Who’s on the RTI team
By Amanda Morin
Expert reviewed by Elaine M. Niefeld, MA, MBA
Response to intervention (RTI) teams are made up of a number of people. And the exact members may differ from school to school. Learn who's likely to be on the RTI team at your child’s school and how they can help.
Administrator/school principal
Oversees the administrative details of RTI
Assigns staff to work with students
Consults with teachers and attends RTI meetings
RTI coordinator
Schedules meetings
Maintains RTI data and tracks student progress
Keeps in touch with families
Classroom teacher
Helps with screening all students
Provides interventions to small groups of students as needed
Keeps documentation on student progress that helps the RTI team tell how well interventions are working
Attends RTI meetings and keeps in touch with families
Special education teacher
Consults with classroom teachers on ways to teach struggling students
Helps create and put into place RTI plans for struggling students
Gives more intensive interventions, if needed
Literacy/reading specialists
Helps choose, use, and interpret student screenings
Helps select teaching materials and methods
Helps monitor students’ progress
Works with families on things to do at home to help
Parents
May be asked to attend some meetings and to work with their child at home on different skills
Provide helpful information about their child’s background and developmental history
Follow their child’s progress through information from the school
Can request an evaluation for special education services if concerned about their child’s progress
School psychologist
Administers some student assessments and participates in team meetings
Trains other RTI team members
Comes up with behavior intervention plans for students, if needed
Speech-language therapist
Administers student assessments and participates in team meetings
Works with students who struggle with language
Learn more about the role of reading specialists on the RTI team. And get to know the different levels of RTI support.
