Session Materials

This series is designed to assist schools in orienting and integrating Mental Health providers into a single system of delivery to make a bigger impact on the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral well-being of learners across a Multi-Tiered System of Support.

This two-part series focuses on Tier 3, the most intensive level of intervention support. A process will be shared to evaluate student response to intervention instruction to design either group or individualized intensive intervention plans. Participants will review example data sets to create group and individualized intensive intervention plans. Participants will reflect on how the process described compliments what is happening in their district or school. Various resources will be shared to support participants in generalizing the information to their settings.

Our Summer Intensifying Literacy Instruction series focuses on the advanced tiers within an MTSS framework. This team-based professional learning includes facilitated work time for Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs). It is designed to ensure an intervention system for one reading intervention for first and/or second grade that allows teams to engage in Data-Based Individualization is in place for the start of the upcoming school year.

ISD implementation teams create action plans based on four types of data: student outcome, fidelity, capacity, and reach. Data are used from school, district, and ISD levels to continuously improve ISD supports for implementing MTSS with fidelity, focusing on efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability.

The MiMTSS TA Center is excited to announce the launch of Leveraging MTSS in the Classroom: Setting Learners & Staff Up for Success summer series! These sessions are designed to set educators up for a successful start to the 2024-25 school year and to support learners in the classroom. The TA Center staff have curated a selection of MTSS professional learning opportunities for the classroom in the areas of literacy and social, emotional, behavioral supports.

Years of research indicate that strong oral language skills are key factors in literacy development (Chang & Monaghan, 2019; National Early Literacy Panel, 2008). This session prepares educators to understand the language components involved in learning to read. Having shared literacy and language knowledge, speech-language pathologists and teachers can work together to address learners' reading needs.

This course explores that while Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and the Science of Reading (SOR) are both critical educational components, they require meaningful integration to meet all learners' needs. Participants will learn how these two key elements maximize K-12 learner outcomes through effective literacy instruction and intervention. The session highlights alignment across the levels to assist in stakeholder ability to identify why integration is essential for peak implementation of MTSS. Information provided will assist attendees in examining whether the current curriculum and intervention intensification methods align with the science supporting how all brains learn to read.

This series is designed to increase educators’ exposure to and knowledge of various aspects of mental health and well-being and how they can impact students and manifest in the school setting. Introductory and non-clinical training sessions will be provided on 5 topics.