Teacher Resources

As RTI has grown in schools, great resources have been developed and widely shared with teachers. This page includes a small subset of tools that we have found added value in our work.

A variety of free online resources are available to assist school personnel in addressing students' learning and behavior needs.

• Curriculum-based Measurements
• Supporting Positive School Climate in Tough Economic Times
• Council for Exceptional Children: National association of advocates and educators of students with disabilities
• Doing What Works: U.S. Department of Education resource with information about scientifically-based instructional methods
• Equity Alliance: promotes equity, access, participation and outcomes for all students in education.
  It's Project Director is JoEtta Gonzales from Arizona State University who recently was the speaker at a recent conference at the University of Maine at Augusta on Serving English Language Learners with Disabilities.
• Florida Center for Reading Research: A Florida state-funded project which includes reports about specific reading interventions as well as links to instructional resources
• Free Reading: Free instructional resources for teaching all 5 areas of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension)
• Future of School Psychology Conference Resources: Resources developed as a result of the 2002 futures conferences. Two main resources areas include:
• Academic Outcomes: this site includes information and resources about effective instruction, including demonstration videos of reading interventions
• Family-School Partnerships: this site includes information and resources to support family-school partnerships and effective school outcomes
• Intervention Central: A site with many resources to support struggling students, including free tools for creating your own oral reading fluency (ORF) probes, free math assessment tools, and behavior interventions
• IRIS Network: This site includes a wide variety of tools for educators, including training materials for Response to Intervention (RTI)
• Maine Department of Education RTI Resources: The Maine Department of Education official website for resources related to RTI
• National Association of School Psychologists: Includes many resources for supporting the academic, behavioral and mental health needs of all students
• National Center on Response to Intervention: National technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Includes a wealth of resources about RTI, including a review of screening and progress monitoring assessments
• National Education Association: Largest teachers' union in the U.S. This site has many resources for teachers
• RTI Action Network: This network is a public-private partnership which includes data from schools implementing RTI as well information about how to get started planning and implementing RTI
• Searchable Learning Carousel: includes hundreds of downloadable, professional learning materials on topics such as: Equity in Education, Culturally Responsive Practice, Inclusive Education and Response to Intervention. Information is categorized at the Federal, State, District, School and Practitioner level.
• What Works Clearinghouse: A U.S. Department of Education resource which includes detailed reviews of major instructional programs and products
• Working with Families of Children with Special Needs (by Susan Jarmuz-Smith): a workshop presented at the Maine Counseling Association's (MECA) 2011 Annual Conference.
  • Conjoint Behavioral Consultation
  • No Child Left Behind for Educators
  • IDEA for Parents (pdf)
  • FERPA overview