Help Us Recruit! Become a Faculty Consultant

We are seeking faculty members from colleges and universities across the U.S. to help us recruit partner schools

Benefits of Collaboration
  • Cross-site national collaborations that may lead to publications for you and your graduate students
  • Access to and acknowledgement of your contribution to a large-scale national database of RTI knowledge and implementation
  • Paid practical training and data collection experience for one or more of your graduate students (optional)
  • An annual consultant stipend
Faculty Consultant Responsibilities
  • Conduct initial identification of interested schools or districts
  • Provide district IRB contacts (if available)
  • Designate a graduate student to be hired as a temporary SMU employee and trained to conduct classroom observations (optional)
Identifying Prospective Partner Schools:

Who is Eligible?

  • Public schools implementing RTI in grades 1-5 (including charter schools)
  • Schools conducting universal screening and collecting reading outcome data using

Click here to learn more about partner school eligibility and responsibilities

Contact Us

Dr. Athena Trentin

Research Director

(214)-768-3787

atrentin@smu.eduÂ