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Mastering RTI in Secondary Grades

⚙️ Systems Thinking ⚙️ Highly Effective Teaching & Leading 🪑 Seated 🆓 Free for Members

  • Date: May 30, 2025

  • Location: Board Of Education Meeting Room, Republic Schools, 636 N Main Street, Republic MO 65738

  • Time: 8:30-3:30 PM

  • Lunch: Provided

Registration

  • GOCSD Members: Free

  • Nonmembers: $50; Substitutions are encouraged as refunds will not be provided.

  • Seats Available: 70

Intended Audience: Superintendents & Assistant Superintendents, Secondary Principals & Assistant Principals, Secondary Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Secondary Site or District Teams

Space is limited, so gather a team and sign up today!

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Why Attend?

This full-day professional learning session is designed to equip secondary educators with the knowledge and strategies to effectively implement Response to Intervention (RTI) in their schools. Based on Solution Tree’s RTI at Work model, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the RTI framework, including the key elements that must be considered when beginning the RTI process at the secondary level.

During the session, participants will:

  • Gain practical strategies and knowledge to successfully launch and sustain an RTI model for their course or grade level.

  • Explore creating and using assessments to pinpoint skill gaps.

  • Determine appropriate student placement within RTI tiers.

  • Evaluate the impact of RTI on student growth and achievement.

To ensure the session is highly interactive and practical, participants are encouraged to bring or have access to a curriculum unit they might use in an RTI cycle. Throughout the day, there will be hands-on opportunities to dive deeply into creating checkpoints, designing interventions, and directly implementing learning into planning a cycle. By the end of the session, participants will leave prepared to launch their first RTI cycle of the year with confidence and clarity.

Designed for active engagement, collaboration, and reflection, schools are encouraged to be intentional about assembling a team to participate that includes teachers, instructional support staff, and administrators. Teams will reflect on their learning and its application to their work, leaving with actionable steps tailored to context.

Guest Experts

Jennifer Renegar

Dr. Jennifer Renegar
Data and Assessment Specialist
Republic Schools

The 2024-25 school year marks Dr. Renegar’s twenty-seventh year as an educator. Her roles include high school math teacher in Springfield, K-12 Math Curriculum Coordinator in Springfield, Secondary Curriculum Specialist in Republic, and most recently as the Data & Assessment Specialist for Republic. She has experience working with teachers and administrators providing data, collaboratively analyzing data, planning response processes, setting goals and measures, and more. Her knowledge of Excel and Google Sheets allows for creating efficiency in various processes.

Casey Daugherty

Ms. Casey Daugherty
Secondary Literacy Specialist
Republic Schools

Casey Daugherty is a Literacy Specialist with Republic R-III Schools in Republic, Missouri. Also a teacher-consultant with the National Writing Project, Casey serves as a professional development facilitator for the Missouri Writing Projects Network. In her public education career, Casey received the Toyota International Teacher Award and the Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching from the U.S. State Department. She is an advocate for health and wellness in the classroom through Breathe for Change, and she is passionate about literacy. During the pandemic, Casey invited online audiences to daily #WriteWithMe sessions to encourage the powerful healing that writing can produce.

Eric Stephens

Dr. Eric Stephens
HS Assistant Principal
Republic Schools

Dr. Stephens has served as an educator at Republic High School for the past 17 years, including nine years as a math teacher and eight years as an assistant principal. During this time, he has helped implement RTI at the secondary level by empowering course-level teams in EOC-tested areas to drive the decision making. He also helps teams monitor the effectiveness of their RTI work through both reflection and data analysis.

Space is limited, so gather a team and sign up today!

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