My colleague Steve Goodman, director of Michigan’s Blended Behavior and Learning Initiative (link), and I were asked to provide a presentation on the connections between multi-tiered systems of supports (MTSS) and school/district improvement. The presentation was for members of the Council of Chief School State Officers organization. We created a short video that participants could use to share with their community after the conference. We hope this overview is useful for you!
Here are some of the resources we described in the presentation:
Powerpoint we used in making this video (Link)
District Capacity Instrument (Link) by the National Implementation Research Network
Rowan, B., Correnti, R., Miller, R. J., & Camburn, E. M. (2009). School improvement by design: Lessons from a study of comprehensive school reform programs. Consortium for Policy Research in Education. (Link)
Greenberg, M. T., & Abenavoli, R. (2017). Universal interventions: Fully exploring their impacts and potential to produce population-level impacts. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 10(1), 40-67. doi:10.1080/19345747.2016.1246632 (Link)
Goodman, S. & Bohanon, H. (2018). A Framework for supporting all students: One-size-fits-all no longer works in schools. American School Board Journal, February, 1-4, 2018. (Link)
If you would like to cite this presentation, we recommend using:
Bohanon, H. & Goodman, S. (2019). Multi-tiered systems of supports (MTSS) and improvement efforts in secondary school settings. Invited presentation for the Council of Chief School State Officer’s Fall Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
We certainly know there is more to discuss about the connections between MTSS and school/district improvement. I would love to hear your thoughts about this topic in the comment section below.
Finally, thanks to Choobe Maambo, doctoral student at Loyola University of Chicago, for his work on the close captions for this video.