Multi-Tiered System of Supports

Multi-Tiered System of Supports

Pennsylvania’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a standards-aligned, comprehensive school improvement FRAMEWORK for enhancing academic, behavioral and social-emotional outcomes for ALL students. Response to Intervention (RTI) refers to the methodology that is used to determine how slow is slow (rate of growth) and how low is low (student’s level of performance), as an alternative to ability-achievement discrepancy within the Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Determination process.

Cross-disciplinary teams represented at the district, school, grade and individual levels use a problem-solving process to integrate evidence-based academic, behavioral and social-emotional practices matched to student needs and with fidelity of implementation. A continuum of supports and services exists at all Tiers and is undergirded by high-quality professional learning, cultural responsivity, partnership and meaningful involvement with families, and dynamic decision-making that rests on the use of reliable and valid data sources. Sustainability (transformational change) is the ultimate implementation goal of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) and is very much contingent upon Leadership, Organization and Competency.

For more information about MTSS within the Commonwealth’s Approved ESSA Plan, please visit http://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/ESSA/Pages/Consolidated-State-Plan.aspx and each of PaTTAN’s Initiatives including Literacy, Mathematics, STEM, SSIP and Behavior for a continuum of high-quality, evidence-based training and technical assistance resources for adoption within tiered systems.

MTSS TOOLS & RESOURCES

MTSS: NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION TOOL

THE HEXAGON TOOL: EXPLORING CONTEXT

https://implementation.fpg.unc.edu/sites/implementation.fpg.unc.edu/files/resources/NIRN-Education-TheHexagonTool.pdf

RTI ACTION NETWORK: K-5 RESOURCES

http://www.rtinetwork.org/k-5

RTI ACTION NETWORK: MIDDLE SCHOOL TOOLS AND RESOURCES

http://www.rtinetwork.org/middle-school

RTI ACTION NETWORK: HIGH SCHOOL RESOURCES

http://www.rtinetwork.org/high-school

NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT

http://schoolengagement.org/

ATTENDANCE WORKS

http://www.attendanceworks.org/

NATIONAL SCHOOL CLIMATE CENTER

https://www.schoolclimate.org/

NATIONAL DROP-OUT PREVENTION CENTER

http://dropoutprevention.org/

CONSORTIUM ON REACHING EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

https://www.corelearn.com/what-we-do/mtss/


 

MTSS OVERVIEW QUICK PICKS

MTSS: Sustainable School Improvement Practices and Outcomes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY4-KoedteQ&list=PLCkBP2csbOsv9KgoCUHsGUA_08nKyq10w&index=9

Standards-Relevant Instruction & Multi-Tiered Systems of Support(MTSS) or Response to Intervention (RTI)

https://intensiveintervention.org/standards-relevant-instruction-multi-tiered-systems-support-mtss-or-response-intervention

MTSS and RTI are often used Interchangeably, What is it that Separates Them?

https://intensiveintervention.org/resource/mtss-and-rti-are-often-used-interchangeably-what-it-separates-them

Sustaining Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): A Focus on the Implementation Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHZG90qT8s4&list=PLCkBP2csbOsv9KgoCUHsGUA_08nKyq10w&index=8

Why is it Important to Ensure that Students with Disabilities are Part of a Multi-Tiered Framework?

https://intensiveintervention.org/resource/why-it-important-ensure-students-disabilities-are-part-multi-tiered-frameworks

MTSS: Embedding Equitable Practices Within Tiered Systems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnLaDVjuD8&index=3&list=PLCkBP2csbOsv9KgoCUHsGUA_08nKyq10w

Why is it Important to Ensure that Instruction and Interventions are Culturally Responsive?

https://intensiveintervention.org/resource/why-it-important-ensure-instruction-and-interventions-are-culturally-responsive

Response to Intervention and School-Wide Positive Behavioral Support

https://intensiveintervention.org/resource/response-intervention-and-school-wide-positive-behavior-support

What can Special Educators do to Support Students with the Greatest Needs both Academically and Behaviorally in the General Education Classroom?

https://intensiveintervention.org/resource/what-can-special-educators-do-support-students-greatest-needs-both-academically-and

 

• Resources
• Consultants

Resources

MTSS Fidelity of Implementation Tool_Enhancing RTI This tool may be used by teams to assess fidelity of MTSS implementation, identify needs and/or assist interested teams within the RtI for SLD approval process.

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Consultants

- Office Lead

- State Lead

Karen Brady PaTTAN - Harrisburg

Jared Campbell PaTTAN - Harrisburg

Sielke Caparelli, Ed.D. PaTTAN - Pittsburgh

Jennifer Collins PaTTAN - Harrisburg

Dawn Durham PaTTAN - Harrisburg

Donna Halpin PaTTAN - East

Nikole Hollins-Sims PaTTAN - Harrisburg

Pam Kastner PaTTAN - Harrisburg

Elaine Neugebauer PaTTAN - Pittsburgh

Tara Russo PaTTAN - Harrisburg

Lisa Bolla PaTTAN - Pittsburgh

Jeff Mathieson PaTTAN - Pittsburgh

Jessica Keener Haas PaTTAN - Harrisburg