Multi-Teir System of Supports (MTSS); the nuts & bolts

Some students and parents have begun to hear a new acronym floating around this year, MTSS.  Any time a "new thing" comes around there is always a certain amount of wondering and questioning as to what is this and why are we doing it.

The definition of Multi-Teir System of Supports (MTSS) is a framework to provide all students with the best opportunities to succed academically and behaviorally in school (www.ndmtss.org).  What this frame work aims to do is provide ALL students with instruction AND interventions based on their needs.

Student success is, always, our number one goal.  The MTSS framework is an ongoing process that comes from everyone, teachers, students, and parents, working toward a common goal.  MTSS is not something that is done to a student or a place where a student goes.  MTSS, if done right, is a systematic cultural change in the way a school approaches the education of its student.  A simpler way of saying it is; as a school we do whatever it takes for every student everyday.


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