Steps to Success Process

MTSS & the

STS

Steps to Success Process

MTSS Team: Jana Honey, Seth Darling, Emily Weiss

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1. What is MTSS?

All teachers K-12 are part of MTSS because..

• We want our learners to understand the skills we teach

• We want our learners to be ready for the next grade or course
• We know all learners have different background knowledge and experiences
• We want all learners to be successful
• We know all learners have strengths and needs.

What is MTSS? The Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a framework that helps educators identify students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional strengths and challenges and provide differentiated support for students based on their needs. (Branching Minds) Choose your path.

Secondary

Elementary

Branching Minds

Elementary - Mtss

At the elementary level, learners will fit into tiered needs for math skills and reading skills.

The MTSS umbrella explains the levels of need for a learner Tier 1: The learner is reading and comprehending at grade level. The learner has a firm understanding of foundational math concepts to build upon. They can easily attend live/guided lessons or be asynchronous to complete work with a visible understanding and ask questions to gain understanding; they could benefit from enrichment around current topics. Learning Coaches are supportive. They are making steady growth as skills are presented at grade level for reading and math. Tier 2: They can mostly complete work, but need some extra explanation, maybe some scaffolding & extra examples. The learner may need some extra practice with reading, comprehension, and/or foundational math skills. Some variants may be needed for assessments & projects to scaffold understanding and support completion. Tier 3: They need a great deal of support to understand and complete all assignments. They need intense intervention for foundational reading and/or math skills. Variants, adjustments, and modifications are needed for understanding and completion. Significant amounts of scaffolding is needed.

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Barriers

What if intervention is not supporting growth and significant change in their understanding?

• Discuss your concerns with the learning coach
• Ask some background questions to gain a full understanding of your learner.
• Steps to Success would be beneficial to support the team with intervention ideas and the possibility for evaluation.

Barriers to their understanding

• Lack of engagement – not logging in, joining a guided with no camera on, not actively participating in class time or with content,
• Lack of support - family is hard to reach, no Learning Coach support
• Over-support – Learning Coach completing the work for their learner
• Lack of processing the information – logging in, putting effort into understanding, joining with interventionists, but no growth or positive change is happening

Barriers to teacher support

• Lack of time
• Lack of resources

Steps to Success

secondary - MTss

At the secondary level, learners will fit into tiered needs by reading skills, math skills, and content understanding.

The MTSS umbrella explains the levels of need for a learner Tier 1: They can easily attend live/guided lessons or work asynchronously to complete work with a visible understanding. They can ask questions to gain understanding; they could benefit from enrichment around current topics Tier 2: They can mostly complete work, but need some extra explanation, maybe some scaffolding & extra examples Tier 3: They need a great deal of support to understand and complete all assignments

secondary - Mtss

Barriers

What if T3 support isn’t enough?

• Can they see and hear the lessons?
• Can they read?
• How far do you need to back up for understanding to happen
• Example: HS_Biology_Foundational_Skills_Checklist.docx
• Steps to Success would be beneficial to support the team with intervention ideas and the possibility for evaluation.

Every learner has a different level of need for every individual course. Barriers to their understanding - Lack of engagement – not logging in, joining a guided with no camera on, not actively participating in class time or with content - Lack of processing the information – logging in, putting effort into understanding, but the information is too confusing or hard to understand - Low reading level -64% of 8th graders and 60% of 12th graders are reading below grade level (NCBLA). A learner must be able to read the course materials in order to have full access to the contents. Barriers to teacher support - Lack of time - Lack of resources

Steps to Success

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What is STS?

What does adequate growth look like?

• When a learner is multiple years behind, any growth is promising.

• If you are providing intervention on a particular skill, look for growth in that area.
• mClass shows goal scores for k-5 learners
• meet with your instructional supervisor, instructional coach or data coach for guidance on how to support struggling learners.

Steps to Success satisfies the legal requirements under Child F ind, a federal law that requires public schools in Pennsylvania to identify, evaluate, and locate children who may need special education services. The Steps to Success process walks you through the necessary steps to support struggling learners and identify those who may need to be referred for an evaluation.

STS is for....

• learners who have had 8 weeks of interventions &/or supports
• learners who are using interventions but aren't finding growth or understanding

STS is not for....

• learners with IEPs - reach out to the special education teacher with concerns
• attendance or truancy concerns - follow directives from your instructional supervisor
• a learner you have no data on yet

Steps for success

Create an STS referrel

To submit a referral

• Have the details of your interventions that were put into place and their results
• Ensure you have data showing the learner is not making growth, including benchamrk scores, progress monitoring, &/or other dat that is evidence of lack of progress.
• Use the STS refeerral form approriate to your level.

tracking template

ES Form

Classroom interventions

MS Form

HS Form

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What does intervention look like?

• Interventions are actions put into place to support the learner in completing lessons, assessments, and projects. Interventions can look like….
• 1 on 1 sessions
• Small group instruction to scaffold understanding
• Small group instruction to repeat/reteach skills
• Small group instruction to pre-teach or build background knowledge
• Making modifications to assessments/projects to prioritize skills
• Prioritizing lesson content
• Consistent calls to the family
• K-8 utilizing independent study for Specials (art, music, HPE)
• Independent study/Internship
• SAP referral
• Guidance Counselor recommendations

Classroom Interventions at CCA

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