May 2021

MTSS/CS Community of Practice Update

During May and June, we will wrap up our year-long Community of Connection sessions with Ali Hearn by further exploring the topic of “Recovery Through Renovation.”

Based on critical features of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework, we will continue to examine our respective data, systems, and practices before and during COVID, and identify future considerations around:

• Teaming Structures/Communication
• Expectations/Values
• Data Gathered for Decision Making
• Discipline Policies and Procedures
• Teaching SEL Competencies
• Student and Family Engagement
• Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Programs/Services

We will consider:

WHAT TO KEEP:
What is most important, impactful and meaningful for your school district/organization? 

WHAT TO CHANGE/MODIFY:
What has promise, is a good start, could be used in a different way, could be great with a touch up, etc.?

WHAT TO GET RID OF:
What is no longer meaningful, no longer serves the purpose, no longer matches the motif, now makes things worse, etc.? 

Our overarching goals are to foster:

Connection: That you leave each session feeling more connected than when you came

Reflection: That there is something each session makes you say “wow, I hadn’t thought about that, or in that way…”

A Resource/Action Step:

This work only works if we do something with it. We want you to be able to take something tangible from each time together and do something with it.