Leslie Van Kleek

Leslie Van Kleek is the Prevention Specialist for Tigard High School in Portland, Oregon. She has worked in public education (secondary level) for 14 years: two years as a special education teacher, eleven years as a learning specialist, and one year as a prevention specialist. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Child Development from Oregon State University and a Master's Degree in Education from Lewis & Clark College. Tigard High School has been implementing RTI at for the past three years. During that time, Ms. Van Kleek has served as the co-chair of their Effective Behavioral and Instructional Supports team (their RTI team for behavior and academics), which measures and documents student progress in interventions.


Talks Featured

Building a Master Schedule to Facilitate RTI

June 2, 2010

The creation of a workable schedule that maximizes school personnel resources and collaboration among all members of the teaching force to deliver tiered instruction is essential to the effective implementation of RTI. Join Leslie Van Kleek and Steven Vandemark during our next RTI Talk as they answer your questions about building workable master schedules with the flexibility to respond to student needs at both the elementary and secondary school levels.