Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

Overview

MTSS at Jackson-Reed High School creates conditions for student success by leveraging data-informed systems and collaborative structures that foster holistic, integrated, and equitable supports.The MTSS Process asks for community stakeholders including students, parents, teachers, deans, counselors, and administrators to identify students who may benefit from short term specialized support to center academic, behavioral, or attendance growth.

This process is for students who are not already receiving specialized support through IEPs or 504 programs.If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to AP Anthony with follow up questions at Ronald.Anthony@k12.dc.gov.

MTSS Process

Step One Step Two Step Three

Step One

Stakeholders (parent, teacher, counselor, etc.) submit the referral form. The Referral Form will include responses to the following:

Does this student need extra support with academics, behavior, or attendance?
What skills or issues do you believe the students may need extra support to master?
What information did you use to decide if this student may need extra support?

Step Two

After receiving the referral form the MTSS team will:

MTSS Leadership will assign the student to a case manager. The Case Manager will then complete the following based on the referral:
- Academic Issues
  - Academic Analysis including a look at trends in class success
  - Parent and Student Interview
- Behavior Issues
  - Behavioral analysis including the exhibited behavior and the cause. This should also be a specific look at SBT or any other teacher-specific behavior tracker.
  - Parent and Student Interview
- Attendance Issues
  - Attendance data analysis including if the absences are for full days or specific classes and any other noticeable trend in attendance.
  - Parent and Student Interview
After the case manager completes the analysis, the team will have a Kid Talk to identify if an MTSS intervention is appropriate and if so, which intervention will be implemented.

Step Three

After steps one and two, the team will decide if an MTSS intervention is appropriate and if so, which one should be implemented.

If an intervention is implemented, the case manager will complete another assessment after 6 weeks. The team will reconvene to do a data review to assess:
- if the intervention was successful,
- if it should be continued for another 6 weeks,
- if the MTSS tier supports need to be escalated,
- or if the student issue should be elevated to the 504 or IEP teams.

Referral Form

If you would like to refer a student for the MTSS process, please use the link or QR code below:

MTSS Referral Form