What This Domain Does

A Complete DI Implementation Journey

RSI's DI work is grounded in Engelmann and Carnine's research-validated model — the most thoroughly studied instructional approach in American education — and is actively implemented and refined daily at Wayne STEM Academy.

The five packages in this domain form a complete implementation journey — from first training through full institutional sustainability. Schools may engage any package independently, but the greatest and most durable impact comes when packages build on one another over time.

The Implementation Journey

Train → Coach → Monitor → Systematize → Sustain

Programs Covered Across All Packages

Reading Mastery Literacy · Grades K–6
Corrective Reading Literacy · Grades 3–12
Connecting Math Concepts Mathematics · Grades K–6
Corrective Math Mathematics · Grades 4–12
Reasoning & Writing Language · Grades 3–8

DI Consulting Service Packages

Entry Point

DI Program Training

Teachers · Instructional Assistants · Coaches · Coordinators

Three distinct training tiers — Initial, Advanced, and Train the Trainer — ensuring schools can bring new staff online, deepen existing implementers' skills, and ultimately build internal training capacity that reduces dependency on outside support.

  • Teachers who deliver DI lessons with fidelity from day one
  • Experienced teachers who understand the program deeply enough to troubleshoot
  • Internal trainers who can onboard new staff without waiting for a consultant
  • Training infrastructure to sustain quality as staff turns over
Ongoing Coaching

In-Class Implementation Coaching

All DI Classroom Teachers · Instructional Assistants · New Implementers

Training tells teachers what to do. In-class coaching shows them how — and walks beside them until it is real. RSI consultants work in the room with teachers: side-by-side coaching, real-time feedback, and structured observation cycles that close the gap between training and daily practice.

  • Teachers who execute DI lessons with increasing confidence and fidelity
  • Real-time instructional improvement — not waiting until the next training day
  • A documented coaching record capturing each teacher's growth over time
  • A shared picture between teacher and administrator of implementation progress
Quality Assurance

Fidelity Monitoring & Implementation Oversight

Principals · Executive Directors · Program Coordinators · District Leaders

Implementation can drift silently. RSI functions as an external quality assurance partner — conducting structured observations, reviewing data, analyzing the relationship between implementation quality and student performance, and producing a formal implementation review with actionable recommendations.

  • An accurate, evidence-based picture of implementation health across all DI programs
  • A formal implementation review report leadership can act on immediately
  • Root cause clarity — understanding why implementation is where it is
  • A corrective action plan connecting findings to specific, prioritized next steps
System Design

MTSS Integration with DI

Principals · Dean of Academics · Instructional Coaches · School Improvement Teams

Direct Instruction is the most powerful Tier 1 instructional system available — but only when the school has built the support architecture around it that DI's own principles demand. This package designs and trains schools on a seamless three-tier system built from DI's core commitments: instructional level placement, mastery-based progression, and data-driven regrouping.

  • A fully designed, documented MTSS framework aligned with the school's DI programs
  • Clear, objective movement criteria that make regrouping timely and data-driven
  • A scheduling and grouping model that makes Tier 1, 2, and 3 instruction operationally feasible
  • A data review structure that keeps the MTSS system functioning and responsive
Internal Capacity

DI Coordinator & Coaching the Coach Development

Reading Specialists · Program Coordinators · Instructional Coaches · Dean of Academics

Most schools have a Reading Specialist or Program Coordinator responsible for DI implementation — but who has never been trained on how to observe, coach, and sustain that implementation. Through two complementary tracks — Fidelity Monitoring & Oversight and Coaching the Coach — RSI builds the coordinator's capacity to do what RSI does. This is RSI's sustainability package: the one that leaves something behind.

  • A coordinator who conducts structured DI fidelity observations independently
  • A coordinator who coaches DI teachers with program-specific, evidence-based feedback
  • Implementation quality maintained and improved between RSI visits
  • A school that no longer depends entirely on outside expertise to sustain its DI program
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