Districtwide guidance for MTSS implementation. Use this resource to understand the overall MPS MTSS framework, including Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 expectations; team structures; data-based decision making; attendance and behavior supports; schoolwide systems; and evidence-based practices. This is the primary reference for understanding what MTSS should look like across the district.
School level practical guidance for strengthening universal behavior, climate, attendance, and belonging supports for all students. Use this playbook to select, teach, implement, and monitor Tier 1 practices organized around Prevent–Teach–Respond, including relationships and community, expectations and procedures, skill development, responses to behavior, and positive acknowledgement.
School level practical guidance for providing targeted and intensive support to students who need more than Tier 1. Use this playbook to guide student identification, problem solving, intervention selection, implementation, progress monitoring, and decision making. It includes the Early Warning System, ICEL/RIOT, CICO, SAIG, BAIP, Tier 3 supports, and guidance for determining when to continue, adjust, fade, or intensify an intervention.
Use for your school’s Tier 1 MTSS team meetings. This template structures the team’s review of schoolwide behavior, attendance, climate, and implementation data, documents decisions and action steps, and supports the continuous improvement/PDSA process. Use it to move meetings from sharing information to identifying problems, taking action, and monitoring results.
Use for Tier 2 and Tier 3 problem-solving meetings focused on individual or groups of students. The template guides teams through reviewing behavior, attendance, and other relevant data; identifying student needs; matching interventions; assigning responsibilities; monitoring fidelity and progress; and documenting decisions to continue, adjust, fade, or intensify support
A one-page communication tool that turns the School Improvement Plan into clear, actionable priorities for staff. Schools should use the template to identify the practices, systems, teams, and priorities staff are expected to implement throughout the year. The Vincent example demonstrates how a school can translate its SIP into an easy-to-understand resource that helps ensure everyone knows the school’s climate/culture priorities. (Vincent Example )