Here at Excel, we focus on the principles of quality instruction,
intervention and assessment within a Tiered program called Response
to Instruction (RTI). The three Tiers of Instruction are Tier I,
Tier II, and Tier III. The Tier instruction is designed to meet the
needs of students in varying degrees of educational abilities.
Tier I is designed to cover the General Education classroom and
serves all students. This Tier is encompasses quality teaching in
each classroom every day and incorporates quality instruction and
class management to reach all students. Typically speaking, 80% of
students generally grasp the concepts in this setting and the
classroom teacher uses the best practices scenario to fulfill the
teaching and learning to all students. During Tier I we use STAR
testing as our universal screenings and progress monitoring tool to
make sure that students are learning and progressing with grade
level expectations.
Tier II is designed to meet the needs of the 15% of the class that
did not grasp the concept in class and may need some type of
intervention. The interventions are things that can take place in
class from small group settings to one on one instruction. Teachers
have also made themselves available to meet in after school
settings for tutoring as well. The interventions used are targeted
to the audience either individually or to a whole group that needs
extra services to help them become successful in their educational
growth. Tier II is designed to help at risk students and also to
provide more rapid and in depth progress monitoring from the
classroom teachers.
If students are not successful in Tier I or Tier II then they fall
into the Tier III category. Research has shown that not over 5% of
students within a classroom should fall into the Tier III category.
Within this category, students are pulled out of their regular
education classes and placed onto an intensive intervention
research based program, and for Excel that program is Successmaker.
This Tier is designed for intensive interventions for individual
students that is high intensity and provides immediate growth
feedback for the students involved.
We at Excel School make every effort to provide students with an
awesome education. In doing so, we provide students with
interventions and support needed to grow and become strong
community leaders. The interventions we offer are of researched
based studies and have been effective in student achievement.