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Core Instruction: The instructional strategies used routinely with all students in a general education setting are considered “core instruction.”
Differentiation: Tailoring instruction for ALL student’s readiness levels, interests, strengths, and learning preferences.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): The curriculum and/or strategies taught are specifically designed to develop the skill set for understanding and managing emotions, building resilience, problem-solving, and developing healthy relationships. Students learn from explicit instruction as well as from the actions and behaviors they are observing from others
Intervention: Intervention is a program or set of steps to help students improve in a specific area of need. Intervention can provide support with academic, behavioral, and/or social-emotional needs. The interventions provided to students should be researchbased, explicitly matched to student’s needs, set for a certain number of weeks, and then frequently reviewed for progress.
Universal Screening: Universal screeners provide valuable information about each student’s areas of strength and need, and can offer a snapshot of progress over time. Screeners are given at regular intervals during the school year. The data from universally screening students helps educators keep abreast of any changes in student learning.
Tiers: MTSS, as a foundation, provides academic, behavioral, and social-emotional interventions organized into tiers (or levels) of support.
Tier 1: Teachers provide differentiated core instruction to the whole class (ALL students);
Tier 2: Teachers provide differentiated core instruction to the whole class + additional targeted instruction for students in need (often in small groups);
Tier 3: Teachers provide differentiated core instruction to the whole class + additional targeted instruction (often small group) + intensive intervention (sometimes provided in one-to-one settings). The intensity/ frequency and duration of the intervention are considered based upon need.
Progress Monitoring: Progress monitoring is used frequently to assess a student’s progress to determine the effectiveness of intervention support provided to a student.
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