Welcome to the Hoke County Schools' MTSS website! I hope that you find the information contained within this website useful for you and your team. In addition to servicing the needs of individual students, HCS uses the MTSS framework as a lens to make data-informed decisions to evaluate the needs of the schools within the district.  HCS district personnel believe in working collaboratively with all stakeholders as one team working towards a common goal.   Our team includes a District Leadership Team, and Implementation Team, and  School Teams. 

A multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) is a proactive and preventative framework that integrates data and instruction to maximize student achievement and support students' social, emotional, and behavior needs from a strength-based perspective.  NC MTSS employs a system approach using data-informed problem-solving to maximize growth for all by providing high-quality instruction and intervention, social and emotional learning, and positive behavioral supports necessary to ensure positive outcomes for districts, schools, teachers, and students. The MTSS framework consists of four essential components: screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision-making. Depending on state law, MTSS data may also support identification of students with learning or other disabilities.  It is not a program. It is not a process. It is not a gateway to special education(SPED).  It is not anything that anyone can be “put in" or "taken out of".   MTSS is a framework for total district and school improvement that considers all learners in all schools in our district and ensures that all students receive quality and equitable instruction needed to achieve adequate growth and proficiency. As the name implies, this framework has a tiered infrastructure that uses data to help match academic, attendance, behavior, and social-emotional  assessment and instructional resources to each student's needs. 

Outcomes and Purposes

• MTSS systematizes the school improvement process and coordinates with all district initiatives for the improvement of students.

• School-wide instructional practices are aligned to the School Improvement Plan, the NCSCOS, and district resources for consistency and best practices across the district.

• MTSS will focus on prevention, early intervention, and data-based decision-making.

• Interventions are aligned to the area of need, evidence-based, and monitored for student improvement.

• MTSS strives for a school culture that promotes communication, trust, and shared responsibility for equitable student learning.

Loretta Kimble BS, MSA
District MTSS Support Coordinator

loretta.kimble@hcs.k12.nc.us

(910) 875-2416 ext. 243

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