Teaming

Team-Initiated Problem Solving

Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) is a conceptual model for problem solving that has been operationalized into a set of practical procedures to be used during meetings of school-based problem solving teams.

A key feature of TIPS is its emphasis on team members' ongoing use of data to inform decision making about each of the problem-solving processes.

Project AWARE has adapted the official TIPS Meeting Agendas for use with our sites:

SCHOOL-BASED TEAMS

Project AWARE supports sites in their development of unique multidisciplinary school-based teams for problem-solving. In each of Project AWARE's participating schools, the teaming structure looks different according to staff composition, student population, and feasibility of scheduling. The primary categories of school based teams are discussed below.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TEAMS

These meetings are designed to support the overall implementation of OTISS at a school site. Meeting activities include evaluating the school's fidelity of implementing OTISS, looking at data to evaluate school-wide student outcomes, and problem-solving issues arising in the implementation of OTISS. Participants typically include administrators, grade-level teacher representatives, a parent representative, and an MTSS site coach.

DATA REVIEW TEAMS

These meetings are designed to look at individual, class-wide, and grade-wide student data for academic subjects or behavior and make decisions on how to best support students identified as at-risk. Participants typically include administrators, general education teachers, special education teachers, interventionists, MTSS site coaches, etc.

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