A Note to the Reader
Introduction
Part 1: Culturally Relevant Response to Intervention (CR-RTI)
1. How Did We Get Here?
2. Response-to-Intervention
3. Culturally Relevant Response-to-Intervention (CR-RTI) Models
4. Theory and Culturally Relevant Models
5. Scientific, Research-Based Instruction and CR-RTI
6. Step-by-Step Approach to Creating CR-RTI Models
7. Cultural characteristics and Academic Engagement
8. Cultural Characteristics in the Classroom
Part 2: Vignettes
9. Entertainment?! Why Can’t Our Children Just Sit Down and Learn?
10. What Does Academic Engagement Look Like for Many Children of Color?
11. Motivation: The Key to Success
12. Respecting Children and Their Cultural Backgrounds
13. Racism: Does it Exist in Today’s School System?
14. Getting Parents to Buy into Your RTI Model
15. Utilizing Community Resources: A School-Church RTI Approach
Part 3: Application
16. Peer Mediated Learning: An Emphasis on Communalism
17. Culturally Relevant Reading and Writing Instruction
18. Communalism and Instruction at the Tier 1 Level
19. Movement and Instruction at the Tier 1 Level
20. Orality and Instruction at the Tier 1 Level
21. Verve, Evaluation Systems, and Instruction
22. Tying it all Together Within an RTI Framwork
23. RTI for Students of Color at the High School Level
Reflections
An RTI guide to improving performance of African-American students by Dwayne Williams. ISBN 9781483393674. Published by Corwin in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.