1. ITI: Integrated Targeted
Instruction
Susan McKay
Lora Wallenstein

2. Identifying the Problem

3. What do these children need?
• Teacher driven instruction
• Shared responsibility  school wide effort
• Clarity of instruction
• Integrated content
• No assumptions
• Schema Building
• Repetition
• Learning Styles
• Confidence

4. How can we make this happen?
• Know the indicators
• Use the MSDE site
• Repetition
• Repetition
• No Excuses!
• Using All Resources
Student Interns
Parent Volunteers
Specialists
Para-educators

5. Using the Interns

8. Planning: Direct Instruction
What am I teaching?
What am I really teaching?
oUsing the MSDE website and seeds
What does it look like when a student
is successful?

9. Teaching: Direct Instruction
• Activating Background Knowledge
• Integrating SS & Science
• Vocabulary Development
• Critical Thinking
• A Chance to be Heard

10. Accountability: Everyone’s Kids
• Information can be shared
between teachers and interns.
• Allows for clear criteria to be set
for instruction and exiting when
appropriate.

11. Review, Repeat, Succeed!
• Flashcards & Posters
• Integrated Instruction
• Working as a Team
• Computer Centers
• A Shift in Instruction

12. The Results: Class of 2011
Baseline Data After Intervention
Basic: 3.2
2 Years of Intervention Proficient: 27.7
Advanced: 69.1
1 Year of Intervention

13. The Results

14. The Results

15. Using the Data

16. Using the Data