MTSS INNOVATIONS

Innovations began as a conference "For Doers, By Doers." The "doing" in this case referred to implementing Response to Intervention (RtI) concepts. At its inception, RtI was focused on the individual student and that student's response to instruction and intervention. The advent of universal screening, influenced our ability to efficiently and effectively identify students, and their needs. It created the opportunity to think more systemically about our instructional delivery systems and to apply RtI concepts across the educational cascade. This application is what is known today as a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). It is a framework for addressing the needs of each and every student through the use of universal screening, leadership teams, data-both student and implementation data for decision making, evidence based instructional practices that are organized across multiple tiers-universal for ALL students, secondary intervention for some students, and intensive supports for..