Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
Academic
Continuum
Behavior
Continuum
MTSS
Integrated
Continuum
Graphics adapted from the OSEP TA Center for PBIS
Acknowledgements
Today’s Objectives
Concepts related to MTSS
Introduction to CO tools and resources
Review of the 6 MTSS Essential
Components
One Word Activity: Reflect on the following Question…
What impacts achievement?
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TASK
Say “hi” to
each other.
Assign one
person to
serve as
recorder for
the table.
“Round
robin”: each
person
shares.
Recorder
captures
each person’s
word on the
sticky note.
Bring to the
front when
finished.
A Shift in Thinking
What about
the student is
STOP!!!
causing a
problem?
Instead
This shift alters everything else!
Adapted from Batsche and Elliott materials (citing Ken Howell)
MTSS Overview Video
1. Make “eye contact” with
someone “across the room.”
2. Match up with that partner.
3. Introduce Yourselves
(name, school, & role)
4. Dialogue: What resonated
with you about that
introduction? Additional
connections?
Video
Clip
Prompt
What impacts achievement?
What
do
you
notice?
Top 15 Influences on Achievement
Rank
Most Influence
ES
1
Self-reported grades/Student expectations
1.44
2
Piagetian programs
1.28
3
Response to Intervention
4
Teacher credibility
0.90
5
Providing formative evaluation
0.90
6
Micro-teaching
0.88
7
Classroom discussion
0.82
8
Comprehensive interventions for learning disabled students
0.77
9
Teacher clarity
0.75
10
Feedback
0.75
11
Reciprocal teaching
0.74
12
Teacher-student relationships
0.72
13
Spaced vs. mass practice
0.71
14
Meta-cognitive strategies
0.69
15
Acceleration
0.68
Visible Learning research (Hattie, 2012)
1.07
Linking Academics & Behavior
Consult:
Handout
(PBIS fidelity
Study & additional
References)
8 Guiding Principles of SW PBIS
1. Administrative Leadership
2. Team Implementation
3. Define Concrete Expectations
4. Teach Behavior Expectations
5. Acknowledge and Reward Positive Behavior
6. Monitor and Correct Behavior
7. Use Data for Decision Making
8. Family and Community Partnerships
6 Components of RtI
1. Leadership
2. Problem Solving
3. Curriculum and Instruction
4. Assessment/Progress Monitoring
5. Positive School Climate and Culture
6. Family, School, and Community Partnering
MTSS
Components
1. Shared
Leadership
2. Data-Based
Problem Solving
and Decision
Making
3. Layered
Continuum of
Supports
4. Evidence-Based
Instruction,
Intervention,
and Assessment
Practices
5. Universal
Screening and
Progress
Monitoring
6. Family, School,
and Community
Partnering
Integrated
Supports
Supporting Social Competence &
Academic Achievement
Outcomes
Systems
Data
Supporting
Decision Making
Supporting Adults
Practices
Supporting Students
Adapted from the OSEP TA Center for PBIS
Themes Affecting Education:
Multi-tiered Systems, Evidence -based Practices,
Implementation Science
Quality
Equity
Efficiency
Adapted from: Horner, 2013
MTSS is a Value-Add to CO
Key Legislative Priorities
Colorado MTSS Essential Components
Shared
Leadership
Family, School,
and
Community
Partnering
Data-Based
Problem Solving
and Decision
Making
Universal
Screening and
Progress
Monitoring
Layered
Continuum of
Supports
Evidence-based
Instruction,
Intervention, and
Assessment
Practices
Group
Activity
Table Talk
Task to complete (as a jigsaw):
Consult: MTSS Components
(handout)
Steps
for Review:
1. Assemble in groups of Six
2. Each person selects a Component
3. Think/Ink Individually: Read, Reflect,
and Annotate ; use the
Connections/Reflections boxes
4. Whiparound: Each person shares “big
ideas” from his/her Component and 1-3
of his/her Connections/Reflections
Resources
 Videos
 Currently Available:
 MTSS Overview
 Shared Leadership
 Family, School, and Community Partnering
 Data Based Problem Solving and Decision Making
 Implementation Science
 Available in the near future:
 Layered Continuum of Supports
 Universal Screening & Progress Monitoring
 Evidence-Based Instruction, Intervention, and Assessment Practices
MTSS home page: http://www.cde.state.co.us/mtss
Resources
 Fact Sheets (on Resources “sub-page”)
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What is MTSS? Fact Sheet
Evolution of RtI in Colorado Fact Sheet
Special Education within MTSS Fact Sheet
Family, School, and Community Partnering Fact Sheet
 Documents (on Resources or Components “sub-pages”)
 Colorado MTSS: A Key Organizational Framework for Educational
Legislation Priorities Document
 Colorado MTSS Essential Components Document
 MTSS Common Language Definitions Document
 Tools (on Resources “sub-page”)
 Colorado MTSS District Systems Self-Assessment Tool (DSSA)
 Problem Solving Pages (could be inserts within a flipbook)
MTSS home page: http://www.cde.state.co.us/mtss