Multi-Tiered Systems of Support On-Line Course: Session 6

Session 6. Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Schoolwide System of MTSS Services and Supports Effective Planning, Process, Procedures, & Practices [2 hours, 4 minutes]

Contents and Brief Description

Introduction
ESEA Realities Reviewed: Multi-tiered Systems of Support
Core MTSS Principles
The School-Level Multi-Tiered Process
How to Start Your MTSS Planning
Summary

After reviewing the history, flaws and corrections, and current status of multi-tiered academic and social, emotional, and behavioral support systems in the field, this Session describes in detail the flowchart and process outlined in a field-tested school-level MTSS Implementation Blueprint. Beginning in effective general education classrooms, the process involves a systematic series of scaffolded data collection and analysis steps—completed by classroom teachers, grade-level teams, and the building-level MTSS Team—whereby the underlying root causes of students’ academic or social, emotional, or behavioral challenges are analyzed and addressed.

The Session discussed the specific elements in each step, the decision rules that need to be made at different junctures, how cases are elevated and discussed by the multi-disciplinary MTSS Team, and why a Problem Solving-Consultation-Intervention mode of operation is essential. Also addressed are where 504 accommodation and IDEA-related special education services should occur, and the steps needed as school begin their self-evaluation and MTSS improvement activities.

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