The Road to Success with MTSS: A Ten-Step Process for Schools (Your guide to customizing an academic and behavioral intervention system for your school's unique needs)

by Tom Hierck, Chris Weber

Overview

This is the roadmap educators need to create a customized intervention system for their unique circumstances. Packed with research-based strategies, The Road to Success With MTSS is an exceptional tool for educators beginning their school’s multitiered system of supports (MTSS) journey and those who have already come so far and are looking to reflect and reset for success.

Educational leaders and teachers will:

• Embrace the multifaceted approach of MTSS, which includes academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs
• Understand and anticipate obstacles to MTSS implementation while also learning how to overcome them
• Better assess student learning and growth
• Use a wide variety of tools to customize their MTSS journey
• Read case studies drawn from the authors’ and their colleagues’ experiences, as well as from research and literature in the MTSS field

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Practices and Elements Make Up Tier 1?
Chapter 2: What Practices Make Up Tier 2 and Tier 3?
Chapter 3: Where Are We and What Are the Next Steps?
Chapter 4: What Is the Implementation Process?
Chapter 5: What Does Student Evidence Reveal?
Epilogue
Appendix: Case Studies
References and Resources
Index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954631380
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	09/09/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

About the Authors xi

Introduction 1

Why MTSS Is Crucial 2

How to Gear Up for MTSS: Components and Practices 4

Who This Book is for and How This Book Is Organized 6

Chapter 1 What Practices and Elements Make Up Tier 1? 8

Chapter 2 What Practices Make Up Tier 2 and Tier 3? 8

Chapter 3 Where Are We and What Are the Next Steps? 9

Chapter 4 What Stops Do We Make Along the Way? 9

Chapter 5 What Does Student Evidence Reveal? 10

Appendix: Case Studies 11

The Journey Awaits 11

Chapter 1 What Practices and Elements Make Up Tier 1? 13

Structure 15

Culture 15

Core Content 21

Standards 22

Behavior Needs 25

SEL 26

Key Lenses 28

Standards-Based Grading 33

Summary 34

Identifying and Changing Potential Learning Environment Problem Areas 35

Chapter 2 What Practices Make Up Tier 2 and Tier 3? 37

When and Where to Provide Supports During the School Day 38

When and Where to Provide Tier 2 Interventions 38

When and Where to Provide Tier 3 Interventions 39

Staff Members Best Positioned to Provide Supports 41

Resources, Strategies, and Programs Necessary to Meet Student Needs 42

Summary 44

Prioritize Content 46

Staff Availability 47

Resources, Strategies, and Programs 48

Chapter 3 Where Are We and What Are the Next Steps? 49

Doing a School Self-Analysis 50

Approaches for Completing the Self-Analysis 51

Options When Analyzing the Self-Analysis 52

Dependable Data 53

The Three Gaps 53

Taking Action on Next Steps 56

Summary 58

MTSS Road Map Self-Analysis 60

Determining Areas of Greatest Need 65

Chapter 4 What Stops Do We Make Along the Way? 69

Following the Ten Steps to Success 70

Step 1 Clearly Define the Desired Outcomes and Establish Completion Dates 71

Step 2 Identify Key Interim and Final Benchmarks 73

Step 3 Research and Identify the Information, Resources, and Professional Learning Necessary to Meet the Interim and Final Benchmarks 74

Step 4 Acquire and Distribute the Required information and Resources and Provide the Professional Learning 75

Step 5 Anticipate and Prepare for Roadblocks and Obstacles 76

Step 6 Initiate the MTSS-Based Practices 78

Step 7 Gather and Analyze Evidence 79

Step 8 Make Midcourse Corrections 80

Step 9 Provide Targeted and Positive Supports to Teams and Individuals 82

Step 10 Persevere, Measure, and Celebrate Success 83

Dealing With Pushback 84

The Tight-Loose Debate 84

Behavior Instruction 85

Assessment Frequency 87

Grades 88

Resource Shortages 91

Summary 92

Steps to Success for MTSS-Based Practice 94

Inventory Tool for Assessments 96

Chapter 5 What Does Student Evidence Reveal? 97

Data Types by Need 97

Screeners 102

Common Assessments 104

Diagnostics 106

Progress Monitoring 107

PLC Dialogue 108

Summary 110

Five Questions of MTSS 111

Tier 2 MTSS Questions 112

Epilogue 113

Appendix Case Studies 115

Example Elementary School 116

MTSS Goals and Actions 117

Assessment 119

A Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum in Academics and Behavior 121

Bell Schedule 122

Intervention Schedule 124

Example Secondary School 127

MTSS Goals and Actions 127

Assessment 129

A Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum in Academics and Behavior 130

Bell Schedule 132

Intervention Schedule 133

References and Resources 135

Index 143