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Multi-Tier System of Supports. Presented by: Charlie Huber Kimberly Klein Mary Mattern. Academic Multi-Tiered System of Support. What is MTSS?. A continuum of evidence based, system-wide practices to support
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Multi-Tier System of Supports Presented by: Charlie Huber Kimberly Klein Mary Mattern
What is MTSS? • A continuum of evidence based, system-wide practices to support • A rapid response to academic needs • With frequent data-based monitoring for instructional decision making • To empower each student to strive for high standards
Shift in Thinking • From WHO To WHAT • Student Sources • Redesign of current services and resources
What Makes up a Multi-Tier System of Supports? • Early intervention • Multi-tier model • Fluid groups • Differentiation • Data-based decision making • Evidence-based practices
PRACTICES Assessment: outcome data yields instructional decisions Curriculum: research based, state standards, and outcomes Instruction: Teaching differentiated and research based SERVICES ALL: Core is provided to all. Some: Additional support delivered to small student group Few: Create intense skill interventions, monitor progress, custom interventions Critical Features Table
Getting Started • Critical Features of MTSS • -----Leadership & Empowerment • -----Curriculum • -----Instruction • -----Assessment • -----Data-based Decision Making • -----Integration
Staff Implementation • Decision Makers—You • -----Interventions/Strategies • -----Support • -----Data-collection • -----Evidence/Proof
MTTS Meeting • First Semester • Bi-monthly meetings • Brainstorm • Understand process • Analyze Data • Review documentation/proof
MTTS Meeting • Second Semester • Substitute for teacher • What MTTS looks like in another grade
Summer • Reflection • Brainstorming • Planning • Make up of students • Data to prepare for students?
Possible Issues • Time • Resources • Parental Support • Not a new program • Murphy’s Law
A teacher opens the door, you must enter
Bibliography Kansas MTSS. Kansas MTSS, KSDE Part B Funded, 2008. Web. 10 Dec. 2009. <www.kansasmtss.org>. KSDE. Kansas State Department of Education, 19 June 2008. Web. 10 Dec. 2009. <www.ksde.org>.