Looking at RTI with MTSS Lenses

Marian Buchko / PrincipalAlicia Bellamy / School Counselor

Melissa Donaldson / 2nd Grade Teacher

Table of Contents

Looking at RTI with MTSS Lenses……………………………....

MTSS

Tiers…………………...…………………………….

MacArthur MTSS Framework…………………………….

Academic…………………………………………………………...

Academic Programs……………………………………….

MacArthur’s Student Academic Referral Form………....

Academic Resource Library……………………………...

Behavioral…………………………………………………………..

Proactive Behavior Programs…………………………….

Student Referral Form…………………………………….

Behavioral Resource Library……………………………..

Social-Emotional…………………………………………………...

SEL Programs……………………………………………...

SEL Resource Library……………………………………..

Accommodations…………………………………………………..

Special thanks to the members of MacArthur’s MTSS Pilot Team: Marian Buchko, principal; Alicia Bellamy, school counselor; Melissa Donaldson, 2nd grade teacher; Carrie Sweet, district diagnostician; Brigette Pack and Abbey Rauch, special education teachers; Jacalyn Meyers, Title I interventionist; and Heather Wentz, ELL paraprofessional and Title I tutor.

Looking at RTI with New MTSS Lenses

Just when you thought you had RTI (Response to Intervention) all figured out, ESSA (Every Student

Succeeds Act) comes about and throws a new acronym at you: MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support).

This presentation by Douglas MacArthur Elementary School will focus on the process our team went

through to begin putting MTSS into practice.

Initially, we felt we had a strong RTI support system for our students, but as we trained and learned

about MTSS we quickly recognized some areas we needed to improve. Our MTSS Team quickly got to

work creating a new MTSS Framework that better met our students’ Academic, Behavioral, and Social-

Emotional Learning needs. Creating a framework was the “easy” part. Educating the teachers and staff

on the new MTSS model/framework was where the bulk of our energy was focused. Because we are a

Title I school and already had a well-established RTI framework in place, it was not an easy journey

initially.

Two of the biggest areas we had to educate our team on were:

1. Helping the General Education Teacher, Title I, & Special Education teachers understand that

they must work in harmony to ensure all of our students are fully receiving the correct Tier level

of support to best meet their Academic, Behavioral, and Social-Emotional Needs. The image

below is retrieved from the Indiana Department of Education.

Core Instruction (Tier I) + Strategic Supplemental (Tier 2) + Targeted Individual Instruction (Tier 3)

2. Helping the Certified and Support Staff understand the importance of Social-Emotional Learning

and the brain research behind its importance.

Please join us as we share our journey from an RTI only model to MTSS.

Images were retrieved from the IDOE

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