I finally, FINALLY have 1 kid "officially" in Tier 2, 1 "officially" in Tier 3, and one "officially" recommended for a speech evaluation. Can't wait until tomorrow, that list will get a little bit longer. This is fortunate and unfortunate. Fortunate in that it has been 3 weeks since K and 2nd screenings were conducted and I am just now getting to the point where I can actually get to the kids! Unfortunate because, if at the end of this RTI process I have to test and place all of these kids,I don't know what I'm going to do. I've got about 17 starting in the process. I definitely do not have the room for all of these kids in my schedule. I'm not sure what to do because I weeded the Kindergarteners from 44 students who failed to 12 who will be put in tiers, so I feel like I really do have it down to the kids who truly need help! I have tried to pick a few kids to tell the teachers that I really think they can and should make progress in Tier 2 and that I don't want to move them any further along in the process. I really think they can, but on the other hand the teachers are extremely concerned and leery about providing speech intervention. And to be perfectly honest, I hate to give them any more responsibility than they've got.
On a good note, I am in the process of dismissing 2 students from speech with another 2 on my "dismissal radar"!
Like I said, finally making progress, and it feels so good!
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