During the current school year (2007-08), the work of the AWCP has
shifted in focus from serving “wide” (i.e., benchmarking many students
at many schools) to serving “deep” (i.e., focusing exclusively on one
school). After a series of meetings in the spring and summer 2007, key
stakeholders including principals, teachers, administrators, graduate
students, and the school psychologist decided that AWCP staff would work
exclusive at one campus where benchmarking had already been taking place
since the beginning of the program. The campus, Edgewood Intermediate
School (EIS), is a 3rd–5th elementary school that serves over 500
children and employs 22 teachers.
The current manifestation of the AWCP involves ongoing staff development
and support around all aspects of RTI (e.g., how to benchmark and
progress monitor students, use of data to inform instruction and
intervention selection), in order to help empower teachers and
administrators to implement changes independently. By applying the
knowledge, skills and leadership learned through readings, web-based
individual work, group discussion, and supervision, current graduate
practicum students assist stakeholders in learning to sustain an RTI
model of service delivery in the absence of AWCP personnel.
