Multi-Tiered System Of Support (MTSS)

Planning for EUHSD

What is a multi-tiered system of support ?

Establish Meeting Norms �​

• Be present ​
• Seek to understand​
• Allow space for all voices​
• Create space for questions and discussion​
• Add any other important norms for your site​

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Building a Team

• Making sure you have the right people in the room

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• Which parts of the school organization needs to be represented by a team member?

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• Which students are represented by the team members?

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• Which student groups does your team need to especially pay attention to during your MTSS journey?

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• Are there student groups in your team who do not have representation? What does your team commit to do about the student groups who do not have representation?

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In a large organization everyone is touching the elephant in a different spot therefore will have a unique perspective and value to this process

Building Our MTSS Foundation �Agenda Day 1

• 8:30-8:45 Norms Discussion
• 8:45-9:15 What is MTSS Intro
• 9:15-9:45 Discussion on pre-read article
• 9:45-10:30 Goals & vision discussion
• 10:30-10:45 Break
• 10:45-11:30 Resources (what we have to offer now)
• 11:30-12:30 Data Discussion
• 12:30-1:30 Lunch
• 1:30-3:30 Engineering the plan

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Tiers of support for each identified student need

Breaking down MTSS: What's the building process look like?

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• Clarity on what MTSS is
• Developing MTSS vision/goals
• Identifying available resources
• Understanding the data

MTSS Foundation

• Planning each tier of interventions (aligning existing resources, identifying gaps, & building new interventions)

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• Planning how to identify students in need

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• Planning how to monitor students

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• Planning how to refer students

MTSS Engineering

• Putting plan into action

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• Carefully monitoring efficacy of systems

MTSS Implementation

• Committing to a continuous cycle of improvement​

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• Constantly revisiting and monitoring progress

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• SDCOE recommends at least quarterly reviews or 3-4 times per year

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MTSS Continuous Monitoring Improvement

MTSS Pre-Read Discussion

• MTSS article  (pre-read)​

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• MTSS research resources (optional reads)​

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• Question prompts: ​

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• What is your understanding of what MTSS is?​

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• What are some of the wonderings or questions about MTSS?​

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• Where do you think our school is right now in terms of MTSS?

Start With The

Why

• What is our why?

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• How do you imagine this will look like at your site?​

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• What is your ultimate vision of how a successful MTSS framework will support students?​

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• How will MTSS help to support your school site vision.​

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• Our MTSS Vision should provide information about purpose, goals, and values of the organization

Site MTSS Visioning and Goals ​

Resource Inventory

(what we have to offer students now)

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Brainstorm of all available resources we can offer to students at all tiers and from any source. We will align resources with needs later

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Form

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Putting “Real” Data to Work:�Collecting Data

• What data do we need to inform our decisions? (CAASPP, Attendance, grade, discipline, healthy kids data, LCAP)
• How will we get it?
• Who will be in charge of getting it?

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• Who do we need to gather data from? (students? Families? Staff?)
• How will we get it?
• Who will be in charge of getting it?

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• What questions or wonderings do you have related to the data
• What does the data indicate about student needs
• What are challenges that can be seen in the data that need to be categorized into a tiered intervention (Universal, Supplemental, Intensive)?

Data Conversation

Engineering Supports

• Identifying needs

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• Analyzing existing supports

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• Building/recommending new supports when necessary

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• Planning systems for identifying, monitoring, and referring students

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• Working from Universal supports (tier 1) , to supplemental supports (tier 2), to intensive supports (tier 3) for each identified need

Rigorous grade level core instruction using evidenced based curriculum and instructional strategies

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Differentiation is provided for students considering various modes of delivery and learning needs

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Strong classroom intervention strategies available to all students

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Universal Tier Objectives (Tier 1)

Why 80% Matters

• Conveys a threshold that must be met to consider universal instruction and support effective

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• 80%Indicates:

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• Tier 1 instruction of the core curriculum is effective 

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• The core curriculum is meeting the needs of most students

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• Resources are being used effectively and efficiently

Brown-Chidsey & Bickford, 2016

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• Instruction and support that supplements universal support
• �Systemically delivered
• �In addition to, and aligned with, the grade-level core
• �Represents a range of interventions that are carefully matched to need

Supplemental Tier Objectives (Tier2)

• Individually responsive instruction

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• Supports delivered in addition to, and aligned with grade-level core

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• Works from what is universally or additionally being done�
• More intense or specially-designed supports for complex needs – not different places or programs

Intensive Support Objectives (Tier 3)

Engineering student supports through the tiers

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Universal Supports

Supplemental Supports

Intensive Supports

Link to Support Matrix