Full Description
Ensure that Every Child Achieves Academic and Social Success
An equity-based multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) helps school teams engage all students across the full range of learning needs. MTSS ensures that the vision of equity for every student is achieved, with high expectations and quality instruction, while not straining a school's budget or personnel.
Amy McCart and Dawn Miller seek to transform education so that it benefits educators, students, their families, and ultimately the communities in which they live. The authors do this by providing tools and methods to implement equity-based MTSS to improve academic, behavior and social outcomes for all students. This strategy-filled book teaches you how to
• Engage all students in learning through an equity-based approach
• Analyze and utilize your resources
• Apply strengths- and evidence-based principles for implementation
• Incorporate effective tools to systematize MTSS
Authentic examples across multiple grade levels and subjects contextualize the proven method presented in this book. The authors draw on their experience as SWIFT Education Center professional developers to guide you into creating an MTSS tailored to be effective for your student body.
Contents
Foreword Wayne Sailor
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction: Equipping You for the Journey to Effective MTSS
What Do We Mean by Equity-Based MTSS?
Constructing Your MTSS
What is Your Analogy for Equity-Based MTSS?
Why Do You (Yes, You) Want to "Do" MTSS?
How to "Do" MTSS in Your School
1. Foundations of MTSS
A Foundational Framework for Teaching and Learning
Foundational Transformation in Action Practices
Your Local Resources Are Foundational Too
What Is Resource Mapping and Why Do It?
How to Do Resource Mapping
2. Structuring Your MTSS
What Is a Tiered Instruction Matrix and Why Do It?
How to Create a Tiered Instruction Matrix
Matrix Part 1: Universal Support
Matrix Part 2: Universal Screening
Matrix Part 3: Instruction and Support
Matrix Part 4: Progress Monitoring
3. Engineering Your MTSS
Revisit What and Why
How to Do a MTSS Master Schedule
4. Making It Your Own MTSS
Resource Matching
Data Routines
Organizing Your Data
Processing Your Data
Acting on Your Data
Continuously Improving Your MTSS
Conclusion: Equity-Based MTSS—A Reality!
Appendix
References
Index
