MTSS PYRAMID

Staff Training in MTSS / RTI PBIS SEL

Assignment 2 for SED 610

Jill Roberts, Christine Rodriguez, Rosa Sanchez

June 11, 2023

After 2020-22 struggles, seeing Developmental Achievement, Academic Progress, and Social Norms return...

Are we back? Can MTSS give all students a pathway? Yes. And staff need to understand what possible methods and interventions work.

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, while developed in meeting Local Education Area(s) responsibilities to the students with defined disabilities in our state, also is a framework that is inclusive of meeting the needs of all learners .

And, like barrier-free design, borne of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, works to give universal access, then our learning to meet the most intensive needs in education naturally prepares us for better meeting all students’ needs.

IMAGE AUTHOR (OCDE) found on: https://www.slocoe.org/dont-miss-out-on-being-a-part-of-mtss-cohort-three/

There are several areas

Shifts in focus we see within the framework

Our training focuses on three: MTSS/RTI, SEL and PBIS, the last two with activities

Of special note:

There are three main areas we have to shift toward to supply the broadest opportunities. The one you are most familiar with, SEL (Social Emotional Learning, perhaps has become so well used and recognized in modern Education, it does not appear in this graphic, although it is part of MTSS actions.

• Alternative School
• Highest level of RTI and involvement of many staff resources

An alternative environment might be considered for behaviors that persist and seriously impact the student's own learning, or that of others

Response To Intervention

• Team established for the Intervention plan
• Can be the initial assessment toward whether student requires Special Education services

BIP -- Behavior Intervention Plan may be developed (Wright, 2013)

The Teaching Cycle will be inherent in determining if the steps to Intervention are having a desired effect, or need to be reassessed (consider a higher Tier of support).

• Teacher models preferred behavior
• Actions to alter behavior may involve communication home, school counselor and/or Admin.

ALL STUDENTS (And communicated to HOME): Behavior has to be non-disruptive to the active learning environment; Comply with District/School/Class rules

MTSS / RTI

Tier 3

Response To Intervention

• Tier 2
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Tier 2

Tier 1

• Tier 3
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MTSS / RTI

Level 3

Response To Intervention

Level 2

Level 1

Video cue

Content by Aspergers Experts (provided as handout; ideally for the PD would be in video format

Think how this idea, a clear explanation for the varied experiences of those dealing with an illness or being neurodiverse has taken about twenty years (and that's in an internet connected society) to be well-known and used.

Members of our Special Ed. Dept. hold unique roles, but the benefits of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support are for the entire school

The special educator’s role in MTSS, or in following up on progress with a PBIS plan includes:We have the universally-supplied assessments of placement and health screenings We monitor progress toward goals for (Tier two BIPs) and academic results after implementing instructional strategies. "School and grade-level teams" (and evidence of progress by the student) determine when intensive supports are dropped (The Swift ctr., 2018) The MTSS framework would benefit other professionals, the general education teachers, and all students through our shared intention for "evidence based practices for teaching and learning." (The Swift Ctr., 2018)

social emotional learning

SEL

References

Imodino-Yang, M.H, Darling-Hammond, L. Krone, C. (TAI) National Commission on Social Emotional and Academic Development. (2018). The Brain Basis. The Aspen Institute, Retrieved June 7, 2023 from https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Aspen_research_FINAL_web.pdf?_ga=2.11417652.1458971682.1570640786-824411957.1570640786 Novak, Katie. (February 9, 2021). What is MTSS and Why Do We Need It? Novak Education Blog. Retrieved June 6, 2023 from https://www.novakeducation.com/blog/what-is-mtss-and-why-do-we-need-it OCDE. (October 17, 2022). Exemplary CA MTSS Sites (interactive map). Retrieved June 9, 2023 from https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=db2f299ed6744ad79689b770398fd53c&extent=-14071490.9934%2C4136550.4441%2C-12897418.2389%2C4678947.5968%2C102100 Ortlieb, Evan. (2022). An Introduction to MTSS: Multi-Tiered System(s) of Support (Fact(s) vs. Fiction) YouTube,com, Evan Ortlieb channel. Retrieved June 11, 2023 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFiCPR1LgEY The Swift Center. (2018). MTSS: Intensified Support. YouTube.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023 from MTSS: INTENSIFIED SUPPORT *Image and additions credits: Aspergers Experts (subscribed) partial email excerpt. Accessed June 9, 2023. Dysautonomia International. (n.d.). The Spoon Theory. [image] Retrieved June 9, 2023 from https://me-pedia.org/images/9/99/Spoon-theory.jpg MTSS image https://www.slocoe.org/dont-miss-out-on-being-a-part-of-mtss-cohort-three/ Page 7 from pdf of report. [Graphic] https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Aspen_research_FINAL_web.pdf?_ga=2.11417652.1458971682.1570640786-824411957.1570640786