week. However, we did not get to start the project on time due to the scheduling conflicts with our current bell schedule. I have met with my school’s administration to develop the alternative bell schedule, but we decided to go with our activity bell schedule because maintenance was unable to rework our bell system. We have noted that next year, we will put the alternative schedule in at the beginning of the year. The activity bell schedule uses a whole hour for activity and there are already complaints that the RTI classes are too long and that it should not be the same subject everyday. We will also try to divide the time up evenly between the eight classes. For 8^th grade class scheduling we looked at our students previous STAAR scores, district assessment, and six weeks test scores. Since 8^th graders have to pass Math and Reading to go the next grade, the students that were weak in those areas were assigned to those classes first. After that, the Science and History teachers selected students based on the same criteria. Our SPED students were assigned to their Resource Math or English teachers. Students who did not necessarily need the RTI were assigned to elective classes for enrichment. For 7^th grade class scheduling we looked at the same criteria and students were split up on whether they needed help with writing, reading, and math. Each department chair met with administration to order additional resources for RTI classes. We met with the Staff during our January staff development and two weeks before we implemented the program. We didn't end up teaching elective teachers on core content, because they just ended up working on enrichment activities. We have informally checked the school climate, but have not done anything formally since we didn't do the 1^st two weeks full out. We also haven’t been able to give our students formal two week assessments. Right now we are getting ready for our first round of administration, but we will actually change the RTI scheduling afterwards based on the STAAR results.