Who benefits from MTSS?

MTSS aligns resources and support for students receiving instruction AND for teachers and other support staff who are delivering the instruction. MTSS framework is an educational systems change paradigm continuously focused on overall school improvement that is sustainable.

Which students are served through an MTSS framework?

All students can benefit from MTSS. To meet the needs of all students in a school, including those with the most significant cognitive disabilities, the framework needs to align general education and special education systems that provide supplemental special education supports.

How is MTSS implemented and who is involved?

School-Based MTSS Teams: MTSS teams are made up of individual adults in the school. Ideally, a team should include a school administrator, a teacher from each grade level, and a mental health professional. These teams will look at data, develop interventions, and create support plans for students who need them.

What is the overall goal of MTSS?

MTSS is a framework many schools use to provide targeted support to struggling students. The goal of MTSS is to intervene early so students can catch up with their peers. It screens all students and aims to address academic and behavior challenges.

Who should be on the MTSS team?

A School Leadership Team's primary focus is to facilitate school-wide implementation of MTSS. Recommended team members include cross-disciplinary representatives including principal, general and special education teachers, content area experts, student support personnel, and a school MTSS Coach.

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

Do all students benefit from MTSS?

MTSS provides multiple levels of support for all learners (struggling through advanced). MTSS aligns resources and support for students receiving instruction AND for teachers and other support staff who are delivering the instruction.

What are the roles and responsibilities of MTSS team members?

What are the strengths of MTSS?

MTSS offers a framework for educators to engage in data-based decision making related to program improvement, high-quality instruction and intervention, social and emotional learning, and positive behavioral supports necessary to ensure positive outcomes for districts, schools, teachers, and students.

Why implement MTSS?

Why Implement MTSS? The benefits of Multi-tiered Systems of Support include quality instruction, a team approach for identifying individual student needs, providing evidence-based tiered interventions, and data-driven procedures for monitoring student progress. The framework is comprehensive, efficient, and effective.

What are the 4 pillars of MTSS?

The MTSS framework is comprised of four essential components: screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision. Learn more about each of the essential components of MTSS at the Center on Multi-Tiered System of Support (opens in a new window).

Is MTSS federally mandated?

Although it is not federally mandated, MTSS had been adopted by more than half of U.S. states as of 2019, and today that number is likely higher. MTSS is a holistic structure that can encompass academics, behavior, attendance, and social-emotional learning (SEL).

Is MTSS effective?

A literature review on the impact of MTSS implementation found that MTSS implementation has been associated with some academic gains, social-emotional improvements, and reduced negative behavior and suspensions.

What two programs does MTSS bring together?

As such, MTSS encompasses both RtI² and PBIS, and systematically addresses support for all students.

Does MTSS lead to special education?

While MTSS is not a special education initiative, it supports all students, including students with disabilities. Therefore special education staff should play an integral role in the design and development of the multi-tiered system of support.

How are students selected for MTSS?

The MTSS framework is based on a data-driven decision-making process. Schools collect and analyze data on student performance to identify students who may require additional support and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.

What are examples of MTSS?

Why is MTSS better than RTI?

Many educators prefer MTSS over RTI because it is a more well-rounded, comprehensive, and holistic approach to supporting students. RTI's academic focus may not be broad enough to support all students. In some instances, behavioral and social-emotional support are a prerequisite for academic success.

How do you implement MTSS successfully?

Effective MTSS implementation requires teams to regularly engage in continuous improvement activities. The focus of these activities is to improve the efficacy and efficiency of MTSS implementation but also address the evolving needs of staff, students, and state and federal demands.

What are the 3 tiers of MTSS?

There are typically three tiers of support in an MTSS model. Tier 1 includes high quality classroom-wide instruction and support for all students. Tier 2 provides targeted support to address a student's gaps in skills. Tier 3 involves intensive support usually provided more often and in smaller groups.

How does MTSS promote equity?

An MTSS that advances equity gives all students access to a great education in the most inclusive environment possible. This access is provided using universal screening and progress monitoring data to start a student in the least intensive support environment, and adding or removing that support as needed.

What makes a good MTSS coordinator?

Education and Experience:

Three years of successful teaching experience is required. Direct work with at-risk student populations (i.e. foster youth, homeless, EL, low socio-economic, students on intervention plans) is desired. Proficiency and experience with integrating PBIS and SEL into lesson design is desired.

What does an MTSS interventionist do?

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provides individual and small group instruction designed to meet individual needs and motivate students in pull out and/or classroom setting. Assist with designing intervention and monitoring response to intervention for students who are struggling.

Does MTSS include PBIS?

MTSS is an umbrella framework that includes both RTI and PBIS.

Does MTSS include gifted?

MTSS promotes a well-integrated system, connecting general, gifted, and special education with intervention and enrichment services. The MTSS process addresses academic, social and emotional needs. Under the MTSS model, student needs are categorized under three tiers of support.

How is MTSS different from PBIS?

PBIS is solely behavior focused. MTSS uses universal screenings (usually 3x/year) to determine where students are to help identify at-risk students.