What Are “Culturally Relevant” Response-to-Intervention (RtI) and Problem Solving Models?

If you are like most educators, administrators, and parents, you might have heard of culturally relevant models, but are not quite sure what they are or how they should look in the classroom. Research is clear in that most educators are unfamiliar with the cultural experiences of students of color in general, and the cultural experiences of African-American students in particular. This is unfortunate considering culture plays a significant role in engaging students of color not only academically but also socially and emotionally.

If you are interested in learning more about culturally relevant RtI and problem solving models, become a member of our site and gain access to our FREE resources, including our cultural awareness manual, articles, and culturally relevant interventions. Becoming a member is free and simply requires providing your name and email address. Learn today how to create culturally relevant models for the success of your students!

Free resources within this site will

• enhance your knowledge surrounding the role culture plays in education;
• boost your ability to engage students of color not only cognitively, but also academically, and emotionally;
• strengthen your knowledge surrounding components needed to create culturally relevant RtI and problem solving models;
• increase your awareness of how to align common core standards with culturally relevant instruction—and more!

In response to reading our recently published book, An RtI Guide to Improving Performance of African-American Students: What Every Teacher Should Know About Culture and Academic Engagement, Pat Quinn says, “This book [An RtI Guide] is both encouraging and relevant to the work that educators are doing. It is a real asset to any teacher. Every teacher who wants to fully engage all students should read this book!”

—Pat Quinn, The RtI Guy, one of the nation’s leading experts on RtI

Become a member today and receive Dwayne Williams’ peer refereed rebuttal article of Ruby Payne’s work, A Framework for Understanding Poverty! We look forward to exchanging ideas and experiences with you surrounding culturally relevant models.

 Dwayne D. Williams, M.A., Ed.S

Founder of Tier I Educational Coaching and Consulting Services

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