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With many activities going on in the summer and with a number of high school students putting in more hours at their jobs, making a commitment to sports training can be difficult.
Smith-Cotton High School swimming coach Jerry Tankersley coaches the Bandits swim team each summer to give area swimmers a chance to train and compete in the offseason.
He said some of his Tiger swimmers travel around the state to compete with the Bandits, but others cannot.
"We have a few," Tankersley said. "With jobs and all the summer things they have going on it's tough for them."
Carter and Blake Lapine, Christian Oja, Wendsday Thompson, Madison Provance and Kaitlyn Puentes are among the S-C Tigers taking time out of their summer break to train and compete with the Bandits.
"I always tell them if you can just maintain in the summer, that way you are not taking two or three or four steps backwards," Tankersley said. "If you can maintain, you'll be in better shape."
Carter is spending his first summer as a member of the Bandits because other commitments kept him away from the area during past summers.
"I've been out of town for the last couple of summers, so I've been able to work on my technique more," Carter said.
The Bandits compete in more than a dozen meets from the end of May through mid-July. Carter said he's already seen a difference in his performance.
"Swimming in the summer allows me to get faster and get used to the meets and get PR's," he said. "I've actually gotten PR's in all of my events."
Tankersley said he's coached the Bandits for about a half a dozen years. It allows him and his S-C swimmers to continue to work together in the offseason.
"I'm able to get more one-on-one with my coaches," Carter said.
Swimmers from other area schools like Windsor, Green Ridge, Warsaw and Cole Camp are also spending their summer competing with the Bandits.
Tankersley said the team allows kids who can't compete during the school year to still participate in a sport they love.
"Especially the Cole Camp High Schoolers and some Green Ridge High Schoolers and some Windsor kids that are in that boat," he said. "They wish their school would add a swim team because they enjoy swimming."
Even though some of the swimmers don't compete on high school teams, Tankersley said they still have quality skills.
"It really depends on the kid," he said. "I've got kids that swim year-round from Windsor and they are top of the line. I've got some that are just starting out. Most of the kids that swim from other schools are pretty solid."
Like Carter said, the offseason can be a time to reach personal bests, but Tankersley said that's been an added surprise.
"Some of these guys that are swimming in the summer have had their best times and we don't normally see that," he said.


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an SUV or pickup would work better on those big gravel roads.
One wild man at the end of the TT had taken a Honda Element or Toyota Pirus in a body wrap all the way out there
across the north there are few roads and few people. to see someone walking on a bush road far from any known shelter was unusual enough for me to make a note, and then later include in my report. to have throttlemeister come along and identify this guy for me a year after seeing him, now that is bizarre.
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PETALING JAYA: Defending champions Kelantan have signed up Pahang strikers R. Surendren and Azamuddin Mohd Akil on loan for their Malaysia Cup campaign next month.
The Red Warriors have strengthened their strikeforce after banking heavily on lone striker Norshahrul Idlan Talaha since the season kicked off in January.
Coach Datuk M. Karathu said the duo's presence would ease the pressure on Norshahrul, who is their top striker in the Super League with 19 goals this season.
"Norshahrul is recovering from a hamstring injury and only resumed training with the team three days ago. We have depended a lot on Norshahrul and we hope Surendren and Azamuddin will give the team more options in attack," said Karathu from Kota Baru yesterday.
The back-up strikers in the Kelantan squad are Mohd Khalid Jamlus, Mohd Nizad Ayub and Ramzul Zahini Adenan.
Young striker Mohd Izuan Solahuddin is in Slovakia with the the national Under-23 squad, who are preparing for the Asian Zone Olympic qualifying rounds next month.
Kelantan, also known as the Red Warriors, are gunning for the treble after winning the Charity Shield and the Super League titles this year.
They can now boast of more depth in the team, especially with Surendren's experience in attack.
"We need quality in attack and with Surendren's vast experience we should have more bite upfront," said Karathu.
Prior to his move to Pahang, Surendren played a key role in the Red Giants' treble success – winning the Charity Shield, FA Cup and Super League titles – in 2009. Last year, he bagged more than a dozen goals for Selangor and also scored the winner in their 2-1 win over Negri Sembilan in the Charity Shield match.
This year, the 27-year-old Surendren managed only four goals for Pahang.
Surendren and Azamuddin were made available to Kelantan after Pahang lost to Sime Darby FC 0-6 on aggregate in the playoffs for a berth in the 16-team Malaysia Cup competition.
Pahang have also been relegated to the Premier League next season.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat will miss Kelantan's opening four matches because of his commitment with the national Under-23 squad in the Asian Zone Olympic qualifying round matches next month. He will be replaced by Mohd Shahrizam Ismail.
Kelantan, who are drawn with Johor FC, Felda United and Sarawak in Group C, will play a series of friendly matches against Kuala Lumpur (Aug 14), Selangor (Aug 17) and Police (Aug 18).
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Larry Cordle Schedules New Album and Three Singles; Will, Wills and Willie; Introduction to the Westbound Rangers
- Larry Cordle has a new album, Pud Marcum's Hangin', scheduled for a March 15 release and three singles scheduled for release tomorrow.
For country fans, Cordle offers his own expressive version of a song first recorded by country star Trace Adkins in 2008, "Sometimes a Man Takes a Drink." The lighthearted "Uncle Bob Got Religion," with its culminating Pentecostal breakdown chorus, leans toward a more rootsy edge definitive of the Americana crowd. Last is the title track, which vividly recounts a true story and features bluegrass icon Del McCoury's unmistakable tenor.
- For the latest Hot Club of Cowtown record, What Makes Bob Holler, the band paid tribute to the influence of Bob Wills with a collection of covers. Will Taylor and Strings Attached used their new record to pay tribute to Wills as well, only with a different approach. Instead of covering Wills' songs, the band covered Willie Nelson songs and re-imagined them in the style of Bob Wills. If you're keeping track, that's Will covering Willie in the style of Wills. Austin 360 has a brief Q&A with Will Taylor about the project.
- Bluegrass Country posted an audio interview and new tunes from The Greencards.
- Randy Fox editorialized the life and influence Charlie Louvin for Nashville Scene:
Over the years much of the attention has focused on Ira, which is understandable. Ira's life and personality make for great copy — mercurial, stubborn, locked in a cycle that swung between drunken womanizing and Pentecostal guilt and redemption, until his tragic death in 1965 from an automobile accident. But Charlie was just as much of a character in his own way. He had much of the same temper and stubbornness, but it was balanced by sobriety, a good head for business and a dead-serious attitude about his music.
- The Ryman Auditorium has been named Pollstar's theater of the year for the third time by concert industry professionals.
- Sarah Buxton talked to The Boot about the formation and dissolution of her duo Buxton Hughes, the possibility of signing another major label deal, and new music.
I can confidently say that I will probably never be a major-label country artist ever again, unless something is offered to me that is more on my terms. When I was signed to Lyric Street, I was always packing and unpacking. I always had a flight to catch. Now, I'm able to be home with my husband and my best friends, and really focus on putting the music first.
- Actress Jana Kramer debuted a new country single titled "I Won't Give Up" on One Tree Hill a couple of days ago.
- Chris Young commented on 10 of his favorite Grammy-winning country songs for CMT.
"King of the Road," Roger Miller
To me, that's the perfect example of a song that lives and breathes on its own. There's not a lot to that. Where that melody switches, when it does that little modulation thing … there are so many things that are so simple, but so perfect and done at the right moment in the song. Some of the visuals in that song are so different, you know? "Trailers for sale or rent" … just that line, in and of itself, who would think, "This is how I'm going to start this song"? It's such a great space that he had to be in when the song was written. Everybody loves singing that.
- Chely Wright discusses her song "Damn Liar."
- Vince Gill on the importance of "The Randall Knife" to him, which is a song he's recording for the November release of This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark:
Yeah, that song is a real bond between Guy and I. I played guitar on the first version he ever did (on 1983's "Better Days"), and I'll never forget it. We were playing, and giant tears were falling all over my guitar. (Like Clark's father), my dad was a lawyer, and he died when I was 40. Guy gave me the original lyric to "The Randall Knife" as a present.
When Guy talks, that's what you think God's gonna sound like. I think I'm gonna wake up at five in the morning and do it when my voice is as low as possible (laughs). You know, that song inspired a song I wrote for my father when he passed away called "The Key to Life." There's a reference: "The pain of losing him cuts like a Randall knife." Guy and I are somewhat tied at the hip through that song.
Jewly Hight profiled the Westbound Rangers, a string band that she says recently made what feels like their first true album in Southern Bread and Butter for It.
Coincidentally enough, Pierce Greenberg sent some videos of the band over this morning, too. So check 'em out: "Pushwater," "Old Yeller Dog" and "Time," which is intermingled with an interview.
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Hey, what's supposed to be the link to Jewly's piece on the Westbound Rangers is actually a link to one of their videos. Jewly's piece is here:
Editor's note: Thanks! I got it fixed.
"Pud Marcum's Hanging" is a great song; I was in the band when he wrote it, and we did it on one or maybe two shows, but it was still pretty rough. I'm betting Cordle crushed it in the studio.
I was half paying attention to OTH when Kramer's song started up, and it eventually grabbed my full attention, for whatever that's worth.
Speaking of Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell said yesterday that he wrote Til I Can Gain Control Again to impress Townes Van Zandt and justify the faith Guy Clark had showed in him.
I really enjoyed The Boot's short interview with Sarah Buxton, although I'm sorry to read that "Buxton-Hughes" was short lived. I wanted to see them perform together live but wasn't about to attend a "Country Throwdown" tour (or whatever that thing was called in 2010) to do it. Oh well.
I think Will Taylor should have applied the Willie Nelson style to Willie's many covers of Bob Wills songs such as on the Songs of Cindy Walker tribute album "You Don't Know Me"! Or something like that anyway…
Elizabeth Cook described Charlie Louvin as "a pistol". Its nice to read more details about his life in The Nashville Scene.
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Blue Jackets beat Devils
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Patience is a virtue in hockey, too.
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Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 shots and flu-weakened James Wisniewski had a goal and two assists to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the struggling New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
Nothing much happened in the first 26 minutes of play, but the Blue Jackets adhered to their game plan and in the end it paid huge dividends.
''We kind of just stuck with it,'' said Cam Atkinson, who scored an unassisted goal for what proved to be the winner. ''They're a trap team so whoever broke down first, the other team's going to capitalize. A big power-play goal by Dubie kind of got the ball rolling for us.''
Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and an assist and Marian Gaborik added an empty-netter for the Blue Jackets, who won for the second time at home after losing four games in a row. They are 13-3-3 in their last 19 home games.
''We played a smart, systematic game - that's what the Devils do,'' Columbus coach Todd Richards said. ''It was a little bit of a chess match going back and forth. I like the way we managed the puck and managed our shifts. There just wasn't a lot going on and you have to be comfortable playing that game. Patience is a good way to describe it.''
Leading 2-1, the Blue Jackets made it a two-goal lead at 4:12 of the third. The Devils had a bad turnover in their defensive zone, with Wisniewski stepping across the blue line and almost pushing the puck toward the net. The puck hit the stick of defenseman Mark Fayne and went through to goalie Corey Schneider before tumbling over the goal line.
That was more than enough of a cushion for Bobrovsky, last year's Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goalie. He came in with just two wins despite a .921 save percentage while starting the first seven games.
He made several solid saves in the second period, in particular, but wasn't tested much in the third.
''Obviously, Bob was a rock for us tonight,'' Atkinson said.
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The loss dropped the Devils to 0-5-2 on the road and 1-5-3 on the season. They had finally picked up their first win with a 4-0 victory on Saturday that ended a club-record, season-opening seven-game winless streak.
''We definitely wanted to build off that win. We started that way with the power-play goal (by Michael Ryder), but we didn't do it,'' captain Bryce Salvador said.
Asked what the team's problem was on the road, Salvador said, ''I don't know. If we knew, we'd definitely address it and fix it.''
Coach Peter DeBoer was left to explain another defeat.
''We turned the puck over in our own zone a couple of times and they banged it in,'' he said. ''We're all searching for answers. The bottom line is, when you go on the road and play these teams — and that's a big strong team — you have to have 20 guys prepared to be in the fight and win battles. You can't go in with 15 or 16.''
The Devils led 1-0 after Ryder's power-play goal in the second period, but Dubinsky responded with a man-advantage goal of his own. Atkinson and Wisniewski, who didn't come out for the morning skate he was so sick, each added unassisted goals.
''I woke up at 6 a.m. and (was really sick),'' Wisniewski said. ''We showed a lot of character in the way we played. It took us a while to get going, but we found a way to win.''
The Blue Jackets took a 2-1 lead at 15:30 of the second when Atkinson skated toward the high slot. His quick backhander made it through heavy traffic for his third of the season. After Wisniewski's goal, Gaborik scored his fourth on an empty net with 35 seconds left in the game.
The Blue Jackets are a different team from when they couldn't gain a point on the road a week ago.
''The big word for me is urgency,'' Dubinsky said. ''We're a lot more urgent in our game. We're putting long stretches of (good) time together. If you look through those losses, we had stretches where we were playing good but just not for long enough. Over the last couple of games, we've just dug deep and played complete games.''
NOTES: New Jersey F Jaromir Jagr played in his 1,400th NHL game. He is the active leader in goals (683, 10th all-time), assists (1,011, 12th) and points (1,694, 8th). ... The Blue Jackets are 29-0-0 since Jan. 9, 2012 when leading after two periods. ... The Devils allowed assistant coach Mike Foligno to fly to Columbus on Sunday so he could spend time with his son Nick, a Blue Jackets forward, his wife and new granddaughter Milana, diagnosed with a heart condition soon after her Oct. 14 birth. ... The Devils fell to 1-2-3 when scoring first, while the Blue Jackets are 3-1-0 when down 1-0. ... It was Columbus D David Savard's 23rd birthday. ... Schneider had 20 saves for the Devils.
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The next Lenten Luncheon will be Wednesday, March 13, at Foundry Methodist Church, 5401 Broadway Ave. Host pastors are Dr. Kevin and the Rev. Jana Baxter. The Rev. Dwight Dozier from the Assembly of God will be the guest speaker. The weekly luncheons begin serving at noon – not earlier – and end at 1 p.m. Freewill offerings will be taken to defray the expenses of the host congregation. The public is invited to attend all of the luncheons, which will continue through March 27.
David Barnes, director of the Shafer Art Gallery at Barton Community College, will mix art education with religion during an upcoming presentation at St. John's Episcopal Church, 2701 17th St., Great Bend. The free program "Approaching the Cross: Why Rembrandt Matters," will be presented at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 17, at the church.
I am a person who is fairly involved politically and I do not like what I am seeing. I have discovered, though, that it is tempting to stay focused on the bad things that are happening. If I do, I often miss the good things that are happening at the same time.
Great Bend Aglow will meet Saturday, March 9, at Perkins Family Restaurant, 2920 10th St. The guest speakers are Steve and Jennifer Hopkins, Hoisington. Sign-in and social time begins at 9 a.m. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
The Lenten Luncheon series continues with the next luncheon at noon on Wednesday, March 6, at First Christian Church, 5230 Broadway Ave. Host pastor is the Rev. Bill Johnson, and the speaker will be the Rev. Jim Strasen from Trinity Lutheran Church. Luncheons are from noon to 1 p.m. and open to the public. A freewill offering is accepted to defray the cost to the host congregation.
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Dominican Sisters of Peace will show the award-winning motion picture "Doubt" at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in the auditorium of the Motherhouse, 3600 Broadway Ave. A freewill donation is requested. Refreshments and discussion will follow the movie, which has a run time of 104 minutes.
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Trinity Lutheran Church, 2701 24th St., will be the site of the first in a series of six 2013 Lenten Luncheons sponsored by the Barton County Association of Churches. The public is invited to have lunch at the church at noon Wednesday, Feb. 20. The Rev. Jim Strassen is host pastor and the speaker will be Dr. Kevin Baxter, pastor of Foundry Methodist Church. The purpose of these one-hour ecumenical gatherings is to provide an opportunity to gather for personal reflection and spiritual growth during the Lenten season, and to experience fellowship with one another.
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"To be the Church that God is calling us to be, we felt like we needed to create a space that would really connect with our kiddos," explained Rev. Josh Lue, senior minister at First Christian Church in Great Bend. " Our kids are now so excited about Sunday school they are dragging their parents, and not the other way around."
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is refusing to turn over documents related to enforcement of environmental laws at wind farms where dozens of eagles and other protected birds have been killed, House Republicans charged on Wednesday.
Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., said the Fish and Wildlife Service has engaged in a "deliberate slow rolling of documents and answers" for nearly a year. Hastings is chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, which has been seeking to compel the wildlife agency to turn over internal documents related to its enforcement of laws protecting eagles and other birds.
An Associated Press investigation last year revealed that the administration was not prosecuting wind energy companies for killing eagles and other protected birds.
Only one wind energy company has been prosecuted for killing eagles and other birds in violation of federal law. Duke Energy pleaded guilty in November to killing eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and will pay $1 million.
The government estimates that at least 85 eagles are killed each year by wind turbines.
The wildlife agency "dragged its feet for six months" before providing a two-page memo written the year before, Hastings said, and many of the documents that have been turned over so far are incomplete or have largely been blacked out.
"This is not compliance. This is deliberate slow rolling of documents and answers, and we've had enough," Hastings said.
Committee members asked the agency's director, Dan Ashe, at a hearing about a new agency rule allowing energy companies to kill or injure eagles without fear of prosecution for up to 30 years.
The rule, announced in December, provides legal protection for the lifespan of wind farms and other projects if energy companies obtain permits and make efforts to avoid killing protected birds. The permits would be reviewed every five years, and companies would have to submit reports of how many eagles they killed. Until now, such reporting has been voluntary, and the Interior Department has refused to release the information.
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., called the 30-year permits "licenses to kill" and suggested that the Obama administration favored wind power over traditional energy sources such as oil. Ashe disputed that, saying the agency treats the wind industry the same way it deals with all energy producers.
An agency spokeswoman said after the hearing that the 30-year permit applies to any type of energy production that results in the death of a bald or golden eagle.
Ashe called the 30-year permit a technical change, noting that the permits will still be reviewed every five years. The prior rule called for permit renewal after five years.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., the panel's senior Democrat, accused the panel's Republicans of wasting time and money searching for "yet another conspiracy that doesn't exist."
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Tuesday and Wednesday of last week were exceptionally warm days with mild nights. It was apparently warm enough to awaken some of the local bats.
I wasn't at the Museum to witness bats actually flying over the campus on either of those nights but Ranger Rock spotted one floating in the Sail Boat Pond on Thursday morning. The bat, unfortunately, was not alive.
How had this bat ended up in the water? I can't say for sure but I do have a theory. As stated, Tuesday and Wednesday were warm days with fair nights. Our unfortunate bat had probably been cruising through and over the campus hunting insects on balmy Wednesday night. Storms with very heavy rain came through that night. The leading edge of the system was sharp-edged with a dense band of rain followed by a sudden drop in temp. When the rain came down it came down suddenly and with force. The bat may have been caught out in the open when the weather came through.
The following photos were taken soon after the bat was removed from the water. The fur is wet and appears much darker than it would if it were dry.
I don't know the identification of this bat but maybe someone out there can help ID it. My thoughts are either Big Brown Bat or Southeastern Myotis.
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The shape of the tragus can help eliminate some bats from the mix. In some bats the tragus is pointed, others rounded, with various shapes in between and beyond those two simple shapes.
Admitedly, there are other features which are important in IDing specific bats, but hopefully the characteristics shown will be helpful. By the way, the fur when dry was medium brown above and lighter on the belly.
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Response to intervention: building the capacity of teachers to serve students with learning difficulties.
One of the main criticisms of this discrepancy model is that it has not proven useful in enhancing services for students, particularly providing early intervention to struggling students (Braddley, Danielson, & Doolittle, 2007). First, given that a discrepancy between intelligence and achievement is difficult to obtain in the early grades because young children are generally not "far enough" behind in achievement to detect a discrepancy, students typically are not identified as having a SLD until about the third grade (MacMillan & Siperstein, 2002). In this "wait-to-fail" model, struggling learners do not receive needed services as soon as their difficulties are evidenced, and instead they are set up to fail for several years until their achievement gap is wide enough for them to qualify for special education services. Second, the discrepancy model does not provide practical information on how to effectively teach students; therefore, it is not particularly useful to teachers in planning for instruction (Braddley et al., 2007). Additionally, students from minority cultural and language backgrounds have been over-identified as having SLD using the discrepancy model, and these students have been placed in more segregated special education settings as compared to their European-American, English speaking peers (De Valenzuela, Copeland, Qi, & Park, 2006; MacMillan & Reschly, 1998).
In response to the difficulties inherent in the discrepancy model, leaders in the field of learning disabilities proposed an alternative method, response to intervention (RTI), as a valid method of identifying a student with learning disabilities (Fuchs, 2002; Gresham, 2002; Vaughn & Fuchs, 2003). Essentially, RTI is a "change in behavior or performance as a function of intervention" (Gresham, 1991, as cited in Gresham, 2002, p.480). The 2004 reauthorization of IDEA made permissible a change in how students are found eligible for LD: "a local education agency may use a process that determines if the child responds to scientific, research-based intervention as part of the evaluation procedures" (20 USC [section][section] 1, 400), namely response to intervention (RTI).
Overview of the Response to Intervention Model
Though there is not agreement on one specific method for implementing RTI, the law clearly states that RTI is fundamentally a dynamic assessment and instructional process based on thorough scientific research (Kame'enui, 2007). Therefore, proposed models of RTI involve two critical components: implementation of evidence based instruction/intervention and ongoing assessment to monitor student progress or response (Fuchs & Fuchs, 1998; Gresham, 2002; Kame'enui, 2007; National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2006). More specifically, to use this approach to identify students with SLD, the instruction/intervention must be valid, meaning it should have known reliable and beneficial outcomes for students with similar characteristics (Gresham, 2002).
Much of the research on RTI has been conducted in the area of reading, most likely due to the number of students who are identified with SLD have specific reading disabilities. Generally, the literature discusses the model in terms of three tiers of reading intervention (Braddley et al., 2007; Fuchs & Fuchs, 2007; Vaughn & Fuchs, 2003). Tier 1 consists of the core, evidence-based reading instruction that all students receive in general education classrooms coupled with screening assessments, approximately three times per year, to identify those students who are meeting grade level standards with the core curriculum. In most cases, high quality Tier 1 instruction meets the needs of about 70-80% of the students in the general education classroom. However, approximately 20-30% of students do not reach grade level standards within the core program, and thus, additional instruction/intervention is necessary (Vaughn, Wanzek, Woodruff, & Linan-Thompson, 2007).
Tier 2 instruction includes targeted, systematic interventions for these students in small groups of 4-5 students and more regular (bi-weekly) progress monitoring (Vaughn et al., 2007; Vaughn & Roberts, 2007). Ongoing progress monitoring serves two purposes. First, the data are used to make instructional decisions based on students' strengths and needs. Second, ongoing progress monitoring data are used to determine whether the student is "responding" to the intervention. That is, the data indicates whether the student needs to continue to receive interventions or can be "exited" from the Tier 2 program. Tier 2 interventions typically are supplemental interventions that require about 20 minutes per day for up to 20 weeks (Bradley et al., 2007; Vaughn et al., 2007). Students may be exited from intervention before the 20 weeks if they meet grade level benchmarks; other students may need to continue for the full 20 weeks in order to make adequate progress. Even with targeted interventions at Tier 2, some students may still not be receiving enough instructional support to achieve grade level benchmarks. For these students, Tier 3 interventions may be necessary.
Tier 3 provides more intensive interventions for about 2-5% of students for whom Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions were not adequate. These interventions may include 45-60 minutes of highly individualized instruction and occur in small groups of no more than three students (Vaughn et al., 2007). Because of the length of time needed for Tier 3 interventions, they will generally replace some part of the core curriculum at least temporarily. The interventions in Tier 3 may or may not include special education services depending on district or school policy and decision-making. However, it is likely that these students will be referred for special education and may qualify for special education services based on the systematic documentation of interventions received through an RTI model or through further evaluation. Unlike the discrepancy approach, in an RTI model students who are not performing at grade level receive interventions early before they qualify for special education. Further, the efficacy of the interventions is monitored to determine if students are responding and making progress. For many students these early interventions may provide the extra assistance they need, and therefore these students may not need special education services.
The RTI model relies heavily on implementing high quality, specific instruction and interventions as well as ongoing systematic assessment of student progress at each of the three tiers. The potential benefit of the RTI model in providing intervention for struggling students is clear. Several studies have demonstrated that when RTI is implemented effectively there is a reduction in the number of students who are referred and who qualify for special education (Fuchs, Mock, Morgan, & Young, 2003; O'Conner, 2007). However, effective implementation of the model demands a shift in how schools "do business" and most importantly has implications for the preparation of both general and special education teachers.
The Roles of General and Special Education Teachers
In the not so distant past, the roles of general and special education teachers were considered disparate. That is, general educators were responsible for teaching the core curriculum and special educators were responsible for serving only those students with identified disabilities. More recently, an emphasis on inclusion has encouraged general education teachers and special education teachers to collaborate in serving students with disabilities in the general education classroom (Haager & Mahdavi, 2007). However, the RTI model requires schools to evaluate the roles of teachers in serving students who exhibit learning difficulties before they are referred for special education eligibility.
Both general and special educators have critical and shared responsibilities in the RTI model at each tier, and the collaboration between these educators is essential for student success. In Tier 1, the emphasis is on delivery of core reading instruction, and is likely to not be very different from what general educators are currently doing in their classrooms. This stage also requires screening to identify at-risk students (Bradley, Danielson, & Doolittle, 2007). Thus, districts will need to consider which assessments will be used for screening and whose role it will be to administer these assessments (Haager & Mahdavi, 2007). Regardless of who is responsible for administering the assessments, classroom teachers, at the individual or group level, will be tasked with using the assessment data to make decisions regarding which students are in need of Tier 2 interventions. General educators may not be familiar with analyzing and interpreting the assessment data, whereas, special educators are likely to have experience, knowledge and skill in interpreting assessments. Thus, collaboration between special educators and general educators in using these data to homogeneously group students and determine the areas of need to guide intervention development is critical.
The role of both general education and special education teachers in Tier 2 is not particularly clear in the literature, and is likely to be decided at the individual school or district level (Haager & Mahdavi, 2007). For instance, some schools use their specialized teaching staff including special education teachers, Title I teachers, and reading specialists to assist general educators in implementing Tier 2 interventions, while these specialists provide only Tier 3 interventions and support at other school sites. Therefore, schools need to decide who will be providing the targeted interventions at this level. Time is, of course, one of the main challenges in determining who will deliver the intervention. Also, general educators may not feel they have the expertise to provide targeted interventions, and special educators may feel "stretched", given the demands to serve students with identified disabilities (Haager & Mahdavi, 2007).
Considering the limited resources of many schools, it is recommended that Tier 2 interventions are most efficiently delivered by the general educator since they can provide interventions to just the 4-5 students in their individual classes that need intervention, yet it is important that general educators feel supported in delivering interventions and monitoring student progress. Special educators, reading specialists, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists can provide this support through consultation and coaching, particularly in analyzing data and using the data to develop specific interventions. As indicated previously, students who need Tier 3 interventions are those students who have not made adequate progress with targeted Tier 2 interventions and need very intensive interventions, possibly including special education services.
In Tier 3, students may receive interventions from a specialist, most likely the special education teacher. Since special educators will be serving those students with the most significant reading difficulties, they need to be highly skilled in delivering intensive reading interventions, using progress monitoring tools, and interpreting data from these tools. Students in Tier 3--whether they are identified as having a disability or not--will be in general education for most of the day, requiring collaboration and ongoing communication between the special educator and the general educators essential.
Implications for Teacher Education
The RTI model proposes a "paradigm shift" in the way in which schools serve students who demonstrate learning difficulties, and in the nature and level of support provided once students are found eligible for special education. This paradigm shift has implications for preservice preparation provided to teacher candidates and also for the ongoing professional development provided to school staff.
RTI requires the collaborative preparation and flexible role definitions of school personnel. To successfully implement such a model will require supportive school teams comprising of special educators, school psychologists, speech therapists, reading specialists, administrators, and others who will need to work together to assist the general education teacher in identifying at-risk learners, and in developing and implementing appropriate interventions and progress monitoring. Furthermore, as discussed earlier, schools will need to determine the specific roles and tasks that will be completed by each team member to prevent turf issues and ensure successful outcomes for students. There will need to be a shared value system, school-wide commitment, and administrative support with appropriate resources and incentives in order for RTI to be a firmly established and successful as a form of service delivery at a school.
While catalyzed by special education legislation, RTI is essentially a model of effective schools with widespread implications for how all school personnel are prepared, acculturated to the school environment, and how they implement instruction in the classroom. RTI requires a shift towards a more "individualized" look at students in the class, and consistent monitoring of instructional progress using empirically validated techniques. It has implications for the general educator's workload and how he/she is prepared. For instance, general education teachers will now be required to look more closely at the individual learning needs of their students and develop strategies and skills that can be implemented to address these learning needs. They will also need to develop expertise in data-based decision making and the administration and use of ongoing progress monitoring measures such as curriculum-based measurement. It is paramount that these skills be embedded in general education teacher preparation programs.
RTI also changes the role of special education teachers, moving special education from the frontline role of serving those who are not able to keep up in school, to the intervention of "last resort". Special educators will need to have a deep understanding of the methods for delivering highly individualized and intensive interventions as well as making data-based decisions. Special education teachers will be required to take on several new roles; that of a collaborative consultant assisting general education colleagues in the implementation of RTI; providing Tier 3 interventions to students not identified as having disabilities; and assisting the school in developing and utilizing validated progress monitoring techniques to keep close tabs on student progress. Additionally, students who do get identified as having special needs are now going to require more intensive and specialized interventions that call for greater teacher skill and expertise. Faculty in special education teacher preparation programs are going to have to be more responsive to these needs, and work closely with general education teacher preparation programs in the joint preparation of the workforce.
Implications for Professional Development
Even as teacher preparation programs begin to incorporate curriculum involving RTI, ongoing professional development will be necessary at the school and district level. Though many school districts are committed to implementing the RTI model, they are continually faced with the challenge of having the time and funding to provide the additional professional development required to prepare educators for this method of supporting struggling learners. Typically, districts provide teachers with professional development in the core curricular programs required by the district/state. Teachers are provided assessment tools, curricular guidelines, and pacing charts. However, RTI requires a cyclical process of data-based instructional decisions, which requires specific professional development in progress monitoring, using data to make instructional decisions, and implementing evidence-based interventions.
As one teacher notes, "I've seen a lot of teachers try interventions. But, I rarely see them measuring the interventions closely to actually see if the strategies they are implementing are working." (Amanda Fraizer, personal communication, May 20, 2007). This elementary school teacher describes her frustration with not knowing how to effectively monitor the interventions she is trying in her classroom. As noted by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (2006), schools must implement continuous progress monitoring measures to pinpoint students' specific difficulties, use the data to determine the effectiveness of an intervention, and make necessary instructional modifications.
RTI also requires teachers to be continuously responsive to the instructional needs of individual students (Gerber, 2005). This process is not easily placed into curriculum guides and pacing charts. Professional development needs to include both the content and methods of instruction shown to be effective with struggling learners. In reading instruction, for instance, most teachers are familiar with the components of an effective reading program proposed by the National Reading Panel (2000) (e.g. phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency vocabulary, and comprehension); however, instructional methods of intervention in these skill areas may not be as clear. Consequently, reviewing the principles of effective intervention (i.e., explicit, targeted instruction, corrective feedback) will be a necessary component of professional development. Follow-up observations of teachers implementing these principles in their classrooms and coaching are also recommended (Haager & Mahdavi, 2007).
Along with supportive professional development, there is a need for ongoing collaboration and open communication (Haager & Mahdavi, 2007). Most likely, individual schools will need to be creative in how they allocate the time needed for ongoing collaboration. Many schools currently have weekly planning time which provides a forum for critical analysis of data from progress monitoring assessments and intervention planning. Research has found that support from administration is key to successful collaboration and implementation of interventions (Haager & Mahdavi, 2007). Therefore, school administrators will need to provide teachers and other professionals this critical time to focus on successfully implementing RTI.
In a recent article, Ed Kame'enui, Commissioner of Special Education for the Institute of Education Sciences reflected that RTI was both timely and premature (Kame'enui, 2007). While there is consensus in the field for the need to implement early intervention services to assist struggling learners in our schools and that there are many inherent problems with the previous "wait-to-fail" approach that has been used to identify students with SLD, there are still many unanswered questions with regards to RTI. Most of the research on RTI is limited to the field of reading, particularly early reading, and less is known about RTI in the areas of math, content areas, and behavior (Fuchs & Deshler, 2007). Similarly, there are few validated intervention programs for middle and high school, and thus this model is relatively untested in the secondary grades. Other site-based implementation issues arise such as: who is best prepared to provide interventions; how do we ascertain whether or not a student has responded to intervention; when do we refer a student for special education and what does the learning disability eligibility process look like; and which variables do schools or districts use to evaluate whether RTI has been successful (Fuchs & Deshler, 2007)?
For teacher educators, there are questions as to how best prepare all teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to implement the RTI model. It is imperative that we work across general and special education teacher preparation programs to ensure that all teacher candidates acquire and demonstrate the necessary competence. Much research is still needed in how to best prepare our future general and special educators in an RTI model.
Despite challenges and unanswered questions, RTI has the potential to assist many struggling students by providing them necessary interventions and consequently reducing the number of students who are referred and placed in special education programs. By preparing our teachers in the RTI model, including the implementation of evidence based interventions and ongoing progress monitoring, teacher educators are given the opportunity to build the capacity of all teachers to serve students with learning difficulties.
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Catherine Richards, Shireen Pavri, Felipe Golez, and Rebecca Canges are professors in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach, and Joanne Murphy is with the Long Beach Unified School District.
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