Kansas MultiTier System of Supports: A Framework to Support ALL Learners

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Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports A
Framework to Support ALL Learners
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Outcomes of Today

• Consider the underlying concepts and key
  components of the MTSS framework.
• Learn about the Self-correcting Feedback Loop
  that makes MTSS sustainable.
• Reflect on your role as a special education
  provider for students with giftedness.

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What is MTSS?

• A coherent continuum of evidence based,
  system-wide practices to support a rapid response
  to academic and behavioral needs with frequent
  data-based monitoring for instructional decision
  making to empower each Kansas student to achieve
  high standards.

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Goal of MTSS

• To provide an integrated systemic approach to
  meeting the needs of all students.
• To become the overarching framework that guides
  the process of how a school responds to the needs
  of all learners.

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The Big BIG Idea of MTSS

• Decide what is important for students to know
• Teach what is important for students to know
• Keep track of how students are doing
• Make changes according to the results you collect

Dave Tilly, Heartland AEA 2005
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Adapted from Dan Reschly, 2002
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Continuum of Instruction
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The MTSS Framework
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Underlying Components
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MTSS Framework

• Leadership
• Identified Teams
• Buy-In/Consensus
• Communication
• Professional Development
• Empowering Culture
• Professional Development
• Initial Training
• Support for Implementation
• Monitoring for Fidelity
• Providing ongoing Support
• Empowering Culture
• Involving all Staff
• Involving Parents
• Informing All

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MTSS Framework

• Assessment
• Screening
• Progress Monitoring
• Diagnostics
• Outcomes
• Curriculum
• Core
• Supplemental
• Intensive
• Instruction
• Differentiated
• Explicit
• Systematic
• Scaffolded

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MTSS Framework

• All (Core)
• Core Curriculum
• Core Instruction
• Screening Assessment
• Some (Supplemental)
• Protocol Based Curriculum
• Protocol Based Instruction
• Diagnostic Assessment
• Progress Monitoring Assessment
• Problem Solving Teams
• Few (Intensive)
• Problem Solving Teams
• Intensive,
• Customized Supports

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What Its All About
MTSS
Data-Based Decision Making
Integration Sustainability
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Self-Correcting Feedback Loop