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April 18, 2012
Commissioner Of Education Barry Visits Chichester Central
Whitney Moses describes math palletts during RtI time.
Dr Barry (center) and Elaine McNulty (NH State RtI Coordinator) met
with Grade 4 teacher Tony Cipriano who demonstrated Aimsweb probes
on the iPad.
On April 11th Commissioner of Education Dr. Virginia Barry visited
the Chichester Central School.
Chichester was selected by the State of NH as a Response to
Intervention (RtI) Showcase School. Chichester’s RtI model includes
regular and systematic assessment of student progress, tiered levels
of targeted instruction, and monthly meetings in which a classroom
teacher and interventionists meet together to review the data of
each child to insure that growth is taking place. As a result of
this school-wide system, Chichester continues to make Adequate
Yearly Progress and remains off of the "In Need of Improvement"
list.
Dr. Barry began her visit with an overview of how the process
started, professional learning community meetings, the role of data
team, and the types of instruction that happens at the three tiers.
She visited students in grades 2, 4, and 5 during RtI instructional
time. Tiered groups in Grade 5 were crafting Museum Boxes in the
technology lab, 2nd graders were using netbooks to complete IXL math
strands, 4th graders were working in groups and being progress
monitored, and 2nd graders were engaged in targeted math center
activities.
Dr. Barry was very interested in the individual Aimsweb progress
monitoring probes that were conducted. She was impressed with how
technology was used to retrieve results immediately and shared with
students by teachers so that meaningful feedback could be shared in
a timely manner.
What a pleasure it was to host Dr. Barry for the afternoon.
Chichester has consulted with 7 other NH schools, as well as a
school in New York and another in Washington, DC., regarding how
they might move forward with RtI program development and
implementation. Chichester Central is also preparing for a visit
from representatives from the National RtI Center in Washington in
late May.
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