The National Voice for All Primary School Principals

Working Together, Pooling Expertise

Working Together, Pooling Expertise - "Cooperation among educators is vital for Response to Intervention program success. One of the main opportunities—and challenges—presented by Response to Intervention (RTI) is that, regardless of the exact approach used, in order to work effectively the program requires educators from different disciplines to work together in new and more collaborative ways. But what are the roles of speech/language specialists, school psychologists, ELL educators, and special educators in RTI? And how can classroom teachers best work collaboratively with all of these people?"