Episode 16:
Creating Success with MTSS
iTalks 16: Creating Success with MTSS
Brenda Kelley, Executive Director of Early Childhood and Elementary Instructional Services
Dr. Lisa Lipscomb, Special Education Coordinator and Lead School Psychologist
Dr. Tiffany Osborne, Associate Principal of Glenview Middle School
January 2022
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On May 18, 2018, Governor Henry McMaster (SC) signed into law Act 213, which directed districts to implement MTSS beginning in the 2019–20 school year. MTSS addresses the needs of the whole child – academically, behaviorally, socially, and emotionally – through a holistic and personalized system of learning that incorporates academics and social-emotional behavior into one framework.
As mentioned in this podcast, this legislation was in direct response to Act 284.
Every South Carolina local educational agency and state-operated programs will implement and sustain all components of a MTSS, so that all students will achieve the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SC MTSS FRAMEWORK/GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
More information from the SCDOE on MTSS can be found HERE.
Taken from the MTSS Overview Presentation
Taken from the MTSS Overview Presentation
MTSS Tiers QUICK Overview
Tier 1: All Students (School-Wide)
Tier 2: Target Assistance for Individual(s) and/or Small Groups
Tier 3: Intensive Supports for <10% of the school population
This description was taken from Dr. Tiffany Osborne during the recording of this A5 iTalks podcast.
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Executive Director of Early Childhood and Elementary Instructional Services
Anderson School District Five
Special Education Coordinator and Lead School Psychologist
Anderson School District Five
RESOURCES mentioned in this Podcast:
The A5 MTSS Google Drive is only accessible to Anderson School District Five Teachers. If you are an Anderson Five teacher and cannot access it from the link above please contact Dr. Lisa Lipscomb.
PBIS
PBIS isn’t a curriculum you purchase or something you learn during a one-day professional development training. It is a commitment to addressing student behavior through systems change. When it’s implemented well, students achieve improved social and academic outcomes, schools experience reduced exclusionary discipline practices, and school personnel feel more effective.
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
-Aristotle
Anderson Five Liaisons and Supports
Lisa Bulter: McKinney Homeless Liaison (864) 260-5000 (10154)
A5 Schools' Psychologists (all direct line contacts are included)
QUOTABLES from this Episode
"MTSS is the definitive way of how children experience success and that success continues to blossom. MTSS is imperative to academic and social-emotional learning." - Brenda Kelley
"MTSS is using data and using it with intentionality. Then, to employ services in an intentional way. And then, it's going back and reviewing the data to see what works. So, we're not just doing this with this child or that child...it's all done with a lot of intentionalities." - Dr. Lisa Lipscomb
"MTSS is not just something we stick on a wall or in a folder somewhere...it's what we do, and what we're already doing. - Dr. Tiffany Osborne
