Removal+of+Barriers

**REMOVAL OF BARRIERS**

 * DEFINITION**

Identifying and changing practices and perceptions that may prevent successful implementation of a common Response to Instruction.


 * KEY COMPONENTS**


 * Address barriers which include, but are not limited to, the following:


 * 1) RTI is not seen as a priority in relation to other district initiatives.
 * 2) Lack of understanding about the legal mandates of RTI.
 * 3) Perception that implementation of RTI model may change staffing allocation, qualifications and instructional responsibilities.
 * 4) Parents understanding of and consent to the necessity of intervention for long-term student achievement (e.g. a parent requesting global language instead of reading for a student who needs reading instruction, not wanting students to receive extra support)
 * 5) Continued resistance to collaborate
 * 6) Perceived lack of integration/connection to other district frameworks/vocabularies (PLC, P-21, IB, AAA)
 * 7) Technology availability
 * 8) Student accountability (students' role in learning, motivation to learn)
 * 9) Lack of district-wide behavior management plan (PBS, attendance policy, etc.)
 * 10) Documentation of interventions that follow student from grade to grade and school to school (addressed with data management tool/system)
 * 11) Bell schedule (addressed in Effective Use of Resources section)