Response to intervention: examining teacher perceived self-efficacy when prescribing and implementing academic and behavior interventions

Sherri Amanda Wallace

doi:10.17918/etd-4577

Educational legislators nationwide are advocating for the correlation of student achievement with teacher evaluation. Districts have adopted Response to Intervention as a way to prescribe, implement, and progress monitor interventions to enhance academics and decrease negative behaviors. What happens when teachers are not comfortable with incorporating new mandated processes? Professional development and readiness play an important role of self-efficacy. In this explanatory sequential study, the focus was to determine if there was a relationship between teacher perceived self-efficacy when prescribing, implementing, and progress monitoring academic and behavioral interventions while incorporating Response to Intervention (RtI) in a Pennsylvania urban public elementary school. The cross-sectional based Perception of RtI Skills Survey and open-ended individual interviews were used to examine the following research questions: Is there are relationship between teacher self-efficacy and prescribing and implementing academic and behavioral interventions while implementing Response to Intervention (RtI)? Is there a correlation between teacher's year of experience in education and their current position, teacher education, and perceived self-efficacy when using the RtI model? What teacher knowledge and tools are needed for successful incorporation of RtI? Seventeen general and special education teachers completed both phases of the study. Four major themes emerged from the study: understanding the teacher's role in prescribing and implementing behavioral interventions, managing Response to Intervention academic and behavior interventions in the general and special education classroom with fidelity, and understanding how to identify and use academic and behavior resources, and using technology to progress monitor. The study's results concluded teachers are not secure in using diagnostic tools and interventions for behavior. The consistent review of monitoring tools could help to ensure teachers understand how to progress monitor and input data in the Online Teacher Accountability System. There are four recommendations for promoting positive teacher self-perceived efficacy when using RtI. The data supports a critical need for understanding the multifaceted tiers for academic and behavior interventions, the identification of universal screenings and interventions at all tiers for each grade level, support in progress monitoring when using technology, and ongoing program evaluation to refine professional development to target school-based needs. Keywords: Response to Intervention, teacher perceived self-efficacy, academic interventions, behavioral interventions

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