Whether RTI is new to your district or you're fine-tuning an existing model, learn what matters most when it comes to the professional knowledge, skills and attitudes that you and your staff need to achieve a highly effective approach to RTI. In this 90-minute, recorded audio conference, seasoned pro John McCook shows you specific, practical strategies mastered during seven years in RTI start-up and implementation.

While systems change involves adaptations and new thinking in many areas, administrators and staff "ramping up" for RTI implementation and improvement must consider several critical staff development issues that are the cornerstones for building the capacity to make it work. Receive sound insights and tried-and-proven advice on:

• How RTI impacts roles and responsibilities
• The "new" relationship between special ed and general ed
• Monitoring and evaluating interventions and intervention fidelity
• Critical benchmark and baseline data decisions
• Progress monitoring and data collection and analysis
• How an RTI team works
• And more