Understanding Secondary Teachers’ Concerns About Response to Intervention: Using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model

• In Event: Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Innovative Initiatives in Teacher Education

Abstract

This case study addressed the problem of implementing Response to Intervention (RTI) in general secondary education. To investigate this problem, 10 secondary teachers from one north Texas school’s RTI implementation were observed using the theoretical framework of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) and defining RTI as the innovation. Results indicated that the secondary teachers were at similar stages of concern and levels of use of RTI. As levels of RTI use increased, observed RTI use increased; however, teachers’ RTI levels of use scores remained in the early levels of RTI implementation at all three intervals of data collection. This case study provided insight about the value of teachers’ participation and knowledge of RTI to facilitate the change process successfully.

Author

• Laura Jane Isbell, Texas A&M University - Commerce