This professional development opportunity will begin with a brief overview of RtI and the legislative components which take effect July of 2012. The results of a qualitative study that examined RtI implementation practices of middles schools from 28 states will also presented. A discussion involving the essential features of RtI at the middle school level will elaborate on the following topics:
The workshop concludes with examples of RtI models at several middle schools who were involved in the study. Opportunities for Question and Answers will be provided.