Wake County educators and school board members heard from national education expert Judy Elliott, former Chief Academic Officer for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Elliott discussed Response to Instruction in a training session at the Wake County Public School System. After taking part in the session, school board members discussed Response to Instruction in the board’s Student Achievement committee, too.
Response to Instruction is the practice of providing high-quality instruction and interventions matched to student need, monitoring progress frequently to make changes in instruction or goals, and applying child response data to important educational decisions
Dr. Elliott has trained thousands of staff, teachers and administrators in the areas of inclusive schooling that include: linking assessment to classroom intervention, strategies and tactics for effective instruction, curriculum adaptation for students with mild to severe disabilities and collaborative teaching.
Fifty-one WCPSS schools brought teams of four staff members. Administrators worked with Elliott in the afternoon, while other school staff attended breakout sessions on three broad components – professional learning teams, data-based decision making and differentiated instruction.
Staff submitted evaluations on the day’s activities. One person wrote: “This is the best professional development I have attended in my six years in WCPSS.”
Dr. Judy Elliott discussed Response to Instruction in a training session at WCPSS.